2200 acres of private land for six wheelin' near Deepwater, MO

[Bud]

Some more water footage:

[foxspoiler]

wow, that looks like a blast down there. did any of you stay overnite? that looks like a good place to have something for a midwest get together like all the busco people have out east.

[kghills]

Thanks for the new avatar pic, Cutlass!

That is a great picture of you the wife and your Frontier.

Keith.

[Bud]

Thanks for the new avatar pic, Cutlass!

[kghills]

Hello guys. My first post here. I'm the guy with the green Yamaha Grizzly 660 atv that tagged along with you guys this weekend.
Here some pics I shot and a quick video:

Great shots, glad you were able to come along. Maybe Luke will be able to talk you into a 6x6 Amphib of your own. Too bad we really don't have places like this on private land to use them in Wisconsin. Keith.

[Cutlass]

Here's another one. I'll add these as I get time to upload them.

(Thanks for the reminder on how to post videos here.)

ah dang. you stopped recording. I think I was the next one to climb that.

[Cutlass]

Hello guys. My first post here. I'm the guy with the green Yamaha Grizzly 660 atv that tagged along with you guys this weekend.
Here some pics I shot and a quick video:













Click on this pic for the video:

[azz7772]

that did look fun......... that one guy that stood up and leaned forward came awful close to getting a roll bar in the back of the head.

[Mike]

That was fun to watch everyone hopping over the log.

[Bud]

Here's another one. I'll add these as I get time to upload them.

(Thanks for the reminder on how to post videos here.)

[Mike]

Maybe the forums Mike can help you post the video with no sound. Since I am OK it is probably OK to show people so they might learn from my mistake. Maybe just include this explanation as to what I did.

You can remove all or just some of the sound in the movie editor that you use to shorten/edit your videos. If you are on a windows machine, windows movie maker or windows live movie maker is free and already on your computer. If you are on a Mac, you probably have iMovie. Both of those allow you to edit the sound of a clip and eliminate the non-family safe portions.

It sounds like you guys had a great time. I look forward to seeing the photos / video.

[strokerstang86]

Thanks Tim I could not be happier with the bead locks here are some pics

[kghills]

This is the gully where Keith stuck the nose of his Argo. Mike took a different line and made it look easy.

You guys and your extra set of wheels. And yes that was my first lesson. Do not drop into the washout square, always approach at an angle. It was sort of weird, my brush guard actually went under the opposite bank. We did it again after Mike successfully.

Great video, thanks for taking the time to take it and post it. Keith.

[Bud]

This is the gully where Keith stuck the nose of his Argo. Mike took a different line and made it look easy.

[kghills]

Im so thankful that you are ok....it's a good thing that your so tuff (and lucky)...scared the bejeebers right out of me.... Mike did get it on video, but unfortunatly when it went from cool to crazy, the audio picks up what sounds like a couple of grown men that are freekin out...and it's less than a family friendly video..sorry

Thanks Tim and also Mike. It was actually a very fun time and my mishap was completely due to inexperience with the Argo. I have had the Argo for about a month and before that owned Luke's Max II for about 15 years. The climb was fairly steep and there was a tree root exposed about half way up. While the AquaTorques worked awesome in the mud, rock and dirt, the diameter of the exposed root was such that the lug of the tire would not reach over it to pull me over and I would just slide sideways on the hill. Also my Vanguard does not have the electric fuel pump upgrade so I was having fuel starvation issue on steep grades at low rpm. Now with my Max II I would have let off the throttle and pulled back the sticks just enough to let it roll back to pick another line and ease into the throttle and move upward. I never even touched the handbrake on the Argo and this was a mistake. I should have grabbed the handbrake as soon as I was off power. I let off the throttle and it rolled backwards. I figured I would slowly roll back into the throttle and pick another line but the engine hesitated and I picked up speed backwards, Foolishly I grabbed more throttle and all of the sudden the engine revved, the clutch engaged and over backwards I went, upside down into the creek. I was sort of trapped and couldn't breath but Mike and the others lifted it enough so I could escape. A rock hit the hood so hard it actually collapsed the air cleaner, I guess what I lack in intelligence I make up for with enthusiasm. All I really suffered was some bruised ribs and thank God Jason was riding with Mike not me.

Everything is fixed and straightened on the Argo. Even I am hard pressed to find the scuffs. I was planning on pulling the brushguard, hand rails, seat frame and handle bars and having them powdercoated and replacing the hardware with stainless steel fasteners anyways.

Maybe the forums Mike can help you post the video with no sound. Since I am OK it is probably OK to show people so they might learn from my mistake. Maybe just include this explanation as to what I did.

Keith.