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

[strokerstang86]

The day was defiantly worth the 9hr drive from Wisconsin. It was cool to see all the amfibs together and meet everyone. Weather was great, loved the downed trees and the hill climbs. Wonder if Keith liked the hill climbs?

[kghills]

Glad that you are okay Keith.

Thank you, just a few bruised ribs by the grace of God.

Keith.

[kghills]

The day was defiantly worth the 9hr drive from Wisconsin. It was cool to see all the amfibs together and meet everyone. Weather was great, loved the downed trees and the hill climbs. Wonder if Keith liked the hill climbs?

Most of them.

Keith.

[Bud]

I am glad that you are OK Keith. I missed that part of the excitement.

Someone needs to coach me on uploading vids to youtube. I tried last night, and it was still not complete when I checked it this morning.

[trevorakm1]

looking foward to these videos!

trevor

[azz7772]

if it is that slow stop it restart your computer and then start to download again this works for me most times. And will usually start where you left off. I also found if you are filming in HD the file is a lot larger and takes more time.

[thebuggyman1]

Safety first guys....
That said, I've done it too

And here is Hydromike

[Obsessed]

Maybe Mike from Adair got a shot of them when l was upside down in the creek.

Keith

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

It was a pleasure seeing everyone today. While there was not the mud that we had hoped for, it still fun to to get out and ride.

I have a few short videos that I am uploading to youtube. It was my first attempt with this new camera.

It was great fun to come meet new friends and finally put a face to some some names...it's always fun to get together and ride with a group...you'll have to come up here sometime and we'll put together a group ride with us in our creeks and rivers (our original testing grounds)...I'm also sure you all would really enjoy the mud nationals and river run atv park ... more mud, water, and swamp than you can imagine

Tim

The day was defiantly worth the 9hr drive from Wisconsin. It was cool to see all the amfibs together and meet everyone. Weather was great, loved the downed trees and the hill climbs. Wonder if Keith liked the hill climbs?

It was great to meet you and I loved your custom bead lock wheels ...they seem to work great and you handle that little max like a pro (it reminds me of my first 6x6 a couple of years back)...hope to be able to ride with you again sometime soon!

Tim

It's good to see everyone ready to ride. We had nearly 3" of rain last weekend, and we might get more on Friday. The mud should be very good. A friend and I will each be bringing a Max II, and we should be meeting up with another guy with a Max II on our way over. Here is a direct link to a Mapquest map of the park location, you can get directions from this page also: MapQuest Maps - Driving Directions - Map

PS - Bring your camera!

Thanks Brandon for taking the time to put this ride together ... It was a great time... Its always fun to meet new people and make more friends that enjoy our sport... Looking forward to our next chance to all ride together :-)

Tim

[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.

[Bud]

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

[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.

[strokerstang86]

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

[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.

[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]

That was fun to watch everyone hopping over the log.