Marengo Swamp run

[mudbug3]

So far there looks to be an amphib group of " maybe " 9 to 10 who want to go .

This would be some great video coverage of this event , for 6x6 world .

[boncrshr]

I'm in, and 2-3 hunting buddies tentatively going.

[mudbug3]

Mrengo Swamp ride

How many people plan to go to the Marengo Swamp ride ? This is a benefit ride that is sponcered to help terminal children . It is held the first week of June .


These are the people that said they will go .

Dan ( Max IV )
Dave ( Max IV )
Marion ( Max II and Max IV )
4-6 of Marion,s friends ( this includes one Argo 6x6 , two Max II,s , three Max IV,s )

[mudbug3]

I hope noone's gets offended by the 4 wheeler videos, but since we never have 6 wheelers show up, that's really all there is. Hopefully some of you guys will show up and we'll have something new to watch. Nothing would make me happier than to see a 6 wheeler out do one of the Gorrilla bikes.

JACKSTAND ,

I talked to a Max dealer ( Magnolia, Ark. ) today , who has been to the Marengo Swamp run several times , and if nothing happens to stop him from going to the event this year,, he told me that he plans to come , and also bring 5-7 more of his 6 wheel , amphibious friends with him . That should make a really good showing for the amphibious crowd , when Dan and I show up in our Max IV 6x6,s

[mudbug3]

more Marengo swamp pics




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[JACKSTAND]

I'm glad some of you guy's are gonna try to make it. It's a ride noboby ever forgets. I enjoy hereing what other people say about it whether they're first timers or go every year. Some people say it's the Baja 1000 for mud riders. You'll all need your confidence but don't under estimate Marengo. It's not like an ATV park where you can drive down a highline, and find a mudhole to play in, then get out and move to the next one. As soon as you get into the trail it's super slick gumbo (pictures just don't do it), and for 13 solid miles you stay in the gumbo (no dry ground). I've heard people say they normally get 20mpg on thier bike, at Marengo it drops to about 4-5mpg. One guy stopped us on the way out last year and asked what kind of fertilizer we used on the mud. He said it was growing.

The Suicide hole is not your normal mud hole either. If the amphibs get there early they should do really good. In the morning, before anyone has worked up the nerve to try it will be covered with about a foot of water with lilypads on top. The first four wheeler to try will try to ease in and not spin his tires so it doesn't activate the Gumbo underneath (this only works for a few feet). Once the gumbo has been churned up the hole turns into a 100 foot long trench filled with what looks like watered down sack crete. The more people try the more it bulldozes the gumbo to the end of the hole. In the end you wide up with about 70 feet of water and mud, which ain't that bad but the last 30 feet, well,.

Just so everybody knows. The members of Wish I Could are all volenteers, this means all of the money raised goes to grant terminally ill children thier wish. We get nothing but the satisfaction of doing a good deed.

[bcsteve]

I hope some of you guys make it. It would be nice to see some side by side compairason between amphib and quads. I'm obviously pro-amphib and I have only had my Frontier for a year but I can see that is certain circumstances the higher ground clearance, ofter more aggressive tires and higher speed of the quads could have the advantage over an amphib. I'd love to see videos of a mix group going in the same trails.

[mudbug3]

JACKSTAND ,

I,ll try my best to make the Marengo Swamp run because I know the proceeds of this event go to a very worthy cause . These pics show the 12 mile ride through the swamp . Prime amphib country .

Riding the Swamp

[mudbug3]

Dan ( aka mightymaxIV )

If you look carefully , the middle set of tires are facing the right direction for water speed . Maybe he has his tires facing this way for maximum through mud , and also for traction up wet creek banks like yourself ?

[mudbug3]

Found this picture from last year at Marengo. Do ya'll know him

I don,t know him , but I,d like to Its a real small circle of people that ride amphibs in each state , and the people who enjoy them are always looking for more amphib people to ride with . My 6x6 Max IV looks just like the one in the picture you posted . I,m also sure the person who owns this 6x6 Max amphib is looking for people that own amphibs to ride with too .

[mightymaxIV]

Found this picture from last year at Marengo. Do ya'll know him

That max has his tires on backward-

[mightymaxIV]

Hey Mighty,

You mentioned that ya'll didn't make too many friends with the high dollar quad guys...what was their reaction to the Max? Did they just grudgingly admit the 6x6 was king? Or were they just completely quiet?

They were very, very quiet. None of them would say anything. Believe me they all saw what was going on and they didn't like it a bit. Most of those guys have a lot of money in those quads and they are always breaking something. You could see on their faces that they were pissed off that a six wheeler eat their lunch with out even trying! Most of them were probably trying to figure out what they could do to stay competive. I sure that a lot of them were thinking that perhaps it's time to scrap the quad and go for amphibious!

[JACKSTAND]

Found this picture from last year at Marengo. Do ya'll know him

[boncrshr]

Hey Mighty,

You mentioned that ya'll didn't make too many friends with the high dollar quad guys...what was their reaction to the Max? Did they just grudgingly admit the 6x6 was king? Or were they just completely quiet?

[Roger S]

Thought you did great except you didn't pull up close to the guy in front, shift to reverse and give him a shower. Or make a fast pass down that watery lane on his right side You did pull up on his behind, like "how long you think you'll be here?"

Our tires are the same, most of the time it doesn't do any good to spin them faster, just wasting gas.