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I put a 16 hp kubota 2 cylinder deisel engine that weighs 140 pds total is that to much weight to go in water. what is the most anyone has put in it and still float
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That will still float. The only issue that you may have is a balancing issue. In a stock Max II in the water you have to add more weight to the right side of the machine (by sliding to the right) to balance the effect of the non-centered engine.
Assuming your engine is still mounted a little off center to the left of the Max like a stock motor, you will have to have more weight on the opposite side to counter the effect of the motor once you get in the water.
That's the only thing I would be concerned about but even that shouldn't be a big deal. Just thinking out loud... -
hey "Juan"...
In order for something to float... actually **float** (ignoring moving through the water effectively....) you need to be able to displace more water with your hull than your machine actually weighs. The RI website says that your Max can handle 500 pounds of cargo (yes, your butt classifies as "cargo", nothing personal") safely in water. The Kubota doesn't weight THAT much more than the largest briggs (maybe 70 pounds,... maybe?) so that'd whittle what you can carry down to 430 pounds or so. That's still a couple grown adults in the water at 215 pounds, each. I don't know what their factor of safety is, but assume they don't want you to put more than that in there. If you figure out the volume of the lower tub, and figure that you're essentially displacing that much water (plus tires!), that's a bit more than 710 pounds, I'd think...
~mike
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Hi Juan,The 16&18 briggs vangaurd weigh about 90 to 95 lbs.sigpicComment
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Im pretty sure the calcs for figuring bouyancy are cubic feet of your tub times 7.48 = total gallons displaced times 8.34= total pounds of water displaced.
there are 7.48 gallons in every cubic foot and a gallon of water weighs 8.34 lbs I would figure it in cubic inches height x width x depth in inches divided by 1728 = cuftComment
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