By shelzac on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Some friends of mine are on a trip to the Yukon of Canada for a family reunion and have been sending photos back. Another friend is putting them on a web site. I came across a particular photo on this site that may be of some interest, for hunters in particular. I don't know what the make of the AATV is but that is one big moose that the hunter brought in (presumably using the AATV).

http://nt_ben.cannontech.com/Yukon/wild4.htm

Sheldon Holmes

By Dave Blackburn (Dave) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Shelzac, that is indeed a good size moose!
That chevron logo on the back of the aatv is familiar, can't quite place it though. It'll come to me, when I'm thinking about something else!

By petec on Unrecorded Date: Edit

it is a ARGO not to hard to see that

By Ed McGoughlin on Unrecorded Date: Edit

It looks to me like the logo on the back of Argos. Maybe because is says Argo in the middle

By MaxRules (Brandon_price) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

The logo on the back says ARGO. Lots of Argos are used in Canada with big game hunting and in all kinds of industrial uses. Canada has a much bigger market for the AATVs than the US does.

By Tim Wafer (Iflyrctoo) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Looks like an Argo to me! It is a nice Moose. I've been to Saskatchewan hunting whitetails and all I saw were moose and elk. Of course we had no tags for those!
Tim

By shelzac on Unrecorded Date: Edit

You guys have sharp eyes. Apparently the resolution on my screen isn't as good as yours I can't make out the ARGO on the back. Even though I read this board every day, I am relatively new to AATV's. My son and I got a Terra Tiger last fall but I broke it in January. Unable to find parts I decided to have them made. Then in a stroke of genius (my word, not my wifes) I figured out a way to justify buying a mill and lathe so I could make the parts myself. Seems odd now though, buying $3500 worth of tools to repair a $500 toy? Any way I've got my parts made now, just have to install them. I'm trying to figure out how to add a reverse gear to the Tiger. Hope to have it done by October. Then maybe I can have "Fun With AATV's"
Sheldon

By Louisiana mudbug on Unrecorded Date: Edit

I took my Max IV 900T out trail riding today,and also connecting some existing trails that I,ve drove on before. The place where I ride is about 20 minutes from my house.This is one great place to ride,for anyone who owns an amphibious machine! Its rained for 4 days now,and the trails are perfect for an amphib.Lots of soft, mushy dirt,plenly of muddy trails,with lots of them holding water. I,ve been blazing trails for about three weeks now,and now have some really goods ones to ride my Max on.
The trails I like to make, cross creeks,old creek beds, that have low spots for water to collect,and also any low area to make a trail on,that will collect water when it rains.This place has acreas and acreas of trails, to ride any ATV or amphib on. With all the rain that we,ve been getting lately in Louisiana ,its really made the existing trails so much more fun!About 65 percent of all the trails,that I,ve been riding on lately, have been covered in water ---big grin!!!

The water on these trails runs bettween 8-16 inches,and some of them,I can actully swim my Max across,as I drive down them.One very old and very over grown jeep trail, that I found by complete accident,deadened.... facing a large "bayou". I could see 1,000,s of lilly pads as I drove my Max into it.I did some water exploration for a while,but after I felt the belly of my Max hit a submerged log,I began to feel a little uneasy.I then thought to myself, "Self,this might be a good time to head back to the trail where you came in at. I was all by my lonesome, and who knows what can happen when your in an amphib, that will get you into places where no one can help you. except for another amphib? I then decided to spend the rest of day making new trails, and also trying to connect existing ones,so would have more trails to ride on,the next time I went.

I cut trails until it was almost dark,and decided to head back to my jeep and trailer. This was an easy enough idea I thought. Not!

As I began to "try" to find my way back to the trail tnat I came in on, I then found out,

I was completly ----> LOST!

To top that off,I had no lights on my Max,because I,ve got a short some where? Hmmm?? I began to pray in ernest,hoping God would give me the ability to find my way back to my desired destination.

As I drove my Max "very" slowly down the trail that I was on,I began looking "very carefully" at each trail I passed in my Max. Since my winsheild was very dirty by now,I had to stand up to look over it. By then, each and every trail I passed,did not look like the right one.

Sad face now!

I began to think to myself, " the next time I do this,I,ll leave a lot earlier,to allow myself plenty of time to find my way back before dark. It was almost dark by then,and I began to really get concerned,that I might be lost in woods at night,with no hope of finding my way out before daylight. But God is ever faithful and helped me find my way back,but on a trail that I,d never even seen before.This turned out to be a very old jeep trail of years past. The tall grass on this new trail,was over 4 feet tall,with lots of smalls trees,bushes and deep water thrown in for good measure. I began to think to myself "Max dont even think about getting stuck now or having any mechanical problems!"

When I finally exited the trail I was on,I found myself about two blocks away,on a "paved" road,with my Jeep and trailer in sight! But truthfully,,all in all,I had a really great time with my Max

By david berger (Davidrrrd) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

WOW THATS EXACTLY WHAT WILL HAPPEN AT DUSK, ESPECIALY SINCE YOUR TRAILS WERE NEW,
THEY NEVER LOOK THE SAME ON RETERN TRIP,
NEXT TIME BRING ALONG SOMETHING TO TIE TO BRANCHES WHEN YOU EXIT FROM ONE TRAIL INTO ANOTHER.
YOU CAN USE RIBBION, CAUTION TAPE,HELL EVEN OLD BREAD BAGS WILL MAKE GOOD FLAGS TO SHOW THE WAY ON RETERN TRIPS, SHOULD WORK DAY OR NIGHT,
ALSO THIS MIGHT BE THE TIME TO CHECK OUT GPS EQUIPMENT, SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD HAVE SAVED YOU ALOT OF WORRIE,
I DID OFER JAY THE SUGESTION TO PUT ONSTAR ONBOARD THE NEW MODELS BUT HE DIDN'T TAKE ME SERIOSLY,
WOULDENT 24/7 TRAILSIDE ASISTANCE BE NICE?

By dt5428 on Unrecorded Date: Edit

The GPS sounds the best.The flags on the other hand are fine also if you plan to take them down once your done.We have a lot of scared hunters here in Michigan that like to mark the trail in to the hunting spots with flags which I have not problem with but they do not remove them at the end of hunting season and this I have a problem with.It makes our hiking,hunting and playing land look like one giant survey site.I own a GPS but use a compass most of the time except when I am in the U.P because I don't trust them with all the iron ore in the ground.Now the Onstar idea I like just in case I lock my keys in the Argo.LOL Once again just my opinion.We all need to do our part to keep our lands clean.I am not a clean freak but things do get out of hand and then they make another law that we don't need.

Later,Dan

By Louisiana mudbug (207.254.199.99) on : Edit

Well,it was 55 degrees outside today, so I loaded up my Max IV 900t on the trailer, and off to the trails I drove. Its been raining off and on just about every weekend lately,so the trails I rode on last weekend,or made the last weekend, are now holding plently of water in the low spots. The "Gator" wheel tracks that I made the last time I rode, are now half way over my wheels with water. I have the Gators facing with "V" to the front for maximum mudding ability. They still swim reasonbly well on the trails I ride on. The place I now ride my Max IV ,is the very same place I used to ride 15 years ago, when I had my Polaris 500 sportsman. The only difference now though,is that the trails that I used to ride my Polaris 500 on,I can still take my Max IV on,but, since its been 15 years ago, since I had my Polaris 500 sportsman,all the small sapling have now become small trees. Every trail that I,ve found lately, that I used to ride my Polaris 500 on,all need some serious chopping and pruning work, to be able even drive my Max IV down them.But,they are some really great trails though!

The main difference now though ,is the places where I used to stop my Polaris and test the water depth with branch, to find out exactly how deep the water was, in any given low spot, that would hold plently of water,or any deep water crossing, I now drive across in my Max IV with out fear of sinking out of sight. I never felt this confidant when I rode any 4-wheeler. Today I drove down a jeep trail that I,d never rode on before.This trail later intersected at a long ,soft dirt pipe line, that was full of wheel ruts,lots of low spots that held water,and two flooded creek crossings, that I would later have to cross. In the past,if I,d drove my Polaris 4-wheeler to the first flooded creek crossing,I would have first looked for some place to go around it,or cut a trail around the creek if there was not one,for fear of deep water sinking my 4-wheeler. Now I can drive ahead with out fear of deep water. Later on down the pipeline, I came to another flooded low trail section. The water looked pretty deep at the trail section,and the woods on either side were too thick with trees, to even think about easily making a trail to go around it. But,with an amphib,why go around when you can fearlessly drive straight ahead. ( grin )So thats what I kept doing with my trusty Max IV. Nice and steady, with slow wheel speed.Easy as can be!
I soon found a trail I had not seen before, that followed along side a creek. This new trail went left and right,and up and down small hills for almost half a mile,but then dead ended at a deep ravine that also feed into the creek I had been riding beside. As I drove back on this same trail,I would stop at different places to look for a place to make a new trail the next time I went,so I could contiue this new trail I found at some other place. This time I had remembered to bring some red plastic tape with me to mark trails, so this time I would not get lost like in the woods, like I did the last time I went.I soon found a promising spot, and started walking though the woods,marking a trail as I went, with the red tape that I had brought with me. Every time I go,I,ve continued cutting and adding length to new trail sections since the last time I went. Each time for about a block or two,or finishing one that I,d rode on the weekend before. This all depends on how thickly wooded each new trail section is. As I drove back on the trail I,d came down,on my left I could see a shallow area down the creek bank,that was not too thick with small trees and bushes,and would make a great trail for any 4-wheeler to follow me up the other side. This area of the creek had a hard bottom with shallow water. Perfect. I carefully walked down the creek bank,that was not too steep ,and then leaped "almost" across the other side, onto dry land. On the oppposite side of the creek,I could see a narrow flat creek bank,that followed the along side of the creek. This spot was just wide enough for my Max, and also for any 4-wheeler that choose to follow me, if one were behind me. I soon found a place that was not too steep and climbed up the other side of the creek bank. On the opposite side of the creek, I soon found another new trail.Hmmmm. This will tie in perfectly with the new trail section I just found. I just love exploring new trails in my Max IV. Places that I would need speed and momentum on any 4-wheeler,I can now climb with ease in my Max IV 900t,and with very little wheel spin. My Max IV always amazes me each and every time I go trail ridding,in the way it makes hard trail sections seem so easy. I just wish I had another amphib to enjoy these trails with.