Anyone use an Argo or MAX II 6X6 for ice fishing?

[leech~~]

Have been looking at them for years. Anyone using them for ice fishing what are the Pro's & Con's. Do you have tracks for it and how do they work? Thanks.

[NKLCOLT1911]

i have driven a 8x8 not to much room for the driver but lots for gear, would make a great ice fishing rig with the tracks. its also fun in the summer to drive right into the water with them.

[Cyberfish]

I hear they work pretty good, and they float if you break through. my only concern, if you did put it through, and you are floating nicely, is, could one drive it back on the ice, or are you stuck there until someone winches you out?

[Pleasant]

I have been wanting one for 50 years and I still don't have one. In my opinion it would be one great machine for hunting and fishing

[riverview]

My brother has a older 6 wheel amphibious not an argo it is neat not alot of room for driver. The big problem is top speed his is about 21 wfo

[NKLCOLT1911]

I hear they work pretty good, and they float if you break through. my only concern, if you did put it through, and you are floating nicely, is, could one drive it back on the ice, or are you stuck there until someone winches you out?

i think for the most part your stuck, but hey at least your floating.

i ment i drove a 4x4 8 wheels total, my father in law sells them and we were playing with the demo.

[leech~~]

I have wondered about getting hung up underneath since they sit so low to the ground?

[blarkey]

We use one with tracks and it works awesome Ive been in shallower water and broke through and it climbed up no problem but not sure if we were hitting the bottom for help or not. We do have some big spikes we made to screw onto the tracks if need be fortunately haven't had to use them.

[blarkey]

as far as getting hung up never had it happen it go's through or over anything

[reinhard1]

i dont own one but have ridden on some. they are some great mashines. i did one time see one get hung up on some heavy snow. three young guys were just driving around on a lake i was on and didn't have a problem that i could see until the slowed down in some heavy snow and two of the guys had to get off. then the other guy got it going and they had no problem that i could see after that. but they did drive a faster pace after that. good luck.

[cavalierowner]

I had a Big Max back in the late seventies, but no tracks. I only got it stuck once in the summer in mud about 2' deep. If the snow in the winter was deep and soft, it was mostly no go. BUT I saw a demo of a Max with tracks and that thing was awesome in the snow. I don't know if it would climb out of a hole in the ice with tracks, but if anything had a chance, a Max or Argo would.

BTW, I did a test drive of an Argo 8x8 a couple months ago. Lots of power, but nowhere near as fast as my Big Max. That old girl of mine had a 440 cc engine in it and was clocked on a dirt road at just a tad under 40!

[leech~~]

There is a vid on Utube of some people in Canada or Alaska running a 8 wheel and they are going through some stuff! I love the thought of going anywhere on a lake but having to haul the thing off for a break down maybe a nightmare finding something to pull it?

[castmaster]

Pro's----With tracks its truly an "all terrain" vehicle if ever there was one. Myriad of options to add on including heater, enclosed cab, auger rack etc etc to make an ideal ice fishing machine. Comes with a bit of piece of mind knowing it floats if you do bust through.

Cons---It is a bit more effort to transport than an atv or sled, and COST. Last time I priced them out, if I remember correctly, was looking at around $13,000-$14,000 fully loaded with tracks, cab etc. Definitely not cheap! Also, with a sled or atv you get a machine that can also serve other forms of recreation such as trail riding. Argos etc arent a whole lot of "fun" to drive after one gets tired of just seeing what ya can run it through.

[leech~~]

Also, with a sled or atv you get a machine that can also serve other forms of recreation such as trail riding. Argos etc arent a whole lot of "fun" to drive after one gets tired of just seeing what ya can run it through.

Thanks castmaster, this one statement has been on my mind the whole time thinking about one of these.

[CJH]

Also, with a sled or atv you get a machine that can also serve other forms of recreation such as trail riding. Argos etc arent a whole lot of "fun" to drive after one gets tired of just seeing what ya can run it through.

Of course, none of the other ones float either, which was kind of the point, wasn't it?

[cavalierowner]

... Argos etc arent a whole lot of "fun" to drive after one gets tired of just seeing what ya can run it through.

That sure wasn't my experience with my Max. I used it to get to ice fishing spots a mile or more away before cars could go out (didn't worry too much about thin ice, although I would now), to get way back in the woods for deer hunting, even summer fishing. I would pull it on a trailer behind my IH Scout with a fishing boat on the Scout on topcarriers. When the Scout couldn't go any further, I hitched the trailer to the Max, put the boat & gear on the trailer and kept going to one of the best fishing lakes there ever was. Remember, this was long before 3 wheelers or quads and before SUV's were called SUV's. It just about killed me when I had to sell Max; I hated doing the responsible thing!!

BTW, a decked out Argo is now a LOT more than $14,000 now, which is why I don't have one now.

[NKLCOLT1911]

my father in law was telling me a nicely equipped argo is around 20,000 and thats not even fully decked out yet.