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phytosan (Unregistered Guest)
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Posted From: 200.67.110.198
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, March 15, 2005 - 10:37 pm: | |
I'd like to use my amphicat in a lake that has a lot of dense waterlilie. The stuff is so dense that one could almost stand on it. What should I expect.
Theory 1: Will entangle the wheels 
Theory 2: Will climb over the stuff 
Theory 3: Will just sit there with wheels spinning 
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Fred Sowerwine, Montana's Max dealer
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Post Number: 39
Registered: 01-2005
Posted From: 216.166.168.53
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, March 16, 2005 - 01:48 pm: | |
phytosan, My guess would be: If it is really dense enough to almost walk on that you will drive on top of it (assuming you do not spin your wheels and dig through it). In which case you would just sit there spinning your wheels just as would happen in deep wet snow or thick mud. If the water lilies will spread and allow you to float, you might wrap stuff around your axles and be unable to move. That can happen in tall grass/weed situations also. I have spit 1 1/2" black flexible poly pipe and put it over my axles going from the outer bearing to the wheel flange to prevent stuff from wrapping around my axles (stuff wraps around the pipe just a little, but when it does, the axle still spins inside the pipe - a lot of this spinning would wear out the poly pipe, but I have not had to replace any yet. Under normal conditions, it just rides along on the axle and being black is unnoticeable. Of course this won't work if you have bearing cages, but the bearing cage will prevent the axle wrap.
Come back and tell us what happened after your outing in the water lilies, please. |
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, March 16, 2005 - 09:22 pm: | |
Will do, thanks for the tips. Sounds like a good idea.
Phytosan |
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