The best moving vehicle I've touched with my own little hands so far. :D

This is the same Argo but 5+ years earlier when I borrowed it. I got my hands on it again this year in april and resrored it. Haven't had the chance to get back to swamp again though.😛

@@DonnDIY Thank you for correcting me on the timing of the video. Spend time in my youth, destroying beaver dams to prevent the destruction of farm land. So, I know how pesky those little determined creatures can be.

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It turned into work quite fast since the ARGO moved so well in the mud. Thus there wasn't enough mudding. :D

Yea, for sure!

I don't have the money either, we borrowed it and boy it was painful to give it back. Now I'm planning on building one myself. Have collected parts for this project and hopefully it's gonna take off the ground soon.

Donn DIY excellent my friend look fun to ride hope everything works out for you on building your Argo,my brother in law got his own Argo he works offshore on the oil rigs he makes good money 💰 off there,love all your videos. Keep them coming thank you for writing me back hello from Newfoundland Canada 🇨🇦

back in 2002 i priced one liqid cooled 8x8, with winshild and the canvas cab, it was $10,000 cnd, heater unit was extra 500$ but i would have just picked up a bus heater unit, and plumbed it in, 10,000 was the same cost as the biggest 4x4 ATV that gose 80mph but cant go any were you need it too moose hunting or in snow, the 18" wide tracks were $2500, you can get the 18" mud tracks, the 14" bush tracks or the 26" snow tracks, not many people were buying them so the price was good, but the last 7 years many been buying them and the price shot up to $20,000 cnd like 100% incress from 2002, i was going to buy it back then because it was ether buy it or pack in moose hunting, and as my boat, they are grat to fish out of and the lakes you can get into.. as i had broke my back and i have poor blood flow in my legs and i get cold and dont know it, and walking into winter cuts or even just walking into places you cant drive to i cant walk very far, then i cant get back, but my marriage took a dump and i had to put it on hold, so i have not hunted since 2003 was the last time i went for my 10 days, dont even go for a day trip as i just cant walk, and if i got anything i wouldnt be able to get it out.. with one of these yyou winch the head up unto the back and go, draging it behind you any were.

Thank you for watching the video! 👍💪

They do serve a purpose too though, they aren't all bad.

Cheers mate!

Sorry, I have no idea. And I had to give it back already so I can't check it either.

Older than2007. Newer than 98

Europe. Beavers are common around here.

Must be original ARGO tracks. I have no idea though.

argo has 3 different track types, 1 standard track 13" mud tracks i think 18 or19, and snow tracks 24" go any were, they may have changed the widths over the years, but in any case you have to buy the shaft exstention to fit what tracks you want

the tracks are a very hard and strong Polly Cabernet, like them white cutting boards, ice and snow can pack really tight in them, and it pope it out like ice cubes with a pop pop , they dont break, even with a 6 inch log going in, with the 18" tracks on the 8x8 the ground presser is 1.4 Lbs per square inch of track, with one rider and no load, little to no ground damage, made here in Canada by Argo

Those are the Argo rubber tracks, not plastic.

precios

Then I will be in a big big trouble! ;D

V2.

Donn DIY throw a v6 or v8 in and that thing would eat those beaver dams for breakfast but then again probably no room to put a V6 or v8 in there 🤣🤣

I thought so too. 😁

It is!

Wood Man in the Netherlands we call that 1 op een lekken emmer that means one on a leak bucket

Depends how you rate the fuel consumption. By distance in this terrain, quite much, but in operating hour terms it's tiny.

HAHAHHA funny animal that beaver :D love them :D

Do you mean the plow or the ARGO? Unfortunately I don't have any plans but plans for ARGO would be awesome.

Yes I mean the Argo did u built it yr self?

@@DonnDIY there is very litle to them, a engine, gear box and sprockets an double 90 chain, snow mobile bearings and a channel frame, shafts and spindles, as a welder all my life i keep saying i going to build one, but i lost my shop and a ton of money in a bad marriage, i work on lots of them, so i know there not much to them, but i would build with a heaver frame there frames are built far to light, when they install booms or drills on them, they pull the stock frame out and ut a hevy duty one in.. one hour its out and new one in

I'm jealous of the owner of this thing. :D Had to give it back unfortunately.

Thanks for sharing while you had it. Very cool!

The problem with ARGO for me is also the price. The second thing I don't like is the flimsy chain drive and the inability of running in tough conditions without the tracks on. And if one wants to buy the tracks they're not cheap either. So I just have to build one myself.

Argo isn't a charity unfortunately, they didn't start the company just to help you out. You could look on the secondary market, or work harder and make money to buy one.

Me too!

***** How much one of those costs

Got the beaver dam down, I'd call it a great success.

be leave it or not you can put drill rigs in these, backhoes booms you name it

@@DonnDIY belosidad

The water flooded our pasture which needed to be dried so tractors could drive on it again. I don't remove dams for pleasure.

ABDALE ALI about $15,000 to $30,000

Tuer l'homme vous sauverez le monde!

Don't want to kill them, I just want them to leave. :)

Why poison them, it's unnecessary. Are you from the US?

They're perfect vehicles in the swamp where you move slowly. But I agree on the price - they are definitely overpriced. That is why I'm building one from scratch at the moment.

What’s overpriced? My friend has $27+ grand into his side x side, it’s pathetic in deep snow, can’t go in extreme rough/muddy terrain that my Argo can handle with ease and certainly can’t venture into deep water. A Argo is a 4-season amphibious vehicle that can replace a side x side, snowmobile and a small boat. They start at $11k and a upgraded Aurora with tracks is $30ish. It cost big money to play off-road, in the snow or on the water