The ultimate offroader

[Ralph]

I have got the ultimate offroad toy!!!!
Shes an 8 wheel drive Argocat and it awesome. lol
It will go anywhere. Last nite came down a bank so steep i was stood up on the dashboard!
Went up said bank which is at a 50 degree angle then had to have a few cans of carling before coming back down!
There just aint nothing that will stop it, i went up to a six foot chain link fence it just climbed half way up bent the fence over and through i went.lol All this taking place on my own land mind you.

[blackbob]

have you tried swimming in it yet

but check the drive shaft seals at the body first :lol:  :lol:

[Ralph]

I am taking it to water on saturday, maybe the last time i see it if it sinks!!!
I picked it up off a farmer he had two so there is still one left.
It was what you call a bit of a barn find he has got more than 70 vintage tractors 15 vintage cars only 2 old landys, every concievable piece of farm machinery you can think of old motorcycles. He said to me if its old its in there! All this stuff was in 2 of the biggest barns i have ever seen and he was deffo the nicest old farmer i have ever met.
He is 95 but still sharp as a knife!

[thermidorthelobster]

Out of interest, how much does he want for the second one?  Not that it'd be practical in Bagshot, I'm just nosey.

You're lucky to have your own land to use that sort of thing!

[Ralph]

I would say around a grand would buy it which is really cheap. I got mine for six hundred with a naff engine but i had a new v twin here to put in it. The one he has left has a brand new never been started v twin engine in which is a grand to buy on its own.

[landroverclan]

I have got the ultimate offroad toy!!!!
Shes an 8 wheel drive Argocat and it awesome. lol
It will go anywhere. Last nite came down a bank so steep i was stood up on the dashboard!
Went up said bank which is at a 50 degree angle then had to have a few cans of carling before coming back down!
There just aint nothing that will stop it, i went up to a six foot chain link fence it just climbed half way up bent the fence over and through i went.lol All this taking place on my own land mind you.

Ralph; sorry but can u upload some photos of your new toy ? sounds very interesting n fun but i can't imagine how it look like !!

cheers !!

[tarcus]

Try driving it along some ruts, stops pretty quick as they don't have much ground clearance..  That's their main weakness.  I saw one on a green lane once, it didn't get very far as it got stuck in ruts *really* easily.  Quite easy to get it out though as it's small and light but having to hop out and heave it around every 50 feet or so gets boring quickly.

[Llanigraham]

Ralph
the main parts importer is only "just" up the road from you, here in Llanidloes.

[Ralph]

Well i took it to water, only just though. I put it on the back of a transit tipper to transport it but when i went to drive it off down 2 scaffold planks one slipped and i was promptly thown straight out of it, the argo just kept on going though had to jump back in! Drove down very steep river bank into the water and went for a mile or so upstream, floated like a boat in the deep parts. Got out of river went up through a forestry for a few miles and then it happend. 2 miles away from transit the drive belt snapped!!! :oops:  Pushed it for a mile back to the nearest forestry track then left it and went to get truck, had to then turn the gearbox pulley by hand to get it back up planks and on to truck. Just got in worn out will have to wait till next week to get new belt. Never got stuck once and believe me i put it in some positions on banks that you could not stand up on.