Got An Old UTV and Drove it Straight Into a Lake!
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- This week on Finnegan's Garage Ep. 146 - Redbeard's Garage practically restored this old Argo 8x8 amphibious UTV and traded it to me for a pile of speed parts and an old square body Chevy Suburban 4x4 that I'd never driven. After test driving the Argo for about 5 minutes we decided to try and cross my local lake in it. It went about as well as you'd expect. lol
Go give Redbeard a follow and stay tuned for more adventures as we hop up the Argo for more speed and fun!
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Thanks for watching
Mike Finnegan
We had a blast hanging out with you guys! Thanks for the opportunity.
I hope the brake problems doesn’t sway people’s opinion of your work. Specially vehicles,especially older ones, has quirks. You have made it to the big boys now. Congrats. Finnegan needs to try out your Supercharged 670 Buggy to see your real talent.
Dude I want that burban. What’s your plans for it?
@@kylewest100 I'm pretty sure he will use it to make some content.
Anytime people beg for things in comments, they are hoping to get it for nearly free. You can find these cars everywhere, why do you want this vehicle?
definitely one of my favorite collabs I've seen. next time red beard rides in game over. if u didn't
i enjoyed your build logs of the rig, it was really neat to see how it actually worked, because ive never been up close to one of those. mike is gonna drive that sucker like crazy im sure, he loves his toys
Hi Finnegan - I have one of these couple of tips - if you're going to be messing around on the concrete - over inflate the two centre rows of tyres and it will turn much much better.
Also - if you flip the wheels in the second to back row of wheel so that the tread pattern is reversed - it will steer in the watter much better in reverse.
Also (you probably noticed this by now) there are two bungs under the rear floor to stop it from flooding and sinking. If you get water on the drive belt - you will get stuck till it dries out.
hope this helps - cheers .
Shout out to Red Beards Garage! I've been watching their channel since the garage days.
We had an Argo once. We learned to always take a Canoe paddle with us. Just in case the engine drowned. Again.
Needs a 9.9 hp merc on there!
Definitely needs a Snorkel.
Yeah I don't get the high exhaust but no snorkel. Also is that a transom on the back for a 5Hp outboard??
Yeah we had a 6x6 one and made that mistake
@@MadRS To keep the exhaust fumes away from the passengers
What Finnegan said: “I’m gonna take out this 2X4 because that’s not classy.”
What Finnegan meant: “I’m gonna take out this 2X4 because it’s worth more than either of these vehicles.”
😂😂😂
Now Finnegan will definitely get the better deal...
Hey 10 bucks is 10 bucks...
@@ottersdangerden I believe the correct Geddy quote is, "10 bucks is 10 bucks, eh". Yeah, I'm pedantic.
But he didn’t take it out...
Perhaps Finnegan knew that one day the 4x2 would make for the perfect emergency paddle for the Argo :)
I love my Argo. Takes me all over my great state of Alaska and hauls out a moose (1200 lbs) every year. Its fun crossing the Yukon river in one.
Looks like a small trolling motor on the back could come in handy
@@dylanzrim3635 that's what the notch in the back is for
We had a 6X6 big foot Argo. It had tracks and a cab. We added a 12volt heater. They make them less than an hour from where I live.
@The Weapon Collection hahahah my neighbor here in Colorado has a horse named Argo
We need a video of your kids reaction to "losing your brakes and going into the lake"
Next on Finnegan's garage: "First blown SBC Argo build"
LS swap, Holley carbs, MSI ignition system aaand it now goes 5 instead of 4 mph trough the water!
I always wanted an Argo as a kid, and now at almost 40 years old, I want one even more. So cool, and super convenient to just be able to drive it anywhere. It's in really nice shape too.
I believe you can attach a Electric Trolling motor to the back of the Argo for even better performance on the water. You'll just need to add another battery to power the trolling motor itself!
I don't know who picks your music, but they are right on top of it!
Use Argos in Alaska all the time. They’ve helped get many of Blacktail and Doll sheep out of the mountains.
I know that smile. It's a great thing getting a new toy that impresses you.. had that smile all day yesterday with my new sur-ron
All 8 tires are mounted backwards, the point of the "V" should touch first.
There supposed to be backwards for when on the water so it can move quicker
I see this was filmed before Cleetus made is video about giving Mike a hovercraft... It's sitting in that white trailer attached to Bison
Good 👀
Every kid who read the back of popular mechanics and popular science magazines wanted these things back in the day! Great stuff as always Mike.....🤘
My dad used to work on a couple argos for a guy he kmew in the early 80s. He took us all over remote offroad areas in Newfoundland. They were so much fun. Winter driving was a blast.
ive got an argo and im a newfie as well
@@nopleaseno2515 wdym lol
@@nopleaseno2515 I do live in CBS although I don't consider myself a townie as I frequent to chance cove often.
A friend and I got an Argo 8x8 a few months ago after he bought a house on a lake. Drove 4 + hours round trip, got it home, unloaded it off the trailer and immediately drove it into the lake. A bit un-nerving at first as it is tippy side to side but crazy fun. We did put a trolling motor on the back and it works great. Can't wait to see the kids reaction when you drive it down to the lake and don't stop and just drive right into the lake without telling them it floats.
damn, boosted bois, cleatus, and now mike...sunday funday.
All of which involved sketchy water craft and things potentially sinking.
G'DAY Mike & Dave,that Argo & Skits, bought back memories of during the summer holidays,1974-1978 for 6 weeks from beginning of December to the beginning of February,the local television RTQ7( Regional Television Queensland channel 7), ran cartoon characters driving around ARGOS, called "BANANASPLITS", dressed in primary colours,RED, BLUE, GREEN, YELLOW, you pair could be sta.rting a Retro cartoon thing,as always, Kindest Regards, Dave McLaughlin Queensland Australia
Huge fan of yours for many years, Finnegan! Love watching you and your buddies' hijinks! Thanks for sharing everything you do!
“I’m going to remove this 2x4 because it’s now worth more than the truck.” Can’t be giving that away.
I was looking for the comment I didn’t wanna steal someone’s comment 😂 I knew it had to be made
Yup, but we will give them the holly sniper setup. Makes no sense whatsoever. lol
He’s not wrong with the way lumber prices are lately.
@@jeffjankiewicz5100 Because the sniper isn't as valuable
Red beard in Game Over ill bet he liked that.
Red Beard is a good dude. I watch his channel
I worked at Argo right out of highschool in the early 80's. You'll have fun messing around with it. I've restored (3) of them. The old 440 2-stroke one was crazy! You won't tip it. I used to stand on the edge and rock it back and forth... no tipping. I have (2) 16-wheel machines that were built up the road from Argo back in the day. My orange one has the 24-wheel option!! Fun hobby. You have pretty aggressive tires.. likely why it's hard to steer.
LOLOLOLOLOLOL i had to stop the video FFS!! "Yea it's got a t-shirt in the Wirecare roadside ration kit just in case you end up naked for some reason" Finnegan said ever so calm and matter of factly... Fucking love you guys brothers..
He seemed all to familiar with that situation
Ol' Cleeter is going to love the 8x8. Finnegan and Cleetus bringing back 80's fun into the 21th century.
You could have just traded the 2x4 for Argo. They both equal in value these days lol.
This will be the top comment or so I predict.
Was going to say the same thing.
My Argo just cost me $35,000, so 2 2x4's
What an awesome and honest guy giving him all those extras for feeling guilty
I can't believe Fin let that 2x4 go.
@@rickn8or it probably cost more than the sniper efi lol
@@gumbomudderx7503 those things are like $20 a board these days.. but thats in canadian pesos so probably like $2 usd
@@bmxscape I was going to build a deck on my house this summer, turns out it’s cheaper to buy a new house!
@@rickn8or right that is like a $60 2x4 right now.. lol
My buddy had one of those. After walking out of the marsh a couple hundred times from it breaking down out there, he eventually just left it out there. He got a call from the state game wardens a year or so later and they said they recovered his property, as if it were stolen. Once informing them that it hadn't been stolen, they wrote him a ticket for illegal dumping. 😆
He should have just said that one day he noticed it was missing from home...........not a lie. Great story!
This man has an argo and a hovercraft he truly is living the best life
Don’t forget the Gasser 🤙
@@denniskoop8018 and the wake boat, and the 2.5 jetboats, and the....
Now he just needs a Sherp to complete the trifecta
When I was a kid, my dad had a 6x6. Always loved going to the river with that thing. So much fun
Love the old Argo!
Genuinely amphibious! 8x8.
My Dad had a Argo dealership in the 1970's, us boys would load the demonstrator on the back of his pickup and take to the lake. It was the high powered 6 wheeled one and could do around 50 mph top speed. We had a blast except in mud it would sink and sit on the bottom, wheels just spinning. Got kicked out after tearing around the campgrounds too fast. Good memories with it.
The most amazing thing is, Finnegan found a vehicle out of pa and gave it even the slightest thought that it may be "clean". That's not how it works anywhere north of Maryland.
Yup have one of those, it was ex film company, used for a kids programme I think as a sea monster?? still had a couple of fabric scales under the seat, hopeless on hard ground and the disc brakes were semi seized, so same problem.
That was pretty brave to go right across the lake first outing and no life jackets ??...we have electric winches front and back ! dead handy sometimes.
"Avoid driving your Argo on asphalt" from the owners manual
It's not bad to drive them on asphalt, but due to the skid-steer esque drive system, it can get pretty damn rough turning on a hard surface lol
I had the plastic tracks on my 6x6 and the road was the funnest place besides water, because the plastic tracks on pavement would do crazy fast donuts. Any hard land with mine killed my back after a period of time, but fun none the less.
That's gonna be a hilarious video if Finnegan gets the kids in it and starts driving towards the water and then acts like he can't stop. Kids are gonna freak out until they realize they aren't sinking hahahaha.
My Burban that I bought in Cali back in 97 was a tank ran perfect no major issues for the 7 and a half years I owned besides the regular maintenance break pads, changes oil, and other fluids. The most expensive purchase I ever had to make since I bought it was new tires. I drove that sucker to Arizona and then drove 6 hours to Vegas every weekend and back. Only issue was it didn't have cruise control but I found a 8lbs smooth flat stone the was perfect to sound in front of the petal and kept it at a steady 90mph on the road to Vegas and also worked as an anti theft when I shoved it behind the breaks, the two times someone tried to steal it they weren't able to get it into drive apparently very easy to Jimmy the door on those suckers! Still ran perfect when I sold it to some farmers in 06 before I left to come back home.
Redbeard does some awesome builds! Glad to see a collaboration video!
When i was a kid in the early 70's used to watch them at the factory test them on a hill and some mud
The last time I seen an argo used featured in anything was the banana splits tv show and I am going back a good few years im 53 now. Yours does not look as high millage as me so I'm guessing it's quite a bit younger, ivs just checked and their buggies had only six wheels and no cage. And that was some leap of faith driving that monster into the water. What about fitting a jet ski engine into that thing. You could drop a couple of hinges onto the frame with some floats so you could unclip it from the top and let both sides drop down and use them as outriggers to help with stability. Fantastic show guys absolutely loved it thank you so much
That 2x4 is worth more that the Burban it’s in
With the price of lumber these days, I'd say you're right
Redbeard was like "ummm...wow...this thing is pretty cooked...I'm not sure.... oh it comes with a 2x4? Deal."
They will start selling lumber by the Troy ounce next month
@@kenjohnson5498 Right? Screw Bitcoin. I need some shares in lumber!
Mike always knows how to have fun!
I live only 40min from the Argo plant here in Ontario Canada and they are great machines once you get the hang of them. They however are not designed for pavement running. Enjoy
Can't wait to see the Mercury 300 on the back
👨🎤
Yeah, it would be funny to watch it sink like a brick.
Very nice, yes install a vertically mounted engine on the back for water crossings, then it will be mint.
I was a mechanic for s oyster farm. They had a Argo to get out on the mud flats. We put the plastic factory tracks on it. Went really well but man the salt water destroyed the drive trains. It's all chain drive connecting each wheel to the next. Don't take near salt water!! And keep the chains lubed.
We have two Argo's in our Search & Rescue, they go almost anywhere once you get the hang of them.
Love my Argo 6x6 they’re awesome machines, have tracks for my mine so like mailman rain, snow, or shine I’m able to use it. Some atv’s your limited to the season like a skidoo, Argo no limits
Just the fact u have fun every time things dont go right makes ur videos so much better
Finn, make the PWC trailer just boyant enough to float itself, just below the water. Then you can drive straight down the ramp with people on the skis. Fire them up, take off, then drive the 6X6 back to shore.
What could go wrong? :D
Yes that sounds like an awesome plan
This reminds me of my best friend growing up, his father had a Coot. 4 wheel amphibious craft with a prop on the rear.
We all headed for the river, circa 1970,he bailed off into the river, forgot to install the plug... It sunk had it pulled out of said river, drained it and sold it soon after...
Oh yeah, the kicker is his dad was a shrimper, had his own boat and shrimped from Texas to Florida...
Outboard? Find a clapped out ski and retrofit the jet in to the argo and add a couple fins so you can bring it up on a plane.
Awesome. If you get a dual wheel kit it wheel drive in water better and more stable. They make a track kit for them also.
Used one like that for work. If you stand in the back and reach for the controls it does a little better. It has too much weight in the front and that makes it hard to maneuver. Having a small outboard engine on the back will help also
Am I the only one that is thinking that thing is going to die in the middle of the lake. Kid is having a blast priceless lol.
Can’t wait to see it rippin with an outboard 🤘🏻🤘🏻
Good news is if you brake hard enough that 2x4 will knock you out, thus saving you the humiliation of listening to it die again lol
9:23 white bison just chillin in the background with finigans new toy in the trailer
The 8x8 looks like so much fun!! Top it off with some speed from the jet skis and you cooked up a perfect day. Thanks guys!!
The engine in it will last forever! I have the same one in my older Gravely garden tractor. Keep it in low range when launching skis/boats. It will pull 3500 in low range no prob.
looks like it has a mount for an outboard motor already! Nice!
We had a couple of those in the past. The brakes are needing some work on that one. It should spin around in a circle like it is nothing.
Other than the brakes, keep an eye out for a tire that isn’t pulling its weight, it would probably mean a roll pin sheared at the axle. Easy fix.
Also, it looked like you were in low speed the whole time.
When you came out of the water the first time, it sure looked like you never put the boat plugs in the drain holes.
Watching Finn heading towards the lake at 1mph screaming "this is gonna be awesome" is like seeing Deadpool on the Zamboni :D
I guess Argo is on the
marine side of Finnegan
Speed an Marine. It
doesn't have much
speed. Another cool toy.
next time on finnagans garage we add a centrifugal super charger to the Argo. was going to say turbos but cletus will have one soon with turbos or finn will get cletus one since he got him the hover craft. plus love seeing 2 of my favorite UA-camrs in this. feeding my mini motor and huge power big motors addiction in the same video!!!!!!!!!
Im so glad i still can watch this since motortrend will not let me watch in Australia anymore
I owned argo and maxx both 6x6 the argo was more fun in my opinion between the two. I also had a set of plastic tracks for the argo and when I was on a hard surface like the road that thing would do crazy fast donuts. I'd load the kids up hot the street and whip us all around. Tracks on it also made it virtually unstoppable, alot of wetlands around me and I've gotten the maxx stuck from high centering it. The argo with the tracks would go through anything, you would lose a little in a pond with tracks as far as speed, not that you have allot of speed anyway. Mount a small outboard or trolling motor to take care of that, and make sure you got a working bilge pump. Have fun with it!!!
There was a mod (manufacturers parts) that gave you a small rear prop. It was never really designed for large water like that, but they made a prop that goes on for people that like to push the envelope. No idea if they sold many, or if any are kicking around. Tyres are on the wrong way around!
Nice but, Life Jackets? Registration? Fire Extinguisher? Navigation lights, Paddle...? None? Very good! LOL!
Those Argo's are cool AF. Got to play with a 6x6 one many many years ago. So much fun!
What comes around goes around buddy. Thanks for sharing.
Definitely keep the 2×4. That will make a good trade for a your next build!
My dad bought one back in 96. We would drive it down the hill through the woods over fallen tree's and big rocks and straught into the river and fish. The only thing I don't like about them is that they have no suspension.
love those thing , we used to drive this from island to island in a big lake
Put more air pressure in the tires before you go out on the water next time so it'll float better.
Thanks for some of the best content on UA-cam Finnegan!
I can see the bigger motor Goin in that already!
Gotta try it on ice and snow!! 💪👍
the drive system reminds me of a old Dixon zero turn mower i had, transaxle system with friction cones. Very interesting system
Big boys with great toys!
Redbeard has always seemed like a good dude, I'm glad to see this crossover. Hopefully he does something cool with the suburban.
Great fun. Take the unsuspecting types toward the water and start yelling - oh..no.. NO! No brakes! then hit the water at speed.
Good morning from southwest Florida.
I a friend down here that has the same machine Argo that he put (added) a 650 jet ski engine and pump in the back of it.
That thing is awesome.... little wrench time on it and it will be a solid unit
Finnegan, as a GA boy who relocated to PA. Please understand that "clean" in GA and PA are two vastly different things. A "clean" PA truck will definitely have rust, and may even have rust holes.
Im from PA ,and a "clean" pa truck means its not stolen.....
Should have built the burb up!
New Faster with Finnegan project!!!
Way nicer than then you give it credit for!
Still fun watching the Argo 👍👍
keep up the good work
Top notch giving him extra parts.
had one in the 70's you can get pto prop n rudder attachments, worked great, n paddle tires
When i was growing up my dad had a couple for work. I rebuilt them a couple times i Know a 27 horse Honda will fit in there
22:00 I did the same thing to my kids, fricking hilarious!!! They're most fun in water, on hard land your back will thank you if you park it. Lol but get really are fun, years ago I had these, scat hovercrafts and a rotorway scorpion helicopter, people thought I was crazy, but Finnegan is proving all of them wrong, I'm normal they're crazy lol
Stoked to see the fresh content! Gonna be awesome!
Cool Mike, you got a good trade from Greg. He's got an awesome channel himself.
Can't friggin wait for the caddy, LETS GO
You can also get snow tracks for them and you can mount an out board on the back
1. This thing BETTER be getting some performance upgrades! Let's see some fab work for the brakes, maybe some improved cooling, obviously horsepower...
2. You asked a guy from Pennsylvania about the condition of a vehicle without accounting for the "rust belt factor", you know better than that! Hell, that thing IS clean by rust belt standards!
I absolutely love warmer weather videos with all the watercraft vehicles you’re accumulating. Your definitely going to need more space for storage. lol I can’t wait for you to go to FL and try out giraffes 🦒 Jet boat!!!
Awesome video, awesome vehicle you all have built, it turned out great and I'm happy for you all to get it out and do some reveries with it. Be safe!!
I just watched a guy that builds and drives the fastest boats on the planet giggle with delight about driving a tractor in the water. The internet is amazing.
Finn trip 2 leave skies attached... tow them across thewater and if the argo break hop on the ski and push the argo home lol