Yes it is very good for ice fishing. I will be using it later this winter just for that. It has less chance of breaking through the ice than a person, 4x4, or snowmobile because it has only about one pound per square inch of pressure on the ground. More importantly, if the ice does break the Max will float so at least you don't get dead.

MaxRules

 

Hey Max6x6

You keep posting stuff like that and I just might think you're alright. Please keep it up. Share your stories, your pics, and your knowledge. No bashing, or death to anything statements please. It does look and sound like you had fun.

 

Max, you are doing a lot better in this thread than in all the others you've been in so far. It is a lot easier to talk to you if you don't bash. If you tell experiences you've had, places you rode at or in, or whatever, it makes you a lot better of a person. Believe me, you will be a lot more popular if people LIKE talking to you instead of only talk to you when you **** them off.

 

Max Enjoyed the story and Post Thank you! More! More! Got more pictures of the Max doing it's thing? I like to see the really dirty, filthy ones of the Max doing extremely outragous things! Call me wierd, but I do like MUD! Give us more!
Sneeky

 

I went back for some more ice breaking today. This time I was able to drive on top of the ice two times. It cracks and pops but the Max managed to stay on top. The ice is very thin and would not hold a person. Since a person puts about 8 times more pressure on the ice than a Max does, you can drive where you can't walk!

After I had all the ice broken around the edges of the lake I decided to travel down to the creek. Some of the creek water was frozen but other parts weren't. I got to an area where I had to cross the creek which was about 50 feet wide. I knew I shouldn't but of course that doesn't matter so I went for it. I was about 3/4 of the way across when I started to go faster because with the ice breaking I thought I better hurry up. One second later SPLASH! The ice had broke and Max fell in. It floated very fast even with the fall. The water was about 10 feet deep and 20 degrees... I'm glad I wasn't the one swimming. I think it is best to go slow on thin ice, it seems to break much easier with speed and I think that is why I fell through. I was now about 15 feet from shore. I rocked the machine forward and backward to break the ice in front of me and the Max swam out. I looked back and took a picture of the terrain I just tamed. I went down to another area of the creek that was frozen better. I was able to drive on the ice for a long time. There was some rocks sticking through the ice which made for a non frozen part of the creek. I drove over many of those and even with a small area of the ice already broken I didn't fall through. The Max turned very good while on ice. A few times I really got it reved up and was spinning all over. Anyone want to come swim with me? haha

MaxRules

 

Max,very nice story.I do take my Sportsman ice fishing with me,but now that I think about it,I bet the Max really would be a really nice piece to have on the ice.I like the Idea of floating on the Max incase I break thru the ice.===BILL

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Great stories Maxx,Now this is atv talkin.keep up the good work guys and maxx sorry about the post a few days ago ,and RANGERSX come on don't ruin a good thing with the mine is better than yours talk.take it easy guys !!

 

Let's see the ice pics. Don't get much of that down here.

 

explorer- umm hi. so you rip on me for saying mine is better than his? What the hell has he been doing this whole time? He keeps telling us quad riders that we are all dumb and dont know what we are talking about. I am sorry but i am not just going to sit here and take it up the tailpipe! I said on rock piles, i guaruntee that it would never make it up what i make up, too slow, too heavy.

Ranger
The guy with the knowledge

 

First off RANGERSX, I'm not ripping on you what so ever,you've done nothing to be ripped on for,you had a comment which your entitled to,however this particular conversation is very rare because for once stories and experiances are being exchanged and not the usual atv comparisons that are always quick to spark bashing or unreasonable comparisons between two very unlike machines both which serve two diffent puposes and have differnt qualitys that perhaps the other does not posess(at least in the opinion of the owners arguing)so all I ask is to let this topic continue on as awesome as it has been because for once it is like old times when you could read ones post and visulise the experiance and get pumped up for your next ride.Perhaps Maxx is trying to be more pleasing and imformative if this is true don't bash of bring up topics of the past that only lead to arguementive comparisons.Anyway who am I to direct the direction of the forum,we'll I'm a nobody and have no say what so ever ,however I feel if you have a beef with a certain person start your own post and leave the clean informative ones alone.Ranger don't take this personal by all means ,I do know frustration just read page 3 of the original post,however some must change there ways including myself and perhaps this is the post I shall start.

[This message has been edited by xplorer (edited 12-22-1999).]