This hole swamped an Arctic Cat H1 and a Yamaha Grizzly 660. I didn't know how deep it was, I only heard a guy in our group tell everyone else that I could make it through, so I rode to the front to see what the commotion was. Next thing I know I was up to my handlebars!!


The first two pics are of the hole, the last pic shows what kind of ground clearance I have so you can get an idea of how deep it was.

 

I have looked everywhere to find out how to snorkel my Ozark. I am so proud to own one as I too have got through some situations that other riders have just scratched their heads. It is often quite a show.

 

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: scalleja

I have looked everywhere to find out how to snorkel my Ozark. I am so proud to own one as I too have got through some situations that other riders have just scratched their heads. It is often quite a show.</end quote></div>

There are several ways to snorkel an Ozark. The snorkel I was running in these pics was 1 1/2" PVC ran into a hole in the side of the stock air box that I sealed up. My current snorkel replaces the air box completely and has the air filter on the end of the snorkel. I've even seen a couple of guys with Ozarks trim a bit of the plastic between the seat and fuel tank and mearly extended the factory snorkel up a few inches.

 

I tried originally to replace the airbox and snorkeling it but I could not get the airflow right and it kept running poorly. I also could not find the room to keep the airbox and run a pipe through the frame. Could you send me some pics of the workmanship? I am sure that there are a lot of people that would like to snorkel their Suzi's.

 

haha thats sick man.

 

So did you make it out yourself, or get stuck needing to winch your self or
winched/pulled by someone else? What inch and type of tires are you running?

Cheers,

R'

 

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: RticKwad

So did you make it out yourself, or get stuck needing to winch your self or

winched/pulled by someone else? What inch and type of tires are you running?



Cheers,



R'</end quote></div>

I was able to turn my Ozark around in the hole and drive it out under it's own power.


Currently and in that picture I was running 24" X 9" X 11" Dirt Hook front tires and 25" X 9.5" X 12" Outlaws on the back. Stock tires are only 22" tall front and back.

 

Well I tell ya, you sure were
up to your snorkels, lol.

So its the type of tires Vs. the size?

I saw a youtube video of a guy
going thru swamp and such with
small mud tires, like he was floating
on it. I think he was running a Honda
Foreman. I still can't understand this,
is it the tires giving it all floatation,
do you do body mods, not to sink
all the way.

If it was mine, it would of been buried
and no hope of winch out, I am sure!

R'

 

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: RticKwad

Well I tell ya, you sure were

up to your snorkels, lol.



So its the type of tires Vs. the size?



I saw a youtube video of a guy

going thru swamp and such with

small mud tires, like he was floating

on it. I think he was running a Honda

Foreman. I still can't understand this,

is it the tires giving it all floatation,

do you do body mods, not to sink

all the way.



If it was mine, it would of been buried

and no hope of winch out, I am sure!



R'</end quote></div>

When I had my old tires on the back ( 25" X 13.5" X 9" Super Sweamper TSLs) filled up to 10 psi and a basket ball showed in my front grill I my quad would float with me on it!! I was able to float across a creek that was deeper than what the hole was in the pictures above!

So for the most part it is only tires that give flotation in those situations.

 

So what you are saying is that it is not really the size of
the tire or mud tire type but just jack up the PSI?

Obviously, you were going thru some deep mud with
water stuff above, were you running 10 PSI or close
on that occassion?

My concern is if I jack my normal 5 PSI up to 10PSI to go
thru deep water, how will it do on the mud underneath
and climbing out and all around? People tell me to even
lower the PSI when going thru thick mud, but as you can see
above, its NOT Either/OR ya need both.

Thoughts?

R'