Thread: Floating quads

anyone here floated there quads across rivers with the engine going? tried it with dads but alas...submarine. needless to say he wasnt rapt. heard about guys doing it though. worked ok on the way over,

Used to do it with the wee 120s and the 3 wheelers.... It involved blowing up the shit out of the tire.... More air sir moooorrrreeeee!!!!!

Anything will float as long as the weight of the object is lighter than the weight of the water that the object displaces. So either biff the dog off the quad or put the quad on a boat, Either one will work!

yeah mate be keen on feedback on this need to do thompsoms track !!! haha

Like I said blow the tire up with shitloads a air.... Duhhhhh.... We used a cross the rangitata all da time like this lol

dont try it in a flooded creek with 5 packs on - atv, submarine,atv,submarine in that order as it rolled down the creek with me hanging onto the back

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Note the snorkels

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

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Note the snorkels

The question is cameo...... Do you trust the big bad double B??????

You'd be more of a "c" cup wouldn't you?

It would depend entirely on the quad and its tires and the weight of its rider whether it would fully float or not.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

You'd be more of a "c" cup wouldn't you?

D baby "d"

ARdave here is a thought. As an added measure strap an empty 20 litre water container low on to the front and the back of the quad. That will displace forty kilos of water and as water weighs a kilo per litre that would give you an extra forty kilos of lift (flotation).

Originally Posted by Rushy

ARdave here is a thought. As an added measure strap an empty 20 litre water container low on to the front and the back of the quad. That will displace forty kilos of water and as water weighs a kilo per litre that would give you an extra forty kilos of lift (flotation).

Cheers Rushy makes scientific sense! if im allowed on it again ill have to try it haha

haha cool will be sitting there with our quads biggest boggiest mud puddle ya ever seen ,,,will send me mate in first with the words following the Big bad bob said shell be sweet,,,,might go track down a good compressor today

Originally Posted by Bushrash

haha cool will be sitting there with our quads biggest boggiest mud puddle ya ever seen ,,,will send me mate in first with the words following the Big bad bob said shell be sweet,,,,might go track down a good compressor today

Triple B's suggestion of over inflating the Tyres is soun. By doing that the surface area of the Tyres would increase and therefor they would displace more water which would increase buoyancy.