I received the following short note from Japan with information about remote access vehicles that can swim. Readers of this blog who spend time in the bush might be interested in the Land Tamer. I wish I had one when I worked in Madagascar.
Dear Ms. Marohasy，
We are the distributor of Global Imaging in Japan, our system is the data receiving, processing, and archiving from the NASA EOS MODIS data for our clients are the National Universities and Institutes in Japan, Asian countries, and Australia.
We are reseller of PFM Manufacturing Inc, for promoting the Land Tamer 6×6 and 8×8 Amphibious Remote Access Vehicles is a simple, efficient, proven system and is easy to maintain wherever you are. Please see the website is http://www.landtamer.com .
Since many countries have mosquito problem and the West Nile Virus, from mosquito carries, many state and local governments have grants to combat those public health problems.
As you know, when carrying out this type of business, getting to the site and working around the site can sometimes be very hard due to muddy transitional areas.
The Land Tamer has the ability of traveling from land to water over those areas is where our Land Tamer shines.
With our low ground pressure due from the large tires, the land Tamer can travel where other vehicle cannot go. Additionally, we have several optional accessories for the Land Tamer, such as our hydraulic water propulsion system for moving though deep water, or our hydraulic power take off (PTO) that can be used to power a core drilling machine to get river bed samples, etc.
Best regards,
Tadayuki in Japan
http://www.globalimaging.com
mail to: takimoto@globalimaging.com
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
This type of thing has been around for years.
The electrician on Karragarra Island, [one of the Morton Bay islands] used one to get around the islands in the early 1980s.
It was a Canadian made thing, & available in Brisbane. He had to add an outboard motor, as it was not fast enough to get across some of the channels, because of strong tidal flows.
Yes, as Hasbeen mentioned these amphibious boats have been around for a long time…
In Nordic countries the military owns them as well, and winter in an oil spill accident in the Baltic Sea , in icy conditions the amphi boats were used to save oil spilled sea birds since the ice was very treacherous.
In the mining business we use that strange thing called a helicopter.
Usually either a Squirrel or Robbins 44 for short trips.
Using the vehicles mentioned above means that their proselytisers have had little exerience in repairing tyre punctures.
Does anyone remember an Australian outback documentary series on TV in the 80’s or 90’s? Two blokes travelling around in a Mini Moke with a large aluminium punt upsidedown on top for a roof. When they came to a river or swamp, they would put the punt into the water, drive the Moke onto it and cross the water that way.
As most of outback Australia is dry, that must have been an interesting documentary.
Sure it was a mini moke? – couldnt pull the skin off a rice pudding!
Maybe it was * Adventurer * Explorer * Entertainer * Movie-Star * Conservationist * Dead Set Legend * – Alby Mangels
http://members.optusnet.com.au/alcalder2/alby.htm
It wasn’t Alby Mangels, I’m almost certain it was a Moke, and they were travelling in FNQ.
The Moke was pretty good because it was such a light vehicle, and they weren’t towing anything, the punt was upsidedown on top, and it was just a shallow aluminium shell, pretty light.
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