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Posted By: wabigoon Ever ride a Duck? - 02/10/22
We did, at the Wisconsen Dells. [Linked Image from nationalinterest.org]
Posted By: gregintenn Re: Ever ride a Duck? - 02/10/22
I rode on at Stone Mountain, Georgia. The driver was a great big black fella. He played “Who Let the Dogs Out” loud as it would go on the radio, and went down that launching ramp wide open. The kids loved it.
Posted By: LazyL0228 Re: Ever ride a Duck? - 02/10/22
In the dells. Let the kid's drive it. I was the only big kid to drive.
Posted By: 57springer Re: Ever ride a Duck? - 02/10/22
Very cool indeed !!!
Posted By: Higginez Re: Ever ride a Duck? - 02/10/22
Where you at #SACharlie?

Ooops. You said "duck"...
Posted By: NVhntr Re: Ever ride a Duck? - 02/10/22
Yep, we rode one when we were in Mazatlán in '86. It ferried people for day trips from the crowded hotel beaches to a less crowded island about a mile out.

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Posted By: RiverRider Re: Ever ride a Duck? - 02/10/22
Originally Posted by Higginez
Where you at #SACharlie?

Ooops. You said "duck"...



No, in Suckass Charlie's case the difference would be "ride."
Posted By: FatCity67 Re: Ever ride a Duck? - 02/10/22
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Posted By: Tide_Change Re: Ever ride a Duck? - 02/10/22
Not a duck, but a classmate in high school had one of those mid 60's Amphicars.
Posted By: magshooter1 Re: Ever ride a Duck? - 02/10/22
Yep, they have them in Hot Springs, AR on Lake Hamilton. One sank years ago, killing some of the riders. Think the same thing happened in WI.
Posted By: tikkanut Re: Ever ride a Duck? - 02/10/22



that's how U get 44K posts ?
Posted By: blanket Re: Ever ride a Duck? - 02/10/22
Yes Muscatine boat club has one, or did
Posted By: kaywoodie Re: Ever ride a Duck? - 02/10/22
Yes. At Coronado. They kicked us off and we had to swim back.
Posted By: flintlocke Re: Ever ride a Duck? - 02/10/22
Originally Posted by NVhntr
Yep, we rode one when we were in Mazatlán in '86. It ferried people for day trips from the crowded hotel beaches to a less crowded island about a mile out.

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Technically, (but who GAF, that is a LARC V). I worked for a company that delivered marine freight around the Aleutians and the cost of Alaska, and used a couple of them for amphib delivery operations. They eventually gave up, they were extremely dangerous in any kind of rough water or surf, carried a payload of a pissant proportions, and I was challenged keeping the twin V8 Cummins reliable. Endless electrical problems in the salt environment. I don't think the military used them for very long either. Every time the boss made me ride along on a landing, I wore a regular life vest and a Mae West...shows how much confidence I had in the aluminum coffin.
Posted By: moosemike Re: Ever ride a Duck? - 02/10/22
Originally Posted by Tide_Change
Not a duck, but a classmate in high school had one of those mid 60's Amphicars.



Those were cool
Posted By: ironbender Re: Ever ride a Duck? - 02/10/22
They are in Boston wabi.
Posted By: chris_c Re: Ever ride a Duck? - 02/10/22
Yes, at the Dells
Posted By: kaywoodie Re: Ever ride a Duck? - 02/10/22
What Flintlocke said! A LARC!
Posted By: Cheesy Re: Ever ride a Duck? - 02/11/22
17 died on one in Branson in 2017. Freak storm popped up and it took on big waves.

I’d ridden there in 2016.
Posted By: dale06 Re: Ever ride a Duck? - 02/11/22
Also at the Wisconsin Dells, many years ago.
Posted By: wabigoon Re: Ever ride a Duck? - 02/11/22
Somewhere, there is a picture of me on a Blackduck, in Blackduck, Minnesota.

It's fenced in now.
Posted By: MadMooner Re: Ever ride a Duck? - 02/11/22
Not on purpose.

They’ve killed a few folks around Seattle.
Still don’t like them.
Posted By: Whelenman Re: Ever ride a Duck? - 02/11/22
Originally Posted by wabigoon
We did, at the Wisconsen Dells. [Linked Image from nationalinterest.org]



Us too!!!!
Posted By: Scotty Re: Ever ride a Duck? - 02/11/22
I rode one in Branson, MO before the accident. After the accidents they were moved to the WI. Dells. They may have already had some in WI Dells but added to them.
Posted By: Torqued Re: Ever ride a Duck? - 02/11/22
Rode.one in Nashville several years ago. Lived to tell about it.
Posted By: wabigoon Re: Ever ride a Duck? - 02/11/22
What would it cost to buy one?
Posted By: ldholton Re: Ever ride a Duck? - 02/11/22
Originally Posted by Cheesy
17 died on one in Branson in 2017. Freak storm popped up and it took on big waves.

I’d ridden there in 2016.

Yeap , bad decisions by the responsible crew is how I see it personally. Was actually working on the edge of the lake when this happened in Branson or I should say Branson West, Silver Dollar City, Indian point
Posted By: blanket Re: Ever ride a Duck? - 02/11/22
Why would you want one
Posted By: wabigoon Re: Ever ride a Duck? - 02/11/22
laugh
Posted By: ENorton Re: Ever ride a Duck? - 02/11/22
At the Dells, always a fun time.
Posted By: Gooch_McGrundle Re: Ever ride a Duck? - 02/11/22
Been on the ones in Seattle several times.
Posted By: mbhunt Re: Ever ride a Duck? - 02/11/22
San Felipe Mexico in 1977. Getting on a crappy old shrimp trawler that was converted into a fishing boat. 18 guys and all their gear. I think we had at least 3" of freeboard.
Posted By: OldmanoftheSea Re: Ever ride a Duck? - 02/11/22
No, but I have taken a walk in a duck's boots...
And wrapped myself in a duck's cloth...
Posted By: Fuelman Re: Ever ride a Duck? - 02/11/22
My family and I took a tour of Baltimore in '06 on one, everyone enjoyed it, the guide was very entertaining. My boys think we could really it to hunt the islands in the Susquehanna, lol!
Posted By: ipopum Re: Ever ride a Duck? - 02/11/22


Yes At the Dells also,, We operated a store there, The Boat Co had control of almost everything. We rented our space from them and they gave us free passes

to all of their attractions. That was before Lake Delton washed out.
Posted By: oldhunter49 Re: Ever ride a Duck? - 02/11/22
Been on them several times at Wisconsin Dells, AKA Wisconsin's tourist trap.

https://www.dellsducks.com/
Posted By: Richdeerhunter Re: Ever ride a Duck? - 02/11/22
Took a duck tour of Boston, one if by land, two if by sea.
Posted By: prplbkrr Re: Ever ride a Duck? - 02/11/22
I grew up 40 mins. south of "The Dells". Only been on a duck once, when we took the grandkids for a ride. Meh.
Posted By: 22250rem Re: Ever ride a Duck? - 02/11/22
Only had one duck ride way back in the summer of 1972. There was a guy running tours around a local bay. Think they were only on weekends and IIRC he only did it that one year. It was interesting and now I can at least say I rode in one of those things. Even cruising around that calm bay way back then I could tell that those things weren't the most sea worthy craft around. Weren't they just made for fording smaller bodies of water and things like amphibious landings? No way would I take one out into a big open water environment like Lake Ontario. Those things wouldn't last long in rough, open water.
Posted By: 007FJ Re: Ever ride a Duck? - 02/11/22
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I thought it was about Ducatis.

I took a friend's Ben Bostrum 998 around for a session at Texas World Speedway. Quite the machine at the track. Transmission like Butter and the Brakes were so nice!
Posted By: 12344mag Re: Ever ride a Duck? - 02/11/22
I'm not proud of it.
Posted By: VarmintGuy Re: Ever ride a Duck? - 02/11/22
Wabigoon: Yep several times at the annual Seattle Seafair festivities/parades.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy
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