Argo is a Canadian manufacturer of amphibious all-terrain vehicles. It was founded in 1962 as Ontario Drive and Gear (ODG) Limited, in

Kitchener, Ontario Kitchener is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario, about west of Toronto. It is one of three cities that make up the Regional Municipality of Waterloo and is the regional Administrative centre, seat. Kitchener was known as Berlin until a ...

and was later moved to

New Hamburg, Ontario New Hamburg is a community of approximately 11,953 (2011 stats) in the township of Wilmot, Ontario, Canada. It is in the far western part of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, near the regional border with Perth County. It is adjacent to th ...

. Argo offers

6×6 Six-wheel drive (6WD or 6×6) is an all-wheel drive drivetrain configuration of three axles with at least two wheels on each axle capable of being driven simultaneously by the vehicle's engine. Unlike four-wheel drive drivetrains, the configura ...

and

8×8 Eight-wheel drive, often notated as 8WD or 8×8, is a drivetrain configuration that allows all eight wheels of an eight-wheeled vehicle to be drive wheels simultaneously. Unlike four-wheel drive drivetrains, the configuration is largely confined ...

amphibious extreme terrain vehicles, as well as 4 wheel ATVs.

History

Founded in 1962 in

. ODG helped design the transmission for the

Amphicat The Amphicat (known in Spain as Artés Gato Montés) is a six-wheel-drive, skid steer amphibious all-terrain vehicle, one of whose developers was Spanish inventor and businessman José Artés de Arcos, whose company produced the model in Spain. M ...

. ODG manufactures 8×8 vehicles and 6×6 vehicles for recreational and industrial use. In November 2009, volunteers in twelve communities in

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were each equipped with an Argo Avenger, one of ODG's 8×8 vehicles, for local

Search and Rescue Search and rescue (SAR) is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger. The general field of search and rescue includes many specialty sub-fields, typically determined by the type of terrain the search ...

. Recently, ODG was asked to help the

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in designing a lunar vehicle. The Argo is an all-terrain 8×8 or 6×6 amphibious ATV / UTV / XTV. ODG has been manufacturing the Argos for over five decades. ARGO Conquest 8x8

Technical details

and

* Triple differential ADMIRAL steering transmission provides even torque to all 8 of the 25" Argo tires. * Hydraulic vented disc brakes * Front and rear axle bearing extensions * One-piece handlebar steering control with mounted brake lever. *

Amphibious Amphibious means able to use either land or water. In particular it may refer to: Animals * Amphibian, a vertebrate animal of the class Amphibia (many of which live on land and breed in water) * Amphibious caterpillar * Amphibious fish, a fish ...

* Aftermarket parts available

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* * * (in Russian) {{DEFAULTSORT:Argo Companies based in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo Truck manufacturers of Canada Eight-wheel drive

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