Hi guys, as usually its me just an offscreen voice and you are watching review machines.
This time we managed to find the newest ATV which is called Shatun, and you know our channel
is the first one, who made a review of this awesome machine.
Actually this ATV is not wide spread, but according to the manufacturer statement it
was created to be one of the best ATV in the world.
Well lets try to find out if it is so.
First of all I should say few words why it is called Shatun.
It means a winter bear, a crazy beast which is not able to sleep in winter.
It is a hungry and furious bear, it often attacks people it fears nothing and considered
as one of the most dangerous and aggressive animals in the world.
In search of any food it is able to cut his was through any obstacles, it sticks at nothing
to get its aim.
That is why the creators decided to call their ATV in this way.
It can cut its way almost everywhere, it doesn’t need a road, it needs only a direction.
Well, a severe name and impressive look it is ok, but we are more interested in offroad
capabilities of the vehicle.
And today we are going to test it in the hardest conditions.
Well we will go off-road very soon, and now lets have a look at some technical details,
it is worth of it I think, cause it is a very interesting project and there are very few
analogs in the world.
First of all It is an amphibious ATV and it has such huge wheels with a very low pressure.
The engine is 4-cylinders turbo diesel Kubota 1,5 L displacement and 45 horsepower.
It has manual transmission and 5-ranges gear-box.
Also it has an articulated frame, that gives many advantages for offroading.
The wheels may be the biggest in the class, diameter is 1.75 m, the displacement of each
wheel is 1200 liters.
Of course the vehicle is equipped with a central system of tire inflation, that can pump up
all the wheels simultaneously or separately.
The body consists of two sections that are moved by a hydraulic steering.
To get on a board we should go through a front door.
At the front section we see two seats for a driver and a passenger.
The steering system looks like one in a regular car, the same steering wheel, handles and
pedals.
At the rear section there is a room for a cargo or for other passengers.
The steering is a very simple, if you can drive a regular car you will be able to drive
this ATV.
At the right we see the panel to control the transmission and there is a dashboard next
to it.
Firstly we decided to make some simple test.
There was a huge swampy field.
It is hardly possible to move here by any regular full wheel drive car, but it is no
sweat for our atv to move here.
By the way the maximum speed is about 45 km/h, japan diesel Kubota has a good torque and
consumes little fuel – it is just about 3 liters per hour.
There is a 5 range gear box, the first range is a very slow and has a maximum torque for
the most difficult conditions.
Well we quickly realized that we couldn’t find any serious task for the atv there, so
we decided to move on.
Now it is high time to see how the atv can float.
The weight of the machine is about 2 tons, and 3 tons is under full load.
But due to the huge wheels the atv can easily float.
The maximum speed on water is 5 km/h.
The important advantage of the vehicle is that it is able to get out from water on a
ground without any difficulties.
It even can overcome some cliff that is a very hard task for any atv.
By the way I strained at the leash to try it myself and share with you my first impressions!
Firstly I should say that it is quite unusual to get on the vehicle through the front door.
But you may get used to it very soon.
As I’ve said the control of the vehicle is just the same as the steering of any regular
car, so it is very easy to start driving this atv.
First of all I was impressed by how smooth it moved.
The smooth driving is provided by the huge low pressure wheels, so I was going through
a rough field as if I was moving in a boat on slight waves.
It is very easy to rotate the steering wheel, you can do it even by only a finger.
Well my first impressions of this vehicle were very pleasant, it is very simply and
comfortably to drive this huge thing.
But now lets find more serious tests for the atv!
Now let see how the atv will overcome this huge log.
You know we though that it got stuck because the log got between the wheels and the atv
couldn’t move at all.
But it was the articulated frame that saved us.
It turned to one side and in this way the vehicle escaped form this trap.
Well we are moving on!
And here we have thick bush but our ATV is cutting its way through the obstacles like
a furious bear pursuing his prey.
Such a performance results from huge wheels, perfect traction and the highest torque of
the engine.
A power bumper protects the body and the paint is like an armor protects from scratches.
Also the vehicle is able to overcome high slopes up to 35 degrees.
And it can climb on a step up to a meter height.
At this moment we headed right into a deep stream channel, it was quite dangerous and
the vehicle barely turned over.
But then it managed to keep going along the channel.
Here we have a lake covered with thick bush.
Lets try to go right into it.
The more we drove this atv the more it seemed to us that nothing could stop this machine.
Except a thick forest maybe.
The creators of the atv managed to combine in construction two successful engineering
solutions.
The First – huge low pressure wheels with differential locks and the second is the articulated
frame.
I think it is needless to speak about the advantages of the huge wheels – they are
always very effective on offroad.
And an articulated frame is good by the fact that is possible to change the wheel track
at any moment.
And that can do a lot of good…for example – remember the situation with a log few
minutes ago.
So what conclusion can we make out of it?
I think there is every reason to say that Shatun may be considered as one of the best
ATV in the world in its class.
It has a very effective design that unifies many smart solutions.
By the way, if you are interested we could make some winter tests and prepare another
video, please push the like button if you want it.
And of course I have to mention the price of the vehicle.
It is about 70 thousand dollars.
It may seem quite a lot.
But if we compare this price with analogs and competitors it turns out to be reasonable.
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