Meet The Amphibious Sherp ATV That Tackles Any Terrain

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MEET the Sherp ATV – an amphibious vehicle that can tear through ice, mud and deep water. The all-terrain ATV is built to tackle conditions that other off-road vehicles can’t handle. The Sherp can travel through extreme and remote areas in the harshest of weather. Powered by a Kubota V150T engine and weighing 3,527lbs, the Sherp is equally at home on land or in water.  Videographer / director: Dennis Porter Producer: Nick Johnson   Editor: Ian Phillips

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00:00The SHERP can cross swamps, water, it's fully amphibious, it's made for really, really

00:06remote areas, it can get you pretty much anywhere.

00:24The SHERP is the ultimate go-anywhere ATV, built to tackle terrain.

00:29The other off-road vehicles just can't handle.

00:32The idea comes from Russia.

00:35We have a recreational market for sure, but this vehicle was made to do your job, it's

00:40not a toy.

00:41The SHERP has been used with many commercial applications such as mining, exploration,

00:47geology, surveying, hydro, pipelines.

00:50Eight years ago, the team at SHERP decided to put their years of all-terrain vehicle

00:55construction experience into an exciting new project.

00:59In 2012, that was a prototype.

01:01After that, they started the mass production in 2015.

01:05Since 2017, we sold over 200 units in North America, and we have six dealers in Canada

01:12so far, and 15 in the US.

01:15The SHERP is built in Ukraine, and we assembled it here in Canada.

01:21Powered by a Kubota engine, and weighing in at 3,527 pounds, the SHERP is equally at home

01:28on land or water.

01:30The SHERP can cross swamps, water, it's fully amphibious.

01:34Any type of weather can get you pretty much anywhere.

01:37And it has a neat trick to handle different terrain.

01:42The main thing about the SHERP is the tires.

01:44The tires are self-inflated with the exhaust, which allows you to control the pressure.

01:48You can deflate and inflate it within 30 to 40 seconds, all the way down and all the

01:52way up.

01:54Depends on what you want to cross.

01:57If you want to inflate the tires with the exhaust, you just close the valve, hit the right

02:01button, use the gas, and the exhaust going right into the tires.

02:06All four wheels, even.

02:10And if you need to go long distance, the vehicle has a pretty impressive fuel capacity.

02:16In each tire, you've got the additional fuel tank.

02:20If you need to work in really remote areas with no gas stations, with no civilisation, it

02:26could fit up to 55 litres per one tire.

02:30So in total it gives you around 280 to 285 litres, the whole unit.

02:35Including the main tank.

02:36If you fill up, it allows you to go 3,000 kilometres.

02:40You can fit up to four people in the back with comfort.

02:43But in an emergency or rescue situation, you can fit up to six or eight people in the back.

02:49With 44.3 horsepower, a top speed of 24.5 miles per hour on dry land, and 3.7 on water,

02:58the Sherp isn't going to break any speed records.

03:02But it will take you just about anywhere.

03:05It was not made for the highways, for just a regular road.

03:08It was made mostly for commercial use, for those companies and people who have some need

03:14to use that type of equipment in really, really remote areas and top terrains, where just

03:19any regular ATVs or any other equipment cannot do.

03:23Oh, it feels amazing, especially when you're going from the ice to the water.

03:29A standard version of Sherp is 107,000 US dollars.

03:34Very favourite thing about the Sherp is the tires.

03:37I love the tires.

03:38We've been in situations where we thought, this is it, this is over.

03:43This is where we cannot cross.

03:45But the Sherp has never got stopped.

03:48When you're struggling to cross this particular terrain, the Sherp will get you where you want

03:54to go.

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