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A recreational vehicle which has a body which may be configured for land use or as a boat haul, the vehicle also having a pair of non interconnected spaced apart front wheels, an endless track located rearwardly of an intermediate of the spaced apart front wheels, a motor operatively connected to a

A recreational vehicle which has a body which may be configured for land use or as a boat haul, the vehicle also having a pair of non interconnected spaced apart front wheels, an endless track located rearwardly of an intermediate of the spaced apart front wheels, a motor operatively connected to a drive at least the endless track and optionally the front wheels. The vehicle is able to handle most types of snow and land conditions and can be configured to operate in water if so desired.

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1. A recreational vehicle for use on both ground and snow without requiring modification, said vehicle comprising: a body; a pair of spaced apart independent front wheels; an endless track located rearwardly and intermediate of said spaced apart front wheels; a motor, said motor being operativ

1. A recreational vehicle for use on both ground and snow without requiring modification, said vehicle comprising: a body; a pair of spaced apart independent front wheels; an endless track located rearwardly and intermediate of said spaced apart front wheels; a motor, said motor being operatively connected to both said pair of spaced apart oversized independent front wheels and to said endless track to permit simultaneous driving of both said wheels and said endless track to thereby permit operation of said vehicle on both ground and snow without requiring modification; steering means connected to said pair of spaced apart front wheels. 2. The recreational vehicle of claim 1 wherein said endless track is entrained about first and second wheels, each of said wheels being floatable. 3. The recreational vehicle of claim 1 wherein said drive means are also connected to said pair of spaced apart front wheels by means of a power transfer case, a rotatable shaft, and a transmission connected to each of said front wheels. 4. The recreational vehicle of claim 1 wherein said body is configured as a boat hull. 5. The recreational vehicle of claim 4 wherein said body includes a recess adjacent each of said spaced apart front wheels, said recreational vehicle further including means to retract each of said front wheels into a respective one of said recesses. 6. The recreational vehicle of claim 1 wherein said steering means comprises a pair of handle bars. 7. A recreational vehicle for use on both ground and snow without requiring modification, said vehicle comprising: a body configured as a boat hull; a pair of spaced apart independent front wheels; an endless track located rearwardly and intermediate of said spaced apart front wheels; a motor, said motor being operatively connected to both said pair of spaced apart oversized independent front wheels and to said endless track to permit simultaneous driving of both said wheels and said endless track to thereby permit operation of said vehicle on both ground and snow without requiring modification; steering means connected to said pair of spaced apart front wheels; and said body including a recess above said endless track, said recreational vehicle having means to retract said endless track into said recess.