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Posted by: sxr6
Ozark; I don't know what kind of mud hole you guys are playing in?? but the one I was in yesterday required another bike & winch to retreve the quads that tried it. It would take 10 men to get a quad out without a winch!!
Posted by: sxr6
Good one!! Kodiak Owner
Posted by: Specta
You don't own a Honda, do you? J/KBR>
If you haven't been stuck, you haven't been riding.
Posted by: reconranger
We don't have mud out here. Don't know if that is good or bad?
Posted by: luvthemud
personally, I like getting stuck! isn't it kind of fun to see everyones eyes light up when you go flying into the hole that knowone else would try?? the people that say they don't get stuck are usually the ones at the tail end of the pack going "I would do it but, I just washed my quad, but I know I could!!" Pathetic. Drove with a guy who was a huge Honda fan, I like honda, I am not bashing. HIS machine could go through anything he said, he is very cocky and we got sick of him so we took him out to a hole that we play in (I have never seen anyone get across it, it is BAD). He tried and tried, in the process he slammed his face into the rack, broke something in his tranny, fried his winch, blew a front tire, and my front diff went crunch trying to pull him out. Took my truck to get him out the next day!! I still laugh at him everytime I see him, and all he says is "I could have done it if i had 28's on the back instead of 27's!! sorry for the long post.
Posted by: Ozark38
Thats one good thing about having a small quad. If I can't make a mud hole most of the time I can retrieve by myself. If I had a big 4x4 I would without a doubt have a winch.
Posted by: CatsMeow
i think alot of it has to do with skill. i have seen oldtimers cross stuff with one hand on the throttle and one holding a cold drink. other less experienced riders would work like heck to cross the same hole. but it is not hard to see the importance of ground clearance and traction.
Posted by: vampirerider
I think if I ever became hard core about mudding I'd have one just in case.
Posted by: KodiakOwner
I dont care how many cc's you have or how much your quad weighs. Eventually it will get stuck and thats why there are companies who make winches. Its the same as these big 4x4 trucks you see out there. they can put all the horsepower into them but EVENTUALLY something will get stuck. If you have rode any quad for a long period of time or trike for that matter you will find what they can do and they cant do. i dont know maybe its just me.
Posted by: KodiakOwner
I wanted to post this thread because i was tired of people saying that " my machine can go anywhere and never gets stuck" Lets just hope that when they get stuck they can winch to a tree, another quad, or something! This leads me to another question. What do you think about rear mounted winches?
Posted by: KodiakOwner
An optimist is a pessimist without enough experience yet!!!!!! \
Posted by: KodiakOwner
Very true. Here in Alberta we have muskeg, and some guys just go into it flat out. they soon realize that if you go kinda slow and try to crawl through it then you have a better chance of making it because if you go REALLY fast you just bury your bike. (Find a happy medium) a little trick about muskeg is to keep close to the trees so if you do get stuck then your winch is easy to use.
Thats crazy about how he said if he had bigger tires he woulda made it even with everything else that went wrong! I once knew a guy like that who said he could do anything but he never really tried any super challenging holes. I dont ride with him anymore... too annoying
Posted by: TReX300
Those guys that "never get stuck" are alot of fun to watch. My buddy got an '03 Rubi and thought it was unstoppable. He got in this hole we all told him not to try. It took a 660 Grizz hooked to him with a winch and 2 Honda 300 4x4's hooked to the Grizz to get him out. We all were flingin' mud in every direction. It's a little more conservative on his rideing now.
Posted by: JactUpVinson
I think I used my winch three times to one pulling ''i can make it through anything" quads out over myself, although i havent found many mudpits that the Vinson didnt churn through. So, i guess i am a make it through anything guy.
