CJM
01-08-2013, 08:34 AM
Wish I got pix but at the time we didnt seem to think of them. You can understand why obviously the further you read lol..
This past sunday I went riding, had a decent group going consisting of a few buddies and some other guys one of them invited. Motley group of 400ex's, 450s, ltrs, a polaris utility and an old zuki 250 quad racer.
Everything was going fine till we were riding near a semi frozen giant puddle. The utility guy decided to ride along the edge. Apparently its alot deeper than it looks cause he sunk it almost to the top. None of us carry a tow strap (I did it broke and I havent replaced it) but even so your not pulling an 800lb quad out with a 400lb one all too easy.
We managed to throw the guy a ratchet strap someone had in their pack and we all pulled him out ourselves with him in 4wd. Amazingly even with a airbox full of water and a soaked paper filter it ran, drained it out and no issues lol.
Later on a friend of mine was riding his 400ex along a one sided bowl. Over time the sand pit has carved this bowl from being 5 stories high and flat at the top to barely enough area on the top to ride or mostly gone, to cutting most of the bowl away, to its current state of about 20ft high with a sharp cut off.
Gotta understand they dredge the lake and there is literally maybe a 3ft wide shore in most spots if anything at all.
So my buddy is riding along, were telling him hes gonna eat it sooner or later (been there done that myself and it isnt fun). its cold outside and the sand is wet making it harder to slide along.
Sure enough he eats it, flys right into the water.
We manage to use the utility and that ratchet strap to yank him out once we float the quad to the bank. Airbox isnt even that full somehow. I think his quick thinking of trying to pull the quad out asap mighta helped. he was keeping it as high as possible near the snorkel. I Yank the plug and somehow not that much water got in, its not hydro locked like mine. Put it back together and whatya know the ol 400 starts up. He runs off to a nearby friends house to use his dryer as hes soaked.
Then the kid with an old pos quad racer was flying along and it just shut down and locked up. I cannot understand how people can buy utter junk and think they will be fine. The thing hadnt had any service in eons, he just bought it and it ran-apparently good enough for him. I surely was gonna tow it back.
So that was my sunday, anyone else have fun this past weekend?
This past sunday I went riding, had a decent group going consisting of a few buddies and some other guys one of them invited. Motley group of 400ex's, 450s, ltrs, a polaris utility and an old zuki 250 quad racer.
Everything was going fine till we were riding near a semi frozen giant puddle. The utility guy decided to ride along the edge. Apparently its alot deeper than it looks cause he sunk it almost to the top. None of us carry a tow strap (I did it broke and I havent replaced it) but even so your not pulling an 800lb quad out with a 400lb one all too easy.
We managed to throw the guy a ratchet strap someone had in their pack and we all pulled him out ourselves with him in 4wd. Amazingly even with a airbox full of water and a soaked paper filter it ran, drained it out and no issues lol.
Later on a friend of mine was riding his 400ex along a one sided bowl. Over time the sand pit has carved this bowl from being 5 stories high and flat at the top to barely enough area on the top to ride or mostly gone, to cutting most of the bowl away, to its current state of about 20ft high with a sharp cut off.
Gotta understand they dredge the lake and there is literally maybe a 3ft wide shore in most spots if anything at all.
So my buddy is riding along, were telling him hes gonna eat it sooner or later (been there done that myself and it isnt fun). its cold outside and the sand is wet making it harder to slide along.
Sure enough he eats it, flys right into the water.
We manage to use the utility and that ratchet strap to yank him out once we float the quad to the bank. Airbox isnt even that full somehow. I think his quick thinking of trying to pull the quad out asap mighta helped. he was keeping it as high as possible near the snorkel. I Yank the plug and somehow not that much water got in, its not hydro locked like mine. Put it back together and whatya know the ol 400 starts up. He runs off to a nearby friends house to use his dryer as hes soaked.
Then the kid with an old pos quad racer was flying along and it just shut down and locked up. I cannot understand how people can buy utter junk and think they will be fine. The thing hadnt had any service in eons, he just bought it and it ran-apparently good enough for him. I surely was gonna tow it back.
So that was my sunday, anyone else have fun this past weekend?