what size tires opn ur ranchers

[rancher350rider]

also to turn the 27 i have
hmf pipe ,high comp piston jet kit k&n air filter

[MudMonsterGrizz]

I see pics of the bikes stuck, but none of them actually slinging the mud around. Don’t see any videos to prove it either. I can take a 250 Timberwolf, slap some 29.5” laws on it and get it stuck…still doesn’t mean it will spin the tires in deep stuff.

I have seen Ranchers bogging down with 26” tires on several occasions.

Also if you think you are doing good by getting the Rincon for mudding think again. Those things have absolutely no low range at all. I have seen them bog down with stock tires on them. My buddy had went and bought one, got it home, pulled it off the trailer, hooked a trailer too it, and the thing bogged down…wouldn’t budge the trailer. He loaded it up and brought it back to the dealership and traded on another bike.

[MudMonsterGrizz]

Just in case you guys think I have no idea what I am talking about I have not had a 350 Rancher; although I had more than one 300 Honda.

My second to last one was bored over to a 373 with high compression piston, 459 cam, and just about ever other performance mod you could slap on the thing. It was putting up just as much or more power to the ground as a 450 Honda and it would bog down big time with 28” skinny Outlaws on it.

The last Honda 300 I had was bored over to a 355 with high compression piston, 102 web cam, and all the other goodies. It would bog with the 28’s and even bogged it several times with 26” vampires, and it was much stronger than a Rancher.

Now when I say the bikes bogged down this is what I mean…If I saw a hole that looked bad and I dropped it down in first and stayed in the throttle pretty hard it would continue to turn the tires okay…nothing special. The minute I let off the throttle it was done for because I could not start them spinning again. If you want to ride W.O.T. through the thick stuff then you might be okay most of the time, but don’t let off the throttle or you are toast.

[MudMonsterGrizz]

Now this is what I call “real” mud…


The bike on the left is my grizzly…the bike on the right is my cousin’s T-wolf which is about the same height with the oversized tires and lift as a Rancher…

[MudMonsterGrizz]

Here is my bike in some "real" mud

[MudMonsterGrizz]

[MudMonsterGrizz]

As you can see my floarboards are about as high as a Rancher's racks...a rancher would be almost completely under the mud in some "real" stuff.

[rancher350rider]

lol i dont have any vids in real mud just sum water stuff
but hey i know i can spin my tires if u dont think i can i can care less also they where 27x10x12 and they where skinny
and about the rincon
yea i took a buddys out or ur right about that rincon in mud = no good he had 27 in zillas and couldent even pull them good

we are looking at the new outy 800 and the 650
we might pick up one of each if we can work out a good deal for my moms new bike

also
that t wolf is not as high as my rancher ill tell u that for sure

[MudMonsterGrizz]

Like I said the Rancher will spin the tires all day long in WATER with some 27’s or 28’s, but it’s not made to push those tires in pure slop.

I have seen a Rancher bogging down too many times. We just went out this past weekend as a matter of fact to do the 450 Rhino review and brought along a 350 Rancher with an HL lift kit and 26” mud lites. It did great in the sand and in the water, but when we hit the real slop it started bogging…and that was just with some mud lites…slap a real tire on there and it won’t go anywhere.

You are right about one thing though…what does it matter what I think, or should I say KNOW. If you are happy with your machine and it does what you want it to do then that’s all that matters. I just don’t think people should give other people wrong impressions about what a machine can do. I ride in some bad stuff so I give the “worst case scenario” aspect of it all, and in that scenario the Rancher bogs down and gets pulled out in neutral.

[05 rancher]

MudMonsterGrizz since your a
Senior Member i have a question for you because it seems like you have been around quads for a long time???
MudMonsterGrizz since your a


I have a stock 2005 rancher 350 es,and im looking to get maybe some rims,but if i dont buy rims i may just get tires for the factory rims,what would be a good size for factory rims??? and if i get rims and tires what would be good size and kind,i dont do alot of mud because i like to keep my quad clean...lol all the guys laugh.


Any help would be great..

Thanks Craig F