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I have been looking for a while for a trailer to pull with our atv's. We haul fire wood and water at our cabin as well as brush and tree limbs when needed. Also been kicking around the idea to do a camping trip on the quads and spend several days on the trails. I looked at all the trailers I could find and even thought of building my own, Then I found this and for the money, I believe it is a good deal. The only real draw back I see so far is that it is just wider then the quad. I mean by 2 or 3 inches per side. I think I can live with that. Here is a pic of the trailer behind my 02 Scrambler.

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I did do some backing with it to see how well it did and was very happy. It is predictable and doesn't cut too fast. So far I like it!!

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do the lights work??

Actually they are on in the pics. The polaris has a 3 pin flat plug that matches up to the standard 4 pin flat for trailers. All I have to do is unplug the tail light at the connection that is about 4" away from the light and plug in the trailer. Only one brake light works, but tomarrow I am going to make an adapter to allow both to work. The quad only has 1 brake light wire so all I need is basicly a jumper wire for the right side.

I am going to install a plug on the wifes KQ as well.

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yeah. are you that good at the electrical? i have a 94 blaster and the guy i bought it from put a trailer light on it and i have no clue what to do to hich it up. it had a flat connector and a plug connector. there are 4 wires coming out from the quad itself but only 2 coming out of the light. i plugged them both in while the quad was running and neither one was working. its a kick start so there is no battery and we checked the bulb before we plugged it in. i am really needing this fixed because i am going for a ride with a bunch of friends and the place where were going requires a light in the front on at dusk and an all timw running tail light. plus its safe because i was hit the other day because i stopped to take a turn and the person behind me hit me because they had no clue that i was stopping and or turning. sorry about the long post but i am really in a pickle here.

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yeah. are you that good at the electrical? i have a 94 blaster and the guy i bought it from put a trailer light on it and i have no clue what to do to hich it up. it had a flat connector and a plug connector. there are 4 wires coming out from the quad itself but only 2 coming out of the light. i plugged them both in while the quad was running and neither one was working. its a kick start so there is no battery and we checked the bulb before we plugged it in. i am really needing this fixed because i am going for a ride with a bunch of friends and the place where were going requires a light in the front on at dusk and an all timw running tail light. plus its safe because i was hit the other day because i stopped to take a turn and the person behind me hit me because they had no clue that i was stopping and or turning. sorry about the long post but i am really in a pickle here.

On the trailer light, the brown will be tail and the yellow or green, depending what side it was from will be the brake. The studs from the back of the light will need to be grounded to the quad.

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that is awesome... i noticed u have 2 wiches... how did u get both of them to work?? how do u toggle between the 2 of them??? how did u mount it?

If you look at the left side handle bar, you will see the two winch controls. I use the left one as front and right as rear. The front mount I bought, the rear I made myself. I don't have any pics of the mount but will try to take some tomarrow. The solinoids for the winches are under the front cowel. I will take a pic of this as well.

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Pretty cool!

If that trailer doesnt work out for you,

im not sure where your from, but Lowe's and

places like that have those trailers/wagons for lawn

and gardening type stuff. Ive seen them in steal and

rubbermaid type material.

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Nice trailer. The length of it makes it easy to back up. I recently purchased a trailer for hauling things as well. No lights and I doubt it backs as well as yours but it appears to be quality built and fairly stable. I will put it through the works to find out. lol

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I looked at those trailer sites, they have some NICE stuff! I just did not want to spend that kind of money. I have $319 in my trailer and that is with real wheel bearings and it is D.O.T. legal to pull on the road. I did not want a trailer that just had bushings in the wheels like a lot of yard trailers do. Was affraid that the speed of the quad would really wear out the bushings fast.

As far as the winch questions I was able to take a few pics today.

Here are the dual solinoids for the winches.

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Here are the controls.

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Here is the front winch with mount.

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And here are a few pics of the rear winch and mount.

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The rear mount is made from 2 pieces of angle iron that are bolted into the frame and then the winch plate is bolted to the angle iron. The winch is actually upside down. To make the line go in and out with the correct switch movement, the wires are revirsed from the switch to the winch. The bolts that you see on either side of the reflector are the angle iron mounting bolts. Hope this helps.

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it helps a lot and thank u for the pics... im trying to figure out were the best place to put it would be?? and how im gunna find the money for the winch... did u weld it at all or just bolt it?

Just bolted.

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