I did prepare for that possibility of needing fuel. There is a small town called Germania which used to sell gas but had to stop because the fuel tanks went bad. They just got a grant to replace them. They also sell wheel cheese which is excellent. We made it round trip without re-fueling but Michelle's quad was low on fuel and the gauge was blinking. She still had reserve fuel if needed. Since this was the first trip with my new quad I was not sure how far I could go with it since the motor is bigger then my old quad so I attached these two gallon rotopax just in case. I added chains to the lid of my cargo box so the weight of the fuel doesn't flex the lid.

YYeeeeesssss!

She or He they are tough as nails and i have seen some mighty tough shes in my time.

LOL I am sure of that...

Mine was new , He was still in the shipping crate when i first saw him. He was all strapped down like an animal fresh from Japan..LOL

So Awesome...Great pictures...So did you did not return to your camp tent at night...? stayed on the trail? Nice Artic Cat machine...My cousin was a corporate attorney for Polaris...He liked Artic Cat. They have recently took back the company. Did you carry a gun? In Fla especially in some of the larger forrests like Ocala there are people who live in camps hidden in the forest. They can e druggies and trouble. The Governor DeSantis is cleaning them out but I am always scared about those types of people....I Carry! Its legal in Fla.

ATV safety institute offers a free training course to anyone who purchases a new machine. If your new to riding, it is a good course. You could buy one of those GPS trackers and attach it to the machine. Spark arrest or is standard on ATV's. It should already have one.

Im a little surprized the impact didnt break the bolt, at this point you need to be very careful as tight as it is if your break the bolt probably wont be able to get it out without drilling. I suspect the head got so hot looking at the wear on your rocker arms that the bolt has welded itself to the cylinder, lets hope that is not what happened. The problem with penetrating oil on the head bolt is that you cant get the oil down where it needs to be where it goes into the cylinder to hold the head on. If you spray it down where the head meets the cylinder abundantly some may get in there and also put some heat on it. Start turning the bolt back and forth tighten and loosen tighten and loosen until you get some movement keep doing that sparingly dont try to gorilla it out or the bolt will break. Been there done that! Hopefully it will eventually let go. The heat will expand the metal and let penetrating oil seep down into the threads.