We rode here the day before the event. This is a DCNR state forest trail system. The story behind the name is miners would put their bottles of whiskey in the local springs to keep them cold until their shift was over. Part of the trail system is on old strip mines so some areas are barren, others are full forest.

This ride was 64 miles. We have done rides pushing 100+ Her quad will be on reserve by 100 miles. I carried these mainly because I use only non-ethanol gas in the quads and generator. Turns out one gas station in town sells it.

It just adds character to it !!

I just paid $125 for 3 machines, full coverage. I also have not had any incidents and I have been with the same company for years so that explains the rate.

Good morning from the cowboy State 😁 more cows than people

Quad and plow are going to get a workout today!

I have had my new tires for a while, chronic procrastinator, decided it was time to get them mounted up. Against my better judgement i decided to mount them myself. I got one of these Harbour Freight manual tire mounting machines, mounted it to a half pallet to make it more portable. Very impressed with the quality and amount of tools that came in the kit for a low price point. The bead breaker worked very well, i wasnt sure it would be able to do it, i think these tires are original to the bike its a 2004, but with enough lube, mothers concentrated car wash straight, it finally broke the bead. Tire fit very well on the machine and it tightened down good. The extra long pry bar that came with the kit worked well to get the outer rim of tire off. Half way there, half way there no issues, then it got serious. I pulled and i tugged had 3 prybars working this thing and it wouldnt budge no matter what i tried it would not come off, until i got the grinder out and cut it off. Im sure most of you see what the problem was. I didnt notice it until i was too far in to change direction. On this particular rim the tire goes on and off from the back side of the rim, not the front like what i was used to. The back side is the low side. Plus to add to the problem tires were old and not very strechy, i have a greater respect for how well these ATV tires are made with well reinforced sidewalls, even with the grinder it took me a minute or two to cut through it, of couse i was being very careful not to nick the rim. Anyway the HF machine worked well and the tire is off, hopefully the next one wont be this bad. Lot of hard work for an old man, glad i can still do it. Now for the fun part , cleaning up the old rim, years of stop leak and slime caked on the inside, that stuff dries hard, the little Milwaukee is good for getting into tight spaces, but wasnt quite up to the task. Needed a few more RPMs. Old rattlecan paint just flaked right off. Now time to decide on a new color, tired of the boring gray. More to come!

What a nice guy helping the elderly couple.🤩

Its a refrigerator that looks like a cooler but it runs on 12/24 volts. Usually includes a power brick to run it off 120 volts. The one shown here is a small one. It uses a compressor and can even be set as a freezer if needed. This small one is the one I usually keep in the shed on a shelf in the summer to have cold drinks handy when I am working on something. (the shed is like my workshop and where I maintain the quads) Right now I have it powered up because I am going on a trip for a few days and want a few cold ones in the hotel room. These are very power efficient. I have a larger one I take camping and run it off the battery. Uses 3amps when running (at 12 volts) and they are very quiet. I also have a dual-zone one so I can use the small compartment as a freezer for ice packs when we quad ride in the summer to keep the drinks cold during the day.

First round of plowing with the 450 this year. I had an older quad that was used for plowing but was sold this year. Took off the front cargo box to see the plow better and the extra lights are helpful since when the plow is lifted, the headlights are partially blocked.

Afternoon

You will never have enough tools, but the ones you only need once in your lifetimes list gets long. For most tasks you just need a regular socket set metric and a volt meter definately feeler guage, JIS screwdrivers, phillip will mess up the screw head taking it out. If you go to do the brakes the rear axle nut is large, not usually in a standard socket set. I would recommend only buying these specialty tools as you find a need for them.

Lead acid ATV / UTV batteries, whether AGM, SLA or flooded are like car batteries.. They will last years longer if kept on a maintainer when not in use. Letting them sit at less than full charge is the biggest killer of them due to sulfation build up.

It sounds like the clutch is not grabbing what does it do when you give it more throttle make noise or just sit there or go slowly. Its also possible it jumping out of gear, try shifting again and see if it wants to move.

BTW Tie Wraps on high VDC ignition leads are bad. Many times guys will 'hog down' on tie wraps pulling the wire tight to metal (its grounded) housing.

@mehim no nude/barely clothed photos please. I removed them from your last post.

16th annual event to raise money for cancer research, For $25 you get a 64 mile ride and a chicken BBQ dinner after the ride. Can't beat it.

I think Battery Tender is the highest rated one i dont have one, been meaning to pick one up but my cheap Amazon and Temu ones just keep working.

Great event, good turnout im sure it was a lot of fun.

I don't know of any adapters to allow a battery charger to act as a maintainer. Depending on the output of your solar charger, It could be a "maintainer" Dash board solar chargers rated between 5 and 10W and 13 to 13.5v will act as a maintainer.. Maintainers typically normally output a very low amperage, generally one amp or less and a voltage between 13 and 13.5v to apply a very low charge rate to balance the internal leakage of a battery. Normal full charge voltage of a 12v leaed acid battery is between 12.5 to 12.8V

23 friends 5 days great weather in Wyoming riding Sand Dunes & trails !!

Good Morning! Beautiful Tuesday after Memorial Day here in MI. Hope everyone had a great weekend! 😎

Kawasaki Super Sherpa, love that bike, the most fun bike to ride.

Good morning from Michigan!

Probably beautiful trails send Pictures!

No fuel bowl on fuel injected systems. Normally gas engines use a high pressure fuel pump (40 psi or more) to feed the injectors directly. Carburator fuel pumps run around 7 psi. to fill the fuel bowl. Carbs work on a vacuum system rather than a pressure one. I strongly suspect when it is sitting for a few days the fuel bleeds out of the line,possibly from an unnoticed small leak. If some air can enter the line it could cause an air lock and take a bit to clear. It takes a moment for the fuel to compress the air in the line and build pressure.The injectors only open for the time the control program says it normally needs so it can take several cycles to bleed the air out and actually deliver fuel to the cylinder(s)

Everything looks very clean in there, like they may have been replaced recently , whats going on, are the cylinders leaking or just wont build pressure or stuck. IF the seals are jusy stuck you may be able to keep working with them with fresh fluid to free them up, if you have to take them apart put in a kit or replace them , you can usually find aftermarket wheel cylinders cheaper than the kit and the aftermarket ones work fine. You just have to remove the old one replace it and reinstall the brake line. If you use the kit you have to take it all apart hone the cylinder clean it all up and reinstall the rubber parts and spring that comes in the kit.

Ha Ha, did a third round but getting dark. PA went to a state of emergency so it is now legal to take ATV's and snowmobiles on the roads so I dropped the plow and went for a little joyride around town. Don't have work tomorrow either, bummer

Naw, got stiffed

My New Year's resolution years ago was to not make any more New Year's resolutions, and I've stuck by it ever since. Not much of a wine drinker here but it can be "concentrated" to make some nice liqueurs. 16 years retired here. I've developed quite the allergy to work and I'm definitely not looking for a remedy for it.

Its possible it was right on the verge of seating and the sun just helped but it is not that hot here not like the middle of the summer.

Thank you brother, some things I've found said that and others said not all the way because it would build too much pressure. I tend to overthink, especially when I see conflicting info. Lol It's extremely nice, it actually belongs to an elderly couple I've known most of my life. They bought it new in '07, never been abused and always garage kept. Most likely never seen full throttle until I've been test riding it. Lol

Well i thought the post was very informative. I liked the pictures. I have changed out four gravely tires this year. However, they are a two part rim so it's easy to unmount and remount. The tire machine is a good investment. My Kissin 'cousin has the automatic Job-R-Do from Northern tool. If i had several to do I would go see him. I have never used the Yamaha tire lube. sounds like a good idea.

Well on battery disconnects I only open the DCcommon. safety of no com if Bat + is grd to frame accidentally. On a light yes I guess one could use a double pole discinnect but never two individual switches. I don't like chasing open com's.

Rocks? You want rocks? Here you go

Steel belted tires would make it more difficult to plug. A tire shop could have fixed it, dealers can get weird on what they will fix. Some newer cars don't come with spare tire. My one vehicle doesn't have a spare, they give you an air compressor with fix a flat. I added a plug kit to the car.

When you pein the rivets they swell up and fill the hole. Really tight!

Started on brakes on the 2004 Eiger, this is the one that wouldnt roll when i got it, found out that someone pulled the side case, when you do that on an Eiger all the gears on that side fall out, so you have to spend a minute figuring out where everything goes back, this guy figured wrong and put the main drive gear in backwards and tried to hammer the case cover back in place, case was cracked and i could see the claw hammer indentations on the case, ended up having to replace the case cover. After pulling the wheel i could see that someone had been in there recently a new castle nut rusty but may not be to bad in there. Digging a little deeper i could see it had a new drum also. Also new shoes, after looking closer i could see it was never used after new brakes were installed, he spent some money here, OEM shoes and drum, cost more than i paid for the whole rig. All i could find wrong was one of the brake cables was missing the hand brake on right side. Some cleaning later and good to go. I suspect the front is going to be OK as well because they are working, i will check them out. Even though this one was easy glad i checked it out.

On a trip 6-8 Hrs. is Good! Fortunately we have a couple Off-Road parks within a couple hrs. away.

Its made by Plasticote, not a brand i generally buy, but it is one of the best i have used for painting metal with pitting and imperfections, does a good job of hiding those, of course i really didnt need it for this, i used it because once sprayed on its there very hard to get off maybe keep the rust down to a minimum. Plus i didnt have to run to the store to get something, that kind of throughs a pebble in your pond, and it takes a minute to get back to where you are. Wife came out while i was working on this, 3 quads sitting around and 2 riding lawnmowers, she said you need therapy, my response was yes maybe, but will that help me get these parts cleaned up, i dont think so.

One of the rare times someone took my picture skiing.

I looked at a stone calculator....753 lbs....😵‍💫

I had (its in a basket in Grandpa's barn) a Yamaha 500 cc thumper. Compresson release Kick Start machine... I put 19 K on it when i was in College. I still have a Suzuki FA 50 cc that i got for Grandma. I rode it at Bike rallies, Nascar Daytona 500 ,and Homestead FL to shuttle around the parking lot and get in trouble....BTW in Europe they call it the Shuttle bike. I want to sell it. BTW I am not a TOMBOY I can make the best gravy.

Hard working Grizzly with lots of issues, barely made it off the trailer (and only in reverse)!

2022 Arctic Cat re-designed their machines. I don't think they use Kymco parts anymore but are all done in the main factory in MN. My 2023 Alterra I bought last month is VERY different then any other Cat I owned. No more wet clutch, transmission is now separated from the engine. CVT has been moved more towards the rear. Thankfully you can download the service manuals for free.

Reading your post brought back lots of memories of days gone by. When i was a kid my grandfather owned a dairy farm they had 7 kids so when the crops came in everyone came, lots of cousins and we all sat around shelling peas and butterbeans and shucking corn and of course there were several homemade ice cream freezers going at once and the boys got to turn the crank, there were also several water melons in the creek. To get them cold. As far as the chickens go i still laugh about this when i think about it, grandma sent me out to get a chicken i was probably 9 , she told me just how to do it, catch the chicken grab him by the neck swing him around, she called it ringing his neck, then throw him on the ground, so i finally caught a chicken, easier said than done, i did just what she told me threw him down and he just got up and ran off. Of course they were all hiding around the corner watching me and laughing. They knew what was going to happen just a whole family of pranksters. So the next day grandpa sent me out to the barn to get him a skyhook, i didnt really know what a skyhook was but i was sure i had seen one in there, so i got what i thought would certainly be it and i brought it to him, he said thats not it , how am i going to hook that to the sky, my response was i thought you would know. Those were great times with family that will live forever in my memory, so enjoy yours, its the most fun you will ever have.

Thats strange 11 inch rear and 12 inch front, i would probably go with the 518 although the 420 should have plenty of power. Sounds like you are getting a fair deal around here the 4 trax are going for arounf 8200 and the Rubican are close to 10000

GOOOOOD MOrning Valley of Fire Nevada! Leave the gambling behind and do something you can win at. (I don't gamble. Life is risky enough) Head north on US 15 a few miles to the State Park Valley of Fire.. A lot of history there. Prehistoric cave drawings. I hiked it but ATV's have great tours.

Gooood Morning Devil's Den FLA....Take a dip in the crystal clear subterrain water and picnic at their great accommodations.. Located off US 27 (US 27 is a beautiful drive through Old Florida) and above the Ocala Forest there is Gret ATV areas around that area.

This is an old Harbor freight 1.5K lb wench that still works. Control went South so cable control. I like the smaller wenches as they are easy for me to manhandle ( where did that term come from?) It aint pretty but it works.