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On 4/3/2019 at 10:57 PM, davefrombc said:

 Get  a  Ham  license ( Amateur radio operators).  It take a  bit of study to get the basic technician  license but it is more than well  worth it.  Equipment is more expensive, but the license only  costs whatever fee the examiner charges.  With a ham  license  you are allowed a  lot more power  and you  can  go through repeaters on the  VHF  bands to  have  far  more range than  any expensive  GMRS gives you .. Work  at it  and get  higher class ham licensing and you  can literally talk to hams all  over the world when the  HF bands are open. Gone are the Morse code requirements to get licensed now and the basic license requires minimal theory.  I  can't speak  for  the US  license ,  but the basic Canadian  one is simple enough some people  are able  to  pass it  with   one weekends worth of instruction and study.

I have my ham license, gmrs license, and a few part 90 frequencies licensed.  got a couple kenwood 8180s laying around that are part 90 and 95 type accepted so they'll cover all 3 services legally.

thank you for the replies, those look much better than how mine sits, or rather sags, now.  I figured I might as well replace the struts too while I am replacing the springs, do you use OEM ones from polaris or something aftermarket?  Any kind of spring/strut package available?  This is a work buggy, so the stiffer the better I think for me.  Not looking for go fast handling enhancements or anything.  Thanks.

any tips on that?  I've never worked with fiberglass before.

Trying to figure out the best way to mount a 2way radio onto a 2004 Polaris Sportsman 700.  I think I can just mount the antenna off the back rack pipe, but what I am most concerned about is a weatherproof enclosure and where to put it.  I am pretty sure the radio I want to mount is a normal DIN size like a car stereo and have seen a couple waterproof enclosures for them for boats on ebay.  Wondering if anyone else has done anything like this and how you went about it. 

It's time to replace the shocks and struts.  Looking for some stiffer springs than the OEM as I use this for farm work and I put heavy loads on the rear and haul small trailers frequently.  I've seen a couple aftermarket offerings that say they're 10% or so heavier duty.  Any other options for something a little stronger / stiffer?  Thanks.