What's the smallest trucks you guys have used to put a full size quad in, without standing it up? Be sure to tell me if you had the tail gate up or down. Will the late-80's Nissans, Toyotas, and Rangers haul a quad?

 

A guy I rode with yesterday has a late 80's Ranger. He hauls his 400EX with the tailgate up no problem.

 

My brother has a Sonoma Highrider. His 400EX fit with the tailgate up but the front wheels had to go over the fender bumps on the inside. In fact it dented them a little.
c-ya,

 

We put mine in a toy runner(toyota) and it was small.
I usally put it in a ford f150 and it has a tool box.

 

I get my friends 99' Kodiak in my 90' Toyota 4x4 with ease, just drive over the fender humps and your locked in Talegate up

 

I had to back my Magnum into my Dodge 1500 to get the tailgate to close without putting the winch through the back window. The winch still hung over the tailgate and chewed-up the bed liner a little. No problem getting the wheels between the wheel wells.

Switched to a Honda CRV and a trailer. I'll drive a Honda but I won't ride one. I still have the Dodge for pulling the horse trailer.

 

One off our club members haul her Honda 300 4x4 in the back of a Toyota Tacoma.

Me, Ford F150 4x4 with a trailer for the 3 quads

 

Greetings,

Before I had a trailer I borrowed a Tacoma to haul my 450ES to the dealer. The tailgate missed closing by an inch. I strapped it in and then ran a BIG rope around it but still worried about it -- especially because I cross two very steep mountains. I kept an eye on it the whole time and it never moved an inch, but it was still the longest 90 minute drive of my life.

 

I'm new to atving so don't know any better. I have only an '86 Mazda pu with a whopping 80hp & 192k mi and I haul a Recon in the back and a Rancher on a trailer. It does surprisingly well (I say that because we assembled this rig and tried it around town the night before we left for a 250mi trip). My son and I like to hike and hunt in north central Oregon but some of the hills getting there tax my tired little truck some. Still, with the help of passing lanes, little traffic, third gear, and air shocks, we've made it fine. So far we've put 700mi on the deal.
The Rancher will fit in the back, tailgate down, the Recon is 3-4 " shorter and fits in. I'd feel better with a new clutch and a few more horses. I watch for bad sections in the road as the weight is hardest on the suspension, air shocks or no. She cruises easily at 60mph on a good highway. I'll watch the engine temp carefully when it gets hot though. Brakes have been fine.
Recon--400lbs
Rancher--512lbs
Trailer--400
Plus tent, food, etc, and us, but we aren't big guys.

 

My honda 300 4x4 was just able to squeeze in the back of my S10 short box with the tailgate shut. But my new foreman needs to have the tailgate down and I have to drive it over the wheelwells. On long trips the foreman fits much better on my 5x8 trailer. And it is much easier to load.