I need your help, at first I was gonna get a leftover 600 twin for 5600 now the dealer sold all of them and now i am having a hard deceision on what to get either a 600 or a scrammy. the 600 will be $5900 and the scrammy will be $5200. I will be riding in alot of mud and water and was wondering if the scrammy's straight axle would slow me down alot more in mud by dragging than a 600 with independent rear. and also I would like to have that low gear in a 600 too, but can live without.

what i am asking is does a scrammy do good in mud. and is the drive belt sealed tight like the sportsmans. and if i did get a 600 would it be worth the extra 700 bucks. thanks and please reply.

 

The srammy does really good in the mud for a chain drive straight axel quad. It will not compare to the Sportsmans though. It just doesn't have the ground clearance. Also, I thing that the intake and exhaust for the belt housing is lower on the scram than on the sportsman. If you aren't going to be doing a lot of high speed riding and sliding and want more of a slow powerful mud machine than get the sportsman. Better yet.... get one of each!!![img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

what is the deepest you have ever been in water on your scramber. also did your belt slip any.

 

Ive been up to my fenders. I have some pictures of it I need to get on my site. No belt slippage at all[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

 

did it do any damage.

 

hey bigbadscrambler, where in the world did you get those headlights that is one your scrammy.

 

NO damge at all. I clean the clutches about twice a year though. My scram performed outstanding in the mud hole. The guys on the other quads and dirtbikes just watched while I play in the mud. They must be scrared to get dirty or something.

I got the headlights at Meijer. You may be able to find them at Walmart too. They are the Pilot Cyber White 55wt Simulated H.I.D. lights. They were basically a bolt on and wired in very easily with the stock switch. For anyone out there with a scram that does any riding when it gets dark, I would suggest throwing out thoses crappy stock lights and upgrading to something similar

 

i could never go mudding in hi-range with my 700 so i cant see how a Scrambler could do so well concidering it only has high range.

chain vs shaft drive in the water and mud? that's a no-brainer.

search a little harder and get the right machine that fits your needs........a Sportsman600!

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I just ran my wifes 1999 scrambler in a mud run in Wisconsin on Sunday. I'll tell you this, that scrambler did
awesome. I took second place in the 400 class. The only thing that kept me from winning is the last hole in the pit threw me to the right and sucked me in. the person who won was on a honda and it took him like 50+ seconds to make it all the way through the 175ft pit. I got to my 150ft stopping point in around 30 seconds. My brother in law took first in his class which was 501cc and up with his 650 prarie. He did a full run in 23.4 seconds. He hauled ***. Many 700 were there and didn't do all that well. Some never made the end and others were slower than hell. I beat many of those 700 that day with the little Scrambler, and all I have is high range. The motor found a sweet spot and held it there. Never bogged down and no belt burn. I was very
impressed with it. The wife is going to run it next year, can't wait.

 

holdmybeerwatchthis, cool name...lol.

mtpockets,
The high range on the Scrammy is different than the high range on the Sportsmans. They can go slow with no probs.

curlytop,
If you are going in mud and water, definately go with the Sportsman 600. It will do better in my opinion (ground clearance), plus you won't be replacing any chains.

If you want to see some cool Scram muddin pics, check out mine too.