To anyone worrying if the new wider plastic on the new style '05s wont take any punishment, let not your heart be troubled!

Went out tonight to set a deer stand and got caught up insome nasty saplings/blowdowns and such... in quick fashion, much to my horror, I had things all fouled up. I had things in behind the stock brush bars, in underneath the fender/over the front tire etc. etc. Thought for sure I was looking at repair bills, everything was so distorted. No way nothing is broken. One headlight popped out (I like that setup, actually) and I had to break out the limb saw to get undone, and much to my amazement as I sawed things off and relieved the presure things returned to normal... popped the headlight back on the clips and off we go. No harm, no foul.

I think part of my safe return is the oversized racks protecting the plastic from deflecting too far, but this stuff got in, around and behing the racks and guards. I'm not saying that you can't really screw things up, and your mileage may vary, but tonight went a long ways in putting my fears about the oversized fenders in tight places to rest-

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MB