My question:
Will it fit in the bed of my 2500HD long bed?
Dimensions say yes, actuals may so no.
Looking for someone that has done it.
Thanks.

 

Prowler is 56 inches wide and 115 inches from bumper to bumper, if it fits its going to be a bed full! And dangerous if you had a accident it could come right thru the cab on you. Best trailer it.

 

Just how would it be any more dangerous in an accident than say a 400, 500, 650 or 700 in your truck bed in an accident?

 

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Same question, Why would a side by side be different than a normal quad? The law says you have to tie them down so what's the difference?

 

if i was to get into an accident i would rather have a prowler in the back rather then an atv. a prowler has to crash through alot more metal then an atv would have to, to get to you. i myself always trailor but i am not scared to carry them in the bed of my truck.

 

The bigger and more heavy the load the more forward thrust it will have in a sudden impact. The prowler may be less a threat in a few crash's due to its more mass, but in a bad wreck it could be worse.

Its a stupid idea to carry any atv in the truck bed, but his question was about a prowler so I answered him.
Have you ever seen a atv shoved thru the rear glass on a pickup? I have, even though the driver wasnt seriouly hurt, he was just lucky, and he had it tied down pretty good.

Ever watch MYTHBUSTERS? They tested objects flying forward in a sudden impact and found something as small as a bowling ball in the back seat in a 45mph crash exerted enough forward thrust to kill the driver. Same results for a bag of groceries. The only way I would haul one would be with cinch down tiedowns of a very large size that would not break under extreme pressure.

 

Your response ignores the fact that the load has to be tied down and if you don't you are stupid enough to need to die from an ATV crashing thru the cab. I use 4 each 2500 pound tie down on a 700 pound load. Even the old formula "Velocity squared X mass = energy" isn't going to make it that heavy. So the extra couple of hundred pounds of the Prowler just isn't an issue. Yeah, I watch Mythbusters just to see how wrong they are in their methods and conclusions. It's good TV, but scientific is isn't.

 

Guess in your haste to as usual show US All you (in your mind) are ALL KNOWING you missed the last part of my post.
And I don't think anyone needs to DIE from a mistake in judgement as you seem to do by your post. And just a FYI a 2500 Lb strap is only as good as the hook it has and its mounting point.

 

Back to the reason for this post, you will need to check the distance from the front of the Prowler to the back of the front tires. I think that the Prowler will not fit between the wheel wells; therefore, you will have to drive it over them. If the front tires slide down the front of the wheel wells in the bed of your truck, and the distance between your rear window and the front of the wheel wells is smaller than the distance from the front of the Prowler to the back of its front tires, you will have a problem. Many people have found this out the hard way when loading full size ATV's into compact size trucks. You can't always stop the vehicle from sliding down the wheel wells. Does this make sense?