I'm interested in getting a used 4x4 sport quad. What machines should I be looking for and at? It's hard to tell a lot of times if they are 4x4 or not.

Let me know what I might want to keep my eye out for.

Thanks!

 

first of all how much money do you want to spend and how big do you want it

 

You also might specifi SRA or IRS as well!

 

First off, I think the term you are looking of is "sport/ute"....which for the most part is complete marketing hype....they are all more ute than sport! These days you can get a 350 pound sport quad, yet the big utilities start out at 600+ pounds...nothing very "sporty" about that!!!

There are a few utes that try to be "hybrids" between a ute and sport quad....the Yamaha Wolverine is a good example. Nice idea, but nobody has really realized the full potential of the idea. Are you actually looking for a hybrid, or just another utility???

There are indeed a few utilities that are 2wd. The way you tell if they are 4X4 is to look at the front end and see if it has a differential up there.

 

the only 4x4 sport quad made is the Can-am renegade?
if thats wats u mean

 

Not all 4x4s have a front differential. Some just have a gearbox. No differential = no limited slip 3-wheel drive. You just have to look for the 4x4 sticker. The Scrambler is a 571 pound 4x4 sport-tractor. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img] They're fun to ride and the 4x4 on them is better than the Visco-Lok on a Renegade. You can put racks on the front and rear of the Scrambler for utility, but I've never even seen a picture of a Renegade with racks. I don't know if they make any but, no racks, no utility, IMO. I don't know if you can get a trailer hitch for it either, but you can for a Scrambler. You can plow snow with them too. That's the closest thing to a sport-utility I've ever seen. I do know the Renegade is sporty, but maybe not a sport-utility, and I don't think you can find a deal on used ones anyway. There are true sport quads available from every manufacturer if you just want a sport quad. There are tons of used ones out there. The only one I ever rode was a Blaster and it was way too small for me.

 

I think it's a brilliant class, the 4x4 sport hybrid. I owned a Scrambler 500 for all of a week. It was kinda beat so I had issues with it and got rid of it- but that was the poor maintenaince done on it- I don't think the machine itself was at fault.....

But when it did run the thing was nothing short of perfect for 99% of the trails in Colorado. Short of the serious rock crawling I do with my Arctic Cat 700, or deep mud bogging, I think the Scrambler would be awesome. Almost to the point I wish I had kept it and just fixed the thing- but I got a shiny new big bore Cat, so I don't complain.

From the more open desert area here to the sandy trails running strait up the side of a mountain, I find myself doing on a huge big bore utility what I could be doing on a Scrambler. I rarely need LO range except on rock crawls. I never use my front locker. So mostly that's dead weight on a full on utility for me. I tend to be in 4HI most of the day, and able to maintain higher speeds. Perfect for a 4x4 sport quad.

I also was amazed to see tons of Scramblers on the trails this weekend. I never knew they were so popular. But I saw lots of them in the same places I was taking a full ute with all the goodies. Even saw Scramblers with racks and boxes on them!

When I can finally afford a machine for my wife I would seriously consider getting her the Scrambler or Renegade. She won't be doing the hardcore rock climbs I like, or towing our kid out of a hole, so she can have something lighter- and something I can rip around on too!!!!!