This past weekend there was a local small tracor pull in our area and atv's were invited to compete against other atv's. I brought my Rubicon to try it out. There were only 5 of us competing and the Rubicon lost to 2 machines, and Arctic Cat 500 auto, and a 500 Scrambler. I think a lot of the reason I did not do better was that I put it in low range in D1 and as the sled started to shift weight forward the machine did not want to donwshift. It probably would have done better if I had put it in ESP (in low range of course)and shifted the machine. It just seem to run out of power too soon. At the event we were allowed 1 pass, so I could not go again. I am not knocking my machine at all, but just passing it on to others. If they have it again I am going to try again, this time using ESP.

 

Are you sure it was a 500 Scrambler and not a Sportsman who beat you? The Scrambler doesn't even have low range. If your Rubicon got beat by a Scrambler, I don't think it says much for the Rubicon.

 

whenever you select Lo Range, D2 is automatically selected, no matter if you have the **** set at D1 or D2. The computer does that. Try ESP and 1st. What kind of tires are you using?

 

The Scrambler pulls quite well surprising for having no low range. Pulling has a trick to it, my friend pulled his 400 xpress did terribly and a 400 xpress is what won his category. It was his first time doing it. Polaris machines always seem to pull well. but i bet the Ruby will pull great once you do it a few times.

 

Yes it was a Scrambler. He was my neighbor. Again I think it was because I did not use ESP. It just did not seem to want to downshift after the load got heavier (the sled weight transfer). The machine is totally stock. It has only 45 miles on it.

 

It just seemed suprising to me. My girl's father has a 500 Scrambler, 500 Sportsman, and a new Ruby, and after plenty of riding time on the two Polaris quads, I just wouldn't think the Scrambler would pull anything too heavy. I only got to ride the new Ruby around for a few minutes, and I was very impressed with it. It has great throttle response and tranny seems to work very well.

 

I hope to do it again and see what ESP mode does for me. I am not disappointed with the machine. I think the machine is excellent.

 

Im intrested to know if there were any 500cc Sportsmans in this?I to am shocked that a Scrambler would do that good without a low range, Bill

 

No there was not a Sportman 500 there. This was a small event and only 5 machines registered for the pull. 1 Arctic Cat 500 auto, 1 500 Scrambler, 1 Rubicon, 1 325 Magnum 4 X 4, and 1 older Yamaha moto 4 four wheel drive. I came in 3rd with a pull of 121 feet. The Cat made almost a full pull of 300 feet.

 

Fouryoungs,
Thanks,
I was just curious if there were any Sportsmans there.August 15th of this yr,the Polaris quads won 9 out of the 11 pulling events held in New York,the Sportsmans did excellant in the pulls.
Bill