I was thinking that a set of 4 Paddlemasters would help alot on climbing on something like my beast, but it would depend on a lot of things including the size of the material the hill is composed of... in reality, I'm sure I'd chicken out... the main problem with not making a hill like that, is there are very few "gracefull" ways of not making it... most all include your quad & you rolling / sliding down the hill... HMMMM... maybe a set of dual Paddlemasters on the rear, & a single set on the front.... good thing it's too far for me to try it... I could end up killed .............( by my wife...LOL... )

 

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Junping************** I'd have to say that my Prairie and the rest of the Prairies in FD Racing have taken more abuse than anybody elses out there including Penlands!
We have taken some pretty nasty jumps and had them way way in the air. The boys have been clearing my 50 ft table top for some time now. The biggest problems we have had with jumping is:

1. The front top strut mounts bend up and pull the sides in to the point where the side are actually cutting into the plastic strut covers. We have also had the mounts bent so far that the struts came through the top of the mounts! Even with the racks or a brace such as Penlands,, the mounts will still bend! I have modified all of our Prairie mounts by plating them on the top and down the sides of the top mount!

2. We have landed hard enuf on the rear diff that it split the case from side to side and detroyed pretty much everything inside the diff.

3. We have now had 3 of the Prairies that have destroyed the rear end gears, the hard landings slam the pinion gear into the ring gear and eventually the pinion gears are gone!

4. We have had one front diff explode on a landing because the rider forgot he was in four wheel drive!


I have pics somewhere of the mounts after I plated them and I have pics of the diff that split apart also. These are and have all been very expensive fixes. Have fun and be careful when you jump,,, having a diff split apart at 35 MPH can make for a hairy landing! LOL!!!!