I'm trying to learn a thing or two here. I'm a firm believer in experience is the best teacher.
I ride mostly by myself because the few neighbors I have that also have quads ride way too slow. That and the fact that my property backs up to 1.5 million acres of BLM land makes it way to tempting to just hop on the Quad in the afternoon. So help me avoid a catastrophe or at least tell me what you did to survive.
What were you doing when you rolled. Side hilling, steep up or down hill, cutting donuts, too much speed, etc.
How did you bail out and when did you know you were gonna have to un-***?
Any thing eolse you think might apply.

I guess every one heard the story of the guy who rolled his quad and couldn't get out from under it so he took the 45 he was carrying and ended his misery. Kind of sounds like an urban legend though.

Thanks

 

I rolled my raptor at wayne national forest on labor day weekend. I was going down a steep hill a bit too fast and my front tires got caught up in a deep rut in a way which is hard to explain. The front stopped and I could feel the back coming up fast. I tried to bail, but it was like my *** was glued to the seat. The quad rolled end over end with me on it. I hit the ground first and then the entire weight of the quad came down on my head. I could feel my helmet bowing in and pressing hard on my head and then the quad rolled off of me. Made it out with scrapes on my back, neck, chest, leg, and a limp for a few days. There is no doubt in my mind that had i not been wearing a helmet that I would still be hospitalized or dead. You could clearly see the gouges(sp?) in the rock on the trail that my helmet carved. I tried to tuck myself in the best I could for landing, which seemed to help. It also helped that I'm not a very big guy (135 lbs), so I fit rather well between the seat and ground. I replaced my handle bars, clutch lever and break lever which was no big deal. So, my only advice is to ALWAYS wear a helmet even for slow riding, because you never know.

 

I'll make mine short and sweet. Rolled over onto side doing donuts in a wet field. (Have a Prairie 650 and this much power just begs for some donuts) The roll over was quick and easy, I got back on my feet, turned the quad up, started it and started doing donuts again. No damage to either of us (me or the quad)

Other one could have ended up much different. I had just got myPrairie and was still trying to get used to its awesome power and quick response (and as it turned out the crappy tires). Was going up this fairly steep, rutted hill that had deep ditches (about 6-7 feet) on either side. I was in low 4x4 when I noticed the back left side of my quad started dropping, I glanced over to watch the stock dunlops sidewall starting to collapse. I know that this wasn't a horrible thing, but the first thing that I wanted to do was to grab a fistful of throttle and pull out, not being used to the 650's power, I grabbed too much and since the quad was leaning left anyway, over she went down amongst a bunch of big rocks. I bailed as soon as I felt it start to go, good thing, because the quad rolled over 2 3/4 times before coming to rest on its side. A little damage, but none to me, thank goodness.

Word to the wise, bail! You might be stuck out in the far side of nowhere without a quad, but better than being stuck in the same place under a quad.

PS. 3tv, those are wise words to slow down if you can't stop in the distance that you can see.

 

<< I rolled my raptor at wayne national forest on labor day weekend. I was going down a steep hill a bit too fast and my front tires got caught up in a deep rut in a way which is hard to explain. The front stopped and I could feel the back coming up fast. I tried to bail, but it was like my *** was glued to the seat. The quad rolled end over end with me on it. I hit the ground first and then the entire weight of the quad came down on my head. I could feel my helmet bowing in and pressing hard on my head and then the quad rolled off of me. Made it out with scrapes on my back, neck, chest, leg, and a limp for a few days. There is no doubt in my mind that had i not been wearing a helmet that I would still be hospitalized or dead. You could clearly see the gouges(sp?) in the rock on the trail that my helmet carved. I tried to tuck myself in the best I could for landing, which seemed to help. It also helped that I'm not a very big guy (135 lbs), so I fit rather well between the seat and ground. I replaced my handle bars, clutch lever and break lever which was no big deal. So, my only advice is to ALWAYS wear a helmet even for slow riding, because you never know. >>



What part of Wayne national was you riding in? I was talking to a guy on that weekend with a Raptor, friends 400ex, and another with a warrior at a local Carryout while they were buying their permits to ride. It was th trail down off New Straitsville on ST RT 595. Was this you?

 

Blazin-
nope. Must have been another guy. I was there with my brother who rides a Z400

 

That is where i ride though

 

My flip ended up being no big deal but it could have cost me a lot of $$$$$.

I was doing a tree Shot at Little Sahara, The sand was dry so I could keep the rear paddles spinning pretty well. I had to go a hard right then a hard left to go under a big tree limb. The right went OK but as I hammered it after the left it hooked up. It had rained the day before so the leaves had shaded the sand under them &amp; it was still damp. The hill was about a 60 degree climb so it didn't take much to be vertical when the front end came up. I stayed on it as it came over &amp; when I landed on my back my feet were still on the pegs &amp; I kicked it on over &amp; pulled the kill teather. It did a 2 1/2 gainer down the dune &amp; stoped pointed down hill about 4 feet from the frog pond, It was 6 feet deep at the time.

I was laughing as hard as my buddies that saw me were!!!!!
It's much nicer to crash on sand than rocks!!!!

I cleaned out 3 pounds of sand from my helmet &amp; pants, put the kill teather back on, fired it back up, turned around &amp; climbed the dune.

The only damage was a slightly bent tie rod end. I ran the rest of the day with about 3/4&quot; toe in.
It could have been much worse, if I didn't have a kill switch it would have ended up in 6 feet of water!!

 

i pulled mine on a steep dirt/grave hill side at about 2:00 am.
we had drank a few wobbly pops and i was going to whoop this hill!got almost to the top and started digging in. backing up was not an option(too many obstacles). so i had to turn around(which is a no no in my book on a steep hill)i had all my weight shifted uphill side, and i hit a real small rock. that was all it took, i felt it starting to go and launched myself downhill. i took 2 steps and got personal with a western
hemlock! righ on the center of the top of the helmet. the quad rolled twice and landed perfectly upsidedown up against the other western hemlocks brother. it took three of us,(i`m the smallest at 6`4, 220,theother two were 6`4 230, and 6`2 275. did not hurt the quad.
that happened in may and my left leg for some reason hurts on &amp; off since then. go figger! did`nt hurt my melon or neck

 

today i was at the pits and some guy on a 91 lt with 12k invested showed off going up the first hill that he is on by doing a little roost to the side,well he started to wheelie and there is a path wide enough fora quad at the top that he missed and ended up hittin the dirt embankment and flipped back he fell off the side and broke his finger but the lt rolled 16 times and FLIPPED through the air twice before hitting my mojave half way up the hill then mine rolled down backward into a sand hill luckly well the lt sat upside down where it hit mine,the lt had a broken tierod,cracked plastic ,ripped seat bent bars,two flat tires bent swingarm and the clutch lever broke off! mine the fender got cracked and the seat got ripped[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-mad.gif[/img][img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img]

 

ouch......... I have to imagine it takes a LOT to bend a swingarm