hey canuckPT i see that your sportsman sags in the front with the bucket on... some suspension spacers will do you wonders!! just a suggestion

 

Please explain suspension spacers. My bucket puts "droop" on my front also.

 

Spring spacers are like hockey pucks you put under your spring to increase the compression on it and raise your vehicle higher, like BudgetBoosts for Jeeps.

I, however, went with getting some HD springs from my dealer, about 30 bucks each. Rides much much better now, and can easily hold up my glacier plow.

With the stock springs, lifting the plow would bottom out the front suspension to the bumpstops and drag the plow frame on the ground. Now, lifting the plow only drops the front end 1/2 - 1 inch. I think it's the way to go because it doesn't limit available spring travel in the front end.

I think my stock springs may have been pretty worn out, however, because just sitting unloaded my quad only had about 2 inches of travel left in the front end (with the usual weight of my brushguard, winch, and plow mount).