Does anyone have the Polaris Lock & Ride rear cargo box? Are they water tight? Do they come off when on rough terrain? What are the advantages to hard cargo boxes vs soft?

Does anyone have the new adjustable front spring spacer on their Sportsman?

 

Have em both love the spacers they work great as for the box yes its water--------proof providing you do not aim a pressure washer at it then water gets in and i would not try to submerge in a deep water or mud hole if you do water will get in .....But its much better than any bag i ve tried and i have tried many and no matter what the bag says during riding and downpours the water gets in ,,,but not on the box as far as rough riding i don't know how rough your talking .....But with about 30lbs of clothes and food ,,,i had no problem's with the fast ridding and ocassional mud and water hole and some good rocks .... so if you ask yes they are both worth the investment ....

 

Adjustable spacer? I'd be interested in any pics or other information anyone has on these.

 

I have the Lock-n-Ride ( I like to call it 'lock-n-load') box for my Hawkeye.

Water tight? Kindasortamostly. There is no rubber gasket - it's not THAT kinda watertight. The body and lid are shaped with a large lip such that rain and garden hose spray and such aren't likely to get inside. As Skilz says, though, it wouldn't keep out water from very high pressure or total submersion.

I'd say if you took your garden hose, set the nozzle on 'jet', and blew it point blank into the lid-body joint your contents may get some moisture, but things are quite safe from normal weather & washing.

If you like to splash a lot on you way to Grandma's, your cargo is OK. If you llike to ride through the creek up to your seat, not so much. HTH.


Mine holds on differently than the ones I saw for the Sportsman in the showroom. The Sportsman models had 4 Lock-n-Ride attachment points molded into the base of the box, which seems much better than the setup on my Hawkeye box. This one had only 2 attachement points, and each of them is on an L-shaped metal bracket which bolts to the body of the box. I wish there were 4 points instead of 2. Furthermore the little l-shaped brackets seem like the weak point in the system if there is any flex at all - and it seems like there must be more flex with only 2 attachment points than there would be with 4.

The one thing that comforts me, though, is that in practice there doesn't seem to be much flex at all. The box sits down on the rack quite snugly and no, it sure DOESN'T come off in rough terrain. I've tried hard to so much as hear it rattling, or squeaking, or making any kinda noise that would indicate that it isn't secure... nothing. To me, the lack of noises indicates that it is on there pretty snug.

 

Thanks for the responses. It looks like I may invest in the cargo box after all. As far as the adjustable spring spacers (pre-load adjusters) here's the web site: (www.t-m-2.com) I might just pick me up a set. Thanks again.