Depending on how you look at it, I'm either lucky or unlucky. For you guys that remember, I'm the one that has had a 98 SP 335, and now 2 99 SP 500's. Father in law rolled the 335 into a quarry pit (10ft of water). Traded that in on 2 500's. First weekend out with them the brother in-laws rolled the red one down a mountain, not once but twice.
Well I just finished rebuilding the red 500 and took it out with my family in MN for some ice fishing and testing to see if I put it all back together correctly.
We rode around for a while on the ice. The ice was 14" thick, so I wasn't worried about falling through....untill my mother took my green one for a spin on the ice. She was going slow - maybe 10-15mph when the rear wheel fell through the ice. She did the right thing by turning towards shore and nailing it. Then the whole thing fell through the ice up to the skid plate on the bottom. There was about 4" of the rear tires above the ice, water flying everywhere. She looked panicked, but didn't freak out. She was moving lower and lower in the water as I was jumping off my atv and was going to hook up a rope and venture out to her. (I was going to anchor the rope to my atv) As I approached her (still spraying water everywhere and moving very slowly forward and down) The front somehow popped up on the ice and she slowly crawled out onto some snow covering the ice. Whew! She was in an area about 4-5ft deep so it wasn't exactly a life threatening situation, but if the atv would have went under, I think I would have started crying. I think the slush was just thick enouph for the atv to make some headway. I've seen rotten ice before, but always with a snowmobile which usually will run over it.

I had to tell this, it just seems like I'm seeing more than my share of close calls.

I'm either unlucky or lucky in the fact that no-one I love has been hurt.

 

sounds like my luck! I was in Vermont between Christmas and new years was tempted to drive across my pond but chickend out. Was 5 below but still wimped out. Guess Im getting old or wiser.

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99 Sportsman500,2000 Trailboss 325,69 Mustang 428scj

 

Sounds to me like you need to put some full roll cages on your quads and makem where they will float.....or you can not let anyone else ride them so they will buy their own to roll or sink in a lake

 

I have noticed that everytime something happens you are not the one riding the quad.

So maybe you should sell one and keep the other and not let anyone ride it but you.

 

Know anyone that would like a green 99 SP 500 with about 250 miles on it? I'm in Sioux Falls. SD

Believe me, I've thought about getting rid of one. It just doesn't pay to get rid of one yet. I'd lose too much.

 

Sounds like you need to stop riding those 2 ton P words. If you would have been riding someting' else, it would have been lighter and wouldn't have broke through. Always think safety first, and that starts with buying a quad.

 

Well if he would of had a honda. His differtial on his honda would not have pulled the front tires over the ice.

 

bkurth
Maybe you should take up golf instead...lol
Andy G