i was just wondering how many SP700 owners have actually BURRIED their ATVs yet in the mud and needed a tow?
i think the tires/power/and ground clearance make it pretty much un-stopable!?
any adverse experiences in the mud yet guys?
-MT

 

MTpockets,
I'm here to tell you, I for one have gotten my 700 stuck many many times. I buried it up to the rack extenders on the very first ride, and was lucky my wifes Scrambler was able to yank me out. I then got a 2000lb winch which I use nearly every time I go out. I got winched out once by an Arctic-Cat 500i, and we had to rig a double line with a ****** block, and chain the 'Cat to a tree. I couldn't use my front mounted winch because it would have meant pulling myself 50 yards through 3 feet of frog poop, rather than about 12 feet back. That would have been a good time to have a multi-mount winch. I bought a big utility-type 4x4 because I am physically unable to resist going right for the middle of any mudhole I find. So, to answer your question, they are not unstoppable, but I have gone right through places that several other machines had to get winched out of. Makes you feel pretty cool when you show up the other brands. I would not go anywhere with a machine this big and heavy without a winch. They aren't cheap, but they are worth it. Usually it takes more than a tug with a rope to get 800 lbs out of the suction of mud. And it isn't like the old days when you could pick up the back end of a dirtbike or a 3 wheeler and shove it around. They didn't weigh anything.

 

My brother in law and I both burried ours. However it was in some major swamp with floating bogs. They do go through a ton, but when you are in mud up over the muffler, you are stuck. Especially when you have to climb back up on the bog to get out.

 

upnorthunter,
you gotta update those pics!
i don't see any 'up to the muffler in mud' shots! LOL
-MT

 

IF your going to lift it get gorilla cv's they have a life time warranty