I just got my sp600 about a month and a half ago. When putting around below 10mph (loading or technical stuff.) I use low gear. Anything else I use high. I usually don't ride over 35mph on the trails around my house. Should I just be using low? What are you guys doing?

Thanks
John

 

I've only been using low for steep hills, creek crossings, THICK woods and such. Also did most of my plowing Christmas morning in low. But anytime I'm in the open enough to use more than 5-10 mph I use high. I think you'd find running 20-35 mph on trails in low would be keeping it wound unnecessarily tight, wasting fuel and maybe putting high rpm wear on the engine when you don't really need to.

 

for me it's anything below 10 to 15 mph. unless it's for a short distance then i'll just leave it in high.

 

Make sure you use low when climbing steep hills, or if your doing alot of continous climbling. Steep climbing in high gear has shredded belts.

 

John,

On my 700 I have learned to just pay attention to how the quad is acting. If it seems like it's over revving, I'll put it in high. If I'm on a tight trail and it seems to be bogging, I'll put it in low. When in doubt, I'll use low in hopes of prolonging the belt life. I was surprised at the speed it would reach in low anyway. When I plow I always use low, but I'm plowing in gravels, so pavement may be a different story. Again it all depends on high the quad is acting.

Craneman,

I got a chance to plow Christmas morning too, what a blast (I think that was my best present!).

 

Chawness

You said it very well yet very simply - get a feel for the machine

btw - awesome pics on your website [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img][img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

Thanks CraneMan!

 

One thing to keep in mind with the clutches is that the primary is going to have a good bite on the belt under hard acceleration, and most likely will be fine in high, unless you are going real slow.
Low is mostly for those times you will be going slow, and not nailing the throttle WOT, like plowing or crawling slowly through a nasty rutted out hilly section.
And like everyone else already stated, when you are in high and need low,
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