I bought a little black Ozark today for $3400 cash out the door. My 700 has been modded way to far to be a reasonable hunting rig. All I needed was something to haul some corn and me around on nice open trails, no water or mud. I checked out all the 250s and decided to go with the Ozark. I think i got a good deal. What do you guys think and how do you like your little 250s?

 

my wife has one, and when mines not working right i'll use hers. great machine. second up big hills will even mud with the big boys lighter and stock rears actually grip well in mud. tops out in the low 50's with my wife on it. the bad stuff is the shocks are sport quad stiff. so if u drive it on rocky terrain for 50 miles u will have shoulder pain lol. but its a bullet proof machine.


Its the best 250 in its class. here's another tidbit. I even raced a 06 rancher 350 4x4 and he never got more than inches ahead of me. even passed him when his governer kicked in at around 50.

 

I have an 02 Ozark. I trail ride, plow snow, and yard work with it to. No problems with it so far. Good on gas Also.

 

Plow snow with an Ozark? It's only 2WD isn't it? I was thinking of picking one up to use around the house. But if it can plow snow, well hell that's a bonus! How deep was the snow?

 

I think the 2wd 250 machines are great and the Ozark has to be near the top of the list. My Brother-in law just bought a used 2002 Ozark and we completed his first day ride. After 60 miles he's more excited than when he bought it.

I own a Yamaha Bruin 250 and after comparing the Ozark and Bruin (my only two choices for a 250 machine) I went with the Bruin for the reasons mentioned.

The Ozark is a little narrower and the bruin felt a little more stable to me. I also liked the rack size of the Bruin/Big Bear 250. The Yamaha also rides a little better as mentioned in the other post. (The wife does have to ride the machine and she actually picked the one she liked best)
The Ozark has more power though out of the box, but I knew that was something I could correct a bit on the Yamaha.

Again the Ozark is near the top of the heap, and many 'mags' rank it highest 250. I also think you got a pretty good deal. There isn't a lot of dealing room in the 250 machines.

Congrats on the machine and have fun!

 

Yea That dealership has sold over 10 machines because of me. I had a good deal coming. According to the paperwork he showed me he only made $40 on the whole deal.

 

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: warrior226

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Worked great for the foot of snow last year. I put a sixty pound weight on the trailer hitch to.No tire chains either. I bought a garden tracter blade and made my own mounting brackets to. Wore out the blade I made back in 02 last year.

 

I also use my Ozark to plow snow, but I use snow chains on the rear wheels. When it's really deep snow/icy I would like to have chains on the front wheels too, to get better steering. I think it works perfect, and best part is to watch the neighbours using their shovels...

More info and pics in the last post in this thread:

Link

 

Thanks for the info guys, the Mrs. and I went to the Suzuki shop and looked at the Ozark yesterday. Looks like a perfect quad for her to trail ride (and me to play around the house with!).

They had a LTR450 sitting next to a Z400, the R looks so small compared to the Z, cause it's so low and wide.

 

I owned a 05 Ozark and for a 250 it was incredibly capable. I never had any machine respond so well to a jet kit. When I installed the Dynojet carb kit and opened up the air box the power increase was unexpectedly improved by a wide and large amount. I had a Colpin 4 ft dump box on mine and would use it to haul 100 pound loads out of the desert canyons. Some times so much weight I had to place a load on the front rack to keep the front wheels down. But it never broke and never became compromised in power or handling. The combination of its high torque engine coupled with 5 speed manual transmission auto clutch transmission (no slipping weak CVT belts) is what makes the Ozark out perform everything in it class and almost all other larger utility tank 4x4 quads. So many of my neighbors with the large two-up 600 pound 4x4 utility quads couldn't understand how and why I could out perform them in almost every area except backing up a hill LOL.
I have since sold it and now own a new 07 LTZ400 which is lighter, more agile and faster. But it doesn't have the Ozark's auto clutch which makes stalling impossible as with my manual clutch I find ,myself stalling my new LTZ400 allot on tight trails or hill climbing so I will be buying and adding a Rekluse auto clutch to get that added benefit which make for perfect performance over belt driven CVT "washing machine" transmissions. Get yourself the Dynojet carb kit for $60, it will really wake up the little beast in that great 250 motor.