I know I had the quad over loaded, but the point was my father was behind me on his LT500. His quad with a solid axal even though the elk he got was about 60 pounds more than mine had no problems what so ever. In my family we ask our machines to do a little exstra. we dont consider puting a few pieces of wood on the racks work. The only brand that has stood up to us is suzuki. Throughout the years they have put up with more abuse than any machine logicly should and they just dont stop ever.

 

That's what I thought...