First post here. Looking to get a 2005 yamaha big bear 4x4.

I have a 96 ford ranger stepside. The problem is the area between the wheel wells is 40.25"

The stock specs of the big bear is 43.7. Really a 3.5" difference or 1.75" on each side. Im sure there is some play with the tires giving...but that much?

 

Your best bet is to take a tape measure to your local stealer and measure the Big Bear to see exactly where it's the widest. If it's a finder above the bed rail, no biggie. But if it's something like the floor board of the bike, it's not going to give very much. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

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Yeah, the wheel wells arent too high...I was thinking of putting 2 2x6s across the bed(so that it was 4x6) so that the front rim(which I think will be the stopping point if it stops)will go above the wheel well and be okay.

 

why not just drive the quad over the wheel wells? as long as there not higher than the ground clearence of the quad.

 

Bought a Kodiak today, if it was any wider it wouldnt have fit...

The tires squeezed past the tire wells

Check the pictures in my sig

 

In a step side truck there are no wheel wells in the bed, they are on the outside of the body. The bed is only as wide as the inner side of the wheel well.

 

Lol thats a tight squeese I fit my big grizzly in the back of a standard bed ranger ended up breaking the back window but what ever it fit .

 

haha, whatever it takes...
yeah the guy warned me to not to give it any gas when I got close to the window!

 

Yeah I punched the winch-fairlead right through the back window and even bent part of the cab with it, Never try to load a quad bigger than a truck especially when that quad doesnt have brakes....

 

Too bad you didnt have a slider, could have left it open and had the room.