The Polaris SP 700 or 800 can tow 1200 lbs w/ tounge wgt of 150. But it sounds like most can pull alot more than 1200 lbs

 

Engine size is not the issue ,for pulling trailers you need low range and a staight axel. My old 350 Big bear when in low range with a big trailer would dig 3 wheel ruts before it stopped or the wheels would ever stop (which they never did).

I could put more toque weight on the Big Bear also, if I pulled some of the big trailers on a Independent rear suspension ATV the back end would of squished the ball hitch to the ground.

A 800 will just pull a heavy trailer faster, the tire contact points to the ground remains the same as a smaller ATV and no ATV in low range will run out of steam. Extra weight helps with pulling but that is provided by the trailer its self.

 

I have pushed are race car which weighs about 2000-2500 lbs up a hill a few times posi in the rear just fine with my 250 Recon ES. Just alot of tire spinnin on the gravel, but doesn't have a problem getting it up the hill. wouldn't see why it couldn't toe a boat as long as most of the weight is over the wheels

 

I pulled my Dad's Dodge 3500 and his 11,000 lb. 5th wheel trailer out of the mud with my Foreman. It was level ground and the mud was only a couple inches deep. He just couldn't get traction.

 

1500 buddy


there are two vids that come to mind.


one is of a guy towing an 04 F150 with a Sportsman 800


and the other of a sportsman 700 and a foreman towing an abulance up an icey hill.

 

It has been snowing like hell lately and the highway by my house got shut down because semi trucks couldn't make it up the hill. (edit: 8% grade). They were all crossed up and jack-knifed and what not


So I took my trusty ol' grizz down there and pulled each and everyone of them up the hill thru a foot of snow. One of them couldn't even get his engine started! The grizz spun a little so I had to put it in 4x4 low for that one. When I got him up to the top I looked back and seen that his tires were skidding all the way up, dumbtard trucker forgot to release his parking brakes!



most of the trucks weighed like 80,000 pounds but I figure with all the snow built up on them they were more like 85,000 pounds [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

 

I hope you were kidding on that last post, or im calling the BS card

 

Yea the bs card went flying on that last person.