Thread: Flat towing quad

I want to be able to move my quad, 2011 TRX500 about 4km from where it’s going to be securely stored along a quiet gravel road to my forestry block. I live 2 hours drive away and would like to avoid taking my trailer to move the quad this short distance if possible (this will be ongoing).
Can I flat tow the quad backwards using a short draw bar with couplings on each end (1 on my vehicle, other on quad tow bar) without damaging quad running gear. Obviously I’d tow quad in neutral with steering fixed straight.

Anyone done this?
Any pitfalls to health of quad diff drivelines etc.

Cheers Cliff

Nope. If you tow it backwards the steering will turn in one direction, even if locked it would not go round corners well. I see no reason you can't tow it forwards with A frame setup. You'll just have to have something made.

Why don't you just drive it from storage to the block each time? Seems silly farting around towing it back and forth when you can just ride it, 4kms isn't very far

Thanks @Bobba
@Ryan, I want both vehicles at the block.

take a push bike in the ute,park ute,bike back for quad............quad back for bike,bike back for ute.....lock bike at block.....or take someone with you....

Er

make a couple of ramps and ride quad up onto ute tray?

@muzza
As per original post,I’m trying to avoid towing an empty trailer 2 hours from my home to the block, to then use it for a 4km trip.
@308
What Ute?
I don’t own a ute.

@mickey Duck
Good simple suggestion.
Thanks

Put a small winch cost $230 from tiger tools on tme 3500 lbs pull use to winch quad onto ute . all my quads have a winch and piece of ply in front of rear window, winch is best stress relief out, bar a good hooker for loading quad .

You could sort a cheap trailer basic as simple flat deck, tow it one way (in the middle of the night haha) with a borrowed light board so it doesn't cover your vehicle's tail lights to get to the block. Once you've got the thing there the quad could basically live on the trailer, if it's a tipper deck you possibly don't even need ramps. My thinking there is with modern quads usually being auto transmissions towing them is generally not considered good. It's the same as the modern auto cars, it's recommended to recover them onto a tow truck deck and cargo them anywhere. I think the trx500 is a servo controlled manual trans? So to be fair I have no direct experience of that trans (my one is a trx300 manual and the other I use is a proper auto Honda dunno what model). But I know the transmissions are more expensive than a basic cheap trailer!!!

If you want to know the feedback from the dealer or their service department about towing the quad backward,
I could send an email to my quad dealer to ask about this.

Thanks @No.3
Looking more likely a good option.
Quad is a Foreman foot shift manual.

@Snap4T
Appreciate if you could. Also towing forward.

Cheers Team.

I'd be looking for a cheap trailer and leave it with the quad. You'll find it more useful than you realise as once at the block you can chuck the trailer behind the quad for chores when the need arises.

Well Cliff it looks like you are going to have to buy that ute everyone takes for granted you already have even when you say you don't have one...personally I don't really see the problem of towing the trailer 2 hours either way from home as one has to have some way to get the dead deer home rather than in the boot of the car.

@DavidGunn
Haha yeah the Ute!
Thanks for acknowledging that detail.
Cheers