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    Strap skateboards under all 4 wheels
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    Take a mate and get them to ride it the 4km?

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    Quote Originally Posted by DavidGunn View Post
    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.
    Was chuckling at that, according to the greenies we only buy utes - the fact someone has owned up to not having one is like, wow haha
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    bike rack on towball it is then......
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cliff View Post
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    Appreciate if you could. Also towing forward.

    Cheers Team.
    Hi Cliff, The dealer got back to me and said, that is not a good idea to tow any automatic transmission, even when it’s in neutral.
    Look like your choice is narrowed down.
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    4k should take an hour to walk at a gentle amble.
    Leave home earlier, and enjoy the countryside from the roadside.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cliff View Post
    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
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    My suggestion would be make up a small trailer just big enough for the quad and leave it with the quad at the secure storage. Chuck a light bar in the boot instead of wiring up the trailer..

    Or look at a way to ride the quad from where it is stored to where you use it.
    Intelligence has its limits, but it appears that Stupidity knows no bounds......

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    why not register quad its a A cat for atv cost about $105 first with plate and 35 pa after that not continues reg so can leave for 11mths before renewing allowed up to 15 ks on road . Lets me tow my boat 1k to ramp with quad all legal .

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    actually you only need to pushbike once on arrivl and once on departure.... park CAR at block,ride bike to get quad
    when home time take CAR to storage,bike back to get quad....and leave bike there for next time...
    or take quad to storage,bike back to collect car,chuck bike on bike rack n go home
    4kms on push bike is a breaze in all but pissing down with rain...
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    What's in the car that wont fit on a quad?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Micky Duck View Post
    actually you only need to pushbike once on arrivl and once on departure.... park CAR at block,ride bike to get quad
    when home time take CAR to storage,bike back to get quad....and leave bike there for next time...
    or take quad to storage,bike back to collect car,chuck bike on bike rack n go home
    4kms on push bike is a breaze in all but pissing down with rain...
    Reminds me of the puzzle with the farmer the fox, the chicken and the grain
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    https://www.bidbud.co.nz/4077999789

    There's a few options about...

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    Quite a bit.
    Pruning ladder, gas bottle, 3000w generator, 20l water container, backpack sprayer, 40l camp fridge (sometimes), a slab of lion brown, 2 chainsaws, scrub bar, fuel for those, spare slab of lion brown, power tools, a couple of rifles, usually a dozen or so native seedlings.
    Cheers

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    Slabs of Lion Brown? Sounds like English - but it doesn't compute...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cliff View Post
    @DavidGunn
    Quite a bit.
    Pruning ladder, gas bottle, 3000w generator, 20l water container, backpack sprayer, 40l camp fridge (sometimes), a slab of lion brown, 2 chainsaws, scrub bar, fuel for those, spare slab of lion brown, power tools, a couple of rifles, usually a dozen or so native seedlings.
    Cheers
    You definitely need a ute.

 

 

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