I had an 88 or 89 2wd Trail Boss. They had a really bad rep with farmers because they were designed more as fun/sport quads and couldn't handle NZ farm conditions, but with a bit of preventive sealing around the air intakes for the belt drive mine could easily ford 6-700mm deep, electronics were mounted 800mm high (guess how I found out). Rust was still an issue as the frame design trapped shit in the corners. More modern ones may not have these problems but I really rated mine on the hills & in the mud so yours should be good.
EDIT
I got mine new and kept it immaculate so didn't have any issues, as others have said you could be buying someone else's problem
Bookmarks