Setting up a quad for hunting

@scottrods where do you get those slim fuel totes from? They look pretty neat, seen quite a few bikes on American forums set up with them. Like the idea of spots wired into full beam and floods wired into low also. Went over the whole bike today and tucked and cable tied all wiring as much as possible, we do this to the farm bikes also as always end up with something not working due to a wire snagging on something. Also rewired the cooling fan so that it still works on the temp sender but can be turned on manually in case of a failure in temp switch (it happens) have ordered a winch and waiting on it to arrive, noticed the bike actually has factory mounting plates in the front so will probably just end up front mounting it. My knee is healing up fast so hopefully bike doesn't stay this clean for too long!
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that bike needs some protection......bars?

Got em dundee just in bubblewrap on the back of my truck still! Maybe tomorrows job

They are called Rotopax. I bought them on ebay when the Kiwi was strong on the USD. You can buy seconds with only cosmetic issues. I bought the brackets and spin-lock system too. Not cheap but very well made and good for the purpose.

I bought the bike as a project, stripped it down with @cambo and wirebrushed and painted the whole thing back up. For a bike that cost me $500 to buy and turned over with new fuel, I've spend $2000 doing it up. Needed new transfer case, new bearings all round, front CV joints, middle drive shaft, new swing arm boot, new wet and dry clutch, and nearly completely re-wired and new tires. Won't buy a yamaha again, hard to get parts for. Honda the way to go. But at least I know it off by heart. The brakes aren't the best on these old yams either. Getting brake fade on a hilly station descent is pretty scary, but at least it has a low ratio box.

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Originally Posted by scottrods

They are called Rotopax. I bought them on ebay when the Kiwi was strong on the USD. You can buy seconds with only cosmetic issues. I bought the brackets and spin-lock system too. Not cheap but very well made and good for the purpose.

I bought the bike as a project, stripped it down with @cambo and wirebrushed and painted the whole thing back up. For a bike that cost me $500 to buy and turned over with new fuel, I've spend $2000 doing it up. Needed new transfer case, new bearings all round, front CV joints, middle drive shaft, new swing arm boot, new wet and dry clutch, and nearly completely re-wired and new tires. Won't buy a yamaha again, hard to get parts for. Honda the way to go. But at least I know it off by heart. The brakes aren't the best on these old yams either. Getting brake fade on a hilly station descent is pretty scary, but at least it has a low ratio box.

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Yea we had Yamahas here on the farm last few years, now that they are out of warranty we are replacing them, both have had quite a few gearbox problems (auto/cvt) and both have dropped a valve inside the warranty period, and one had a real major meltdown the actual cylinder cracked and it lunched itself, first one went last year and was replaced with a kingquad like Dundees bike and its been brilliant so far, second Yamaha is still in service but only used by the calf rearers to potter around in the yard moving trailers etc,

Army shovel comes in handy and another must is the Bacho knife :thumbsup: Double gun rack same a @Shootm they are good quality

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Narva 70mm spots on front make a world of difference. If you add lights you should run them direct from battery via a relay connected to high beam, to avoid over loading the lighting circuit.

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I can fit 2 packs, rifle, myself and teenage son and dog on this bike. Did a trip up the Wilberforce like that, the TRX 500 is a bit of a tractor.
Rear storage unit has a compressor, tyre repair kit, tow rope and other shit.

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Lights are 25W HID, put out an amazing amount of light. I have a large 12v battery in the back box to drive them, never ran out despite several hours out at a time. Both lights are fully adjustable on the move, which means I can have one pointing up and left and the other down and right etc. when you are on hill tracks. The winch lives in the rear box till I need it then plugs into a 2" receiver mounted at the rear. Gun mounts on the box as well are a bit over the top but i occasionally carry 3 guns depending where I'm shooting.
You can see the rear mount better here. . . .
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that's a well thought out setup, I like the idea of the winch being removable, no reason not to have an attachment both front and rear for it then, gives some options depending on which way round ya get stuck.

Damn you all, now I want one!! Next winter.... Maybe, guy has to have a project right?

Don't currently have a bike as we recently sold the family Gator.

Question - who's running power steering on their quad bike? Last time I was using a quad for extended possum shooting, holding the spot with one hand and steering with the other resulted in a very tired arm by the end of the night. I've never ridden one with power steer so interested to hear some feed back.

Wouldn't ride one without it now, been spoilt by two quads with it. Have ridden my mates 750 without it, and at speed it tossed me twice ! I just don't have the arm strength to cope :oh noes:

Yea our king quad has power steer, its nice when doing irrigation as you can grab a sprinkler in your left hand and cruise along and place it somewhere else without fighting the steering with the other hand, it feels really strange at first though when you're used to a bit more feedback

Yeah wouldn't not have it now. @Ryan_Songhurst I use a suzuki 750 set up same as Tahr really,
Box on front with gun rack between box and bars.
Some of these quads look like absolute death traps to a daily quad user.
Be careful where you put the gun racks as they have a tendency to go through people.


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Yeah wouldn't not have it now. @Ryan_Songhurst I use a suzuki 750 set up same as Tahr really,
Box on front with gun rack between box and bars.
Some of these quads look like absolute death traps to a daily quad user.
Be careful where you put the gun racks as they have a tendency to go through people.


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I have a mate that manages a farm down the road and they had a similar sort of thing setup on the back of a two wheeler for putting fence standards in, young Argentine girl didn't show up to work one morning, she had to ride about 5kms down the road from her house to the shed, his 2ic assumed she had slept in because he rang her and she wasn't answering, she got found three hours later as it got light in the grass on the side of the road with the bike on it's side and she had been pinned back and had the prongs from the holder stab her through the back and made a mess of one of her kidneys, ended up in intensive care in a coma for months, bloody lucky she survived.

The old "left the quad in reverse, then jumped on it in a hurry to take off" has seen more than a few people end up over the front, can imagine that racks etc could be a bit of a worry in that situation

Edit: hilarious when nobody gets injured though

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Prefer this setup if used in the bush, less chance of bent barrel. Use wire strainer for winching. Never bothered with changing the headlights as the excellent light from head lamps does the job.

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Yeah wouldn't not have it now. @Ryan_Songhurst I use a suzuki 750 set up same as Tahr really,
Box on front with gun rack between box and bars.
Some of these quads look like absolute death traps to a daily quad user.
Be careful where you put the gun racks as they have a tendency to go through people.


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I hear what you're saying about the frames Brads. Mine is made out of fairly light gauge tube which bends easily. The steepest stuff on my place is a rough plough finish. The only time I've come off a bike was in my youth when I landed a jump on the 3 wheeler all wrong.
If I had hills it would be a box with a lid on it like yours. Horses for courses I reckon

@tetawa love the army gaiter / hot hands

Hot grips are a must, have some ordered, Im not real keen on the idea of the mitts over the bars as have had them on a farm bike before and can be a bit of a hindrance when youre on and off all the time and I always envisage getting stuck in them if the bike were to roll. I like your astroturk though Tetawa, you should make a hole in one side so you can play mini golf haha

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Hot grips are a must, have some ordered, Im not real keen on the idea of the mitts over the bars as have had them on a farm bike before and can be a bit of a hindrance when youre on and off all the time and I always envisage getting stuck in them if the bike were to roll. I like your astroturk though Tetawa, you should make a hole in one side so you can play mini golf haha

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Gives the dogs great surface to stand on, not slipping and sliding like on wood.

I just use a 2 wheel farm bike with y bars on the front , use less gas ,go more places ,cheaper to buy but unfortunately doesn't have the quad wank factor.

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Does this count??

Not my bike, but I've spent an awful lot of time using it for shooting. Drop-rack on the front. Toolbox (full of farm junk so I didn't use it, but still a handy rest at times) Rifle in rack which you can barely see just behind the toolbox.

Good to have a rubber mat or platform on the back, for meat and/or mates.

Hot-grips. :thumbsup:

The rabbiters seem to like using high-sided wire-mesh cages front and back, to fill with ammo/gear/rabbits

No power steer on this beastie, but use it on the can-am quads and it's absolutely fantastic. Makes a world of difference.

4 fallow on the bike at this point, and still had another one to shoot and throw on the back. Fine on the flatter tracks, but asking for trouble if you took it on the steep stuff like that...
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Striker whereabouts are you down that way? Have you crossed paths with my dad? (Ivan?)

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Striker whereabouts are you down that way? Have you crossed paths with my dad? (Ivan?)

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Fairlie most of the time. Can't say I've heard the name, but I don't have the energy for much more than a very small social circle, so not that surprising..

Ah ok, youre a bit further north, he stomps around Hakataramea/Twizel/Omarama sort of thing

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I just use a 2 wheel farm bike with y bars on the front , use less gas ,go more places ,cheaper to buy but unfortunately doesn't have the quad wank factor.

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And some people still drive Morris Minors.

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I just use a 2 wheel farm bike with y bars on the front , use less gas ,go more places ,cheaper to buy but unfortunately doesn't have the quad wank factor.

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Also doesn't have the quad ability to carry heaps of shit factor...

Welded up some brackets and installed winch today, seems to work pretty good, got sent the wrong bullbars so have sent them back and awaiting correct ones, put some decent flood lights on and wired them up through a relay to come on high beam only, have a spotlight with a handlebar mount coming, along with some rifle mounts. Might throw a set of new tyres at it and I reckon she's ready to go hunting.
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Welded up some brackets and installed winch today, seems to work pretty good, got sent the wrong bullbars so have sent them back and awaiting correct ones, put some decent flood lights on and wired them up through a relay to come on high beam only, have a spotlight with a handlebar mount coming, along with some rifle mounts. Might throw a set of new tyres at it and I reckon she's ready to go hunting.
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Winch on a quad....
A few years back suzuki brought out a green 750 it came with a free winch as a sales pitch.
We trade them every 2 years as it costs fark all and anyhow there was brand new one in the shed, we had a big night the boat got pushed a fair way out.
When I got up the next morning the quad was halfway up the tree on the front lawn!


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Will be interesting to see if I ever actually use it, the only time I have ever felt the need to use one was a couple years back when we ran CanAm's here (that's a story in itself...) got myself bogged and thought "no worries, these things have a winch" there was a fence post about 4 or 5 metres away so I pulled out the wire and got about three metres and that's all the bloody wire it had on it!

The warn winch has about 100feet it's impressive
To be honest I also only used it the once when stuck in the creek and the share pin broke running it out!
Haven't bothered with them since.


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I have found with a winch that you tend to get stuck far more than you did before the winch

Winch, you don't need them often but when you do you really need it

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I have found with a winch that you tend to get stuck far more than you did before the winch

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Yes, I can see that being a possibility, more risks taken! I broke my neck when I was a wee fella so have always had this fear of landing on my head, I rode motocross all through my teens and it was always front of mind, then a few years back I got one of those Leat neck braces, subconsciously it must have made me thought I was bulletproof as I rode way faster than before, crashed way more often too!

Winch might be good for pulling a deer up over a tree branch to butcher it up.

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Winch might be good for pulling a deer up over a tree branch to butcher it up.

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Yeap I have chucked a pulley and a short bit of rope with a gamble in my front box for that reason.

I also carry 20m of rope to extend the reach of the winch.

Have used it on a couple of occasions too.

Cheers
Pete

has anyone got a good design for a land anchor?

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has anyone got a good design for a land anchor?

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Manuka trees work well :thumbsup:

But these seem like a standard design.
http://www.goodwinch.com/shop/winchi...ground-anchor/

Easy enough to make one out of an old shovel blade an some pipe if your keen.


Cheers
Pete