Agree - they are rugged and super aggressive tires.

While changing chassis bushings I drilled and installed zerk fittings. Can pump a lot of water and gunk out with grease gun. Those race bikes never needed bushings again.
Fixed plastic by drilling and stitching with zip ties, some looked like Frankenstein.

I want one for trapping.

Wow. You guys seem to break a lot of stuff on ATVs. I expect mine to carry an outboard, six or eight beaver, as well as maybe a boat on my bush trailer as far as I want to take it through our rough rocky trails. I drive my 900 lb waverunner as well as 1000 lb trapping boat down the road a few miles and launch it all the time with the wife, dog, and gear all on the atv...squats the trailer tongue to the ground. Never broke anything in seven years. Plowed with it for many years also.

I use mine as daily drivers to work year round and I had one fuel pump and a relay on the winch go bad once. Broke the tongue off the trailer once hauling 600 lbs of beaver carcasses into the bush. But shocks and frames breaking? No way. I feel like i would be switching brands if I broke something critical like that despite the abuse.

Sounds like you bought the right make / model Hutch?

I travel pretty light. Don't take a lot of extra stuff and improvise with what I have.
Have never broken anything on either of my quads but I do get off and walk a distance rather than try to 4 wheel it through some nasty territory. I need that thing to get me back to the truck or house and sure don't want to walk all the way home!!
I'll use my 2 wheel drive Kawasaki until the mud and snow gets too bad them switch to the Honda Rancher 4x4.
Boco's trailer is really cool. Wonder if he keeps that thing under lock and key... LOL!! He has it down to a science, no doubt.

Boco how long is that bridge in the last pic? Did you build it?

That is an old logging bridge firerat-two big I beams under it.Its about 40 feet long.

I don't know about beefing up a 4 wheeler. But when I was down In the swamps of SC the guys would deflate a basket ball then shove It up under the front end then inflate It. Made that wheeler pretty buoyant when dealing with water.

Anybody trap with a ATV/UTV with tracks? Just curious about how they work on bare ground vs deep snow. Seems like they might be almost unstoppable!

They are pretty much unstoppable. Many times I've been in snow over my head on my wheeler with no problems at all. Very stable and will go practically anywhere.

The downside is they "gear down" your bike so you are always running at about 1/3 speed. The other problem is gas consumption. Figure on getting about 60% of what you normally get as far as mileage.

when your trying not to rut up a muddy pasture , is a small trailer better than a big box on the back for some spare traps etc and dead stuff?

Hey Boco, have you got a set of plans or any measurements for the trailer?

No I didn't make it,I bought it at Canadian Tire.The only thing I had done was to get my welder to lengthen the tongue,and I put a lid on it.(It bounces like a MF).
Are you thinking of making one?I could maybe take a couple pics if you let me know what you need to see?