I have not owned a sxs but in my estimation,with the longer wheelbase,in the rough country cut trails I sometimes navigate, I would be hung up/high centerd in a lot of places.
Not to mention I would have to cut a lot of my trails wider to accommodate a sxs.

Some guys here used the 6x6 bikes and swore by them for trapping.

Last years bobcat season

I agree Boco, back in the mountains my side by side just cannot get back into the coyote and cat territory. Always hung up or spend half the day crawling through spots you would just zip through on a wheeler, I've since gone back to a wheeler. Trapping in farmland, the side by side cannot be beat though.

I'll be putting a new canam 570 to the test this year.

The last decade, we've been trapping more ADC than fur line, so have used UTV's extensively. They have become "my office" although the Kawasaki is a much better back end to work out of than the previous Polaris. Runs more dependable also.

I use the 22-250. Instant light out.

Wore out 2 Honda ATV"s now I use a king quad. Pretty awesome machines as the utv"s can't fit many places here but with a bad hip at times the u
tv might be nice.

We use Honda and Yamaha, four wheelers. We put wooden boxes on front and rear racks and a gun rack. We also pull a small trailer. Easy to get around in.

Can't beat Wheeler trapping

Honda Pioneer is shaft driven.

Anybody use old honda 3 wheelers. I recently bought an old 1986 honda utility 3 wheeler for 50$. Things full of water an
but hey, it still rolls over when i kick it so it can be fixed🤷

We built our camp and hunted for years with an old big red three wheeler. Gets the job done but cannot count how many times i ran over my foot when it started to tip and i would put my leg down to steady it. Theres a market for them if they are running.

The first atv I used for trapping was a Honda Big Red 250 3 wheeler. It saved time over walking long distances. Shaft drive, reverse, and super low 1st gear. Ran like new - sold it a year ago.
Later a 1991 Honda 300 4x4. Big improvement. Still runs and looks great! Shaft drive!
Then a Yamaha 350 4x4. Big improvement. Still runs great!
Later a Mule 4x4 sxs. Huge Improvement! (It is for sale in the Trap Shed.)
This year a Honda Pioneer 1000 SE. 6 peed automatic and manual transmission. One, two locked, and 3 or 4 wheel locked. Speed, power, and luxury! Shaft drive!

QBD - That bed and other mods are GREAT! What size?

early 90s honda quads till they drop....have a 2005 now and its nice....had a polaris 6x6 big boss with a 2 cycle engine and it was a great rig but fuel consumption was about 5 miles per gallon...it crashed through the lake ice, was recovered weeks latter but the electrical and plastics suffered and it finally died...had a 2000 ish canam that skipped a timing chain and it still lays abandon miles and miles in the back woods at the bottom of a ravine...someday...grizzly bit up a tire last year so its almost an artifact now...

My Pioneer is a 700 with one seat. The windshield and roof are aftermarket accessories. All of the bed and rack mods are custom fabricated.

I use a 2001 AC 250
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Fiske - your machine looks wicked good! Did you notice much power loss when you added the tracks? It looks unstoppable! Did fuel use change with the tracks?

Boco - as always, I am impressed by the efficiency and great design of your rigs. The canoe rack is fantastic. I have one for our Honda that is not as nice as yours. A guy in Maine was making them long ago. It is comprised of 3 modular sections so it can be easily removed to hang on the wall. A front vertical section and rear vertical section that slip into receiver bases mounted on the front and rear racks. Then pins go through to hold the sections in place. The top horizontal section slips over sections on the front and rear. 4 bolts secure everything. I added some gussets and widened the top rack.

Maybe you guys who are ATV, UTV, SXS minded may know of sources for some accessories? I am willing to go custom if I cannot find accessories are not suitable for my specific serious use.

I would like to find:
A headache rack made securely enough to mount 2 Kolpin gun boots alternated crosswise that would not prevent the bed from dumping.
A rack to span the full length of the machine with upright supports between the cab and bed.
A cap for the bed similar to a truck bed cap to keep tools dry - it will be used for work too.
Or a replacement tool / work bed.
Or a box and rack to mount in the bed to create a second level.

How is a person supposed to attach anything to that plastic bed? My Mule has a steel bed with a solid frame.

A guy above is using a Rancher or Foreman. I always wanted one of those extra rugged machines!

This SxS came from the factory with all of the accessories installed - front bumper / brush guard, windshield, top, winch, auxiliary fused switch panel, LED lighting, panoramic rear view mirror, Maxis radial tires, all 4 A arm skid plates, complete underbelly skid plates, and high performance tunable Fox suspension.

On these rigs I attach a hitch carrier as a “stink rack” for odiferous animals.

Best wishes!

Willy, my search for accessories for my Pioneer did not turn up much in the way of racks and nothing to replace that worthless hollow plastic bed. That is why all my mods are custom. Not inexpensive but now I have a very functional machine for land or water trapping. And everything maintained the serviceability of the machine. The bed still dumps as well. My drowning rod rack does block the passenger side door when hauling rods but the entire rod carrying system is removable when not needed. I have some in process pics I have not posted of the bed mods if you are interested in seeing them.

98 big bear 350 (paid $300 for it)