I was just given a 97 Honda Recon 250 from my stepfather. It’s been sitting in the shed for a few years. I got it running last night and am now soliciting ideas on what to do or build on the front and back racks for a decent trapping rig.
Any and all ideas are greatly appreciated. Pictures of your own setups would even be better if you don’t mind.
If your handy with a welder you could make a rack. Only thing with a two wheeler is balancing it on its side stand when it's top heavy. Perhaps a trailer would work better?
If your handy with a welder you could make a rack. Only thing with a two wheeler is balancing it on its side stand when it's top heavy. Perhaps a trailer would work better?
Unfortunately I don’t have access to a welder. And it’s a 4 wheeler.
If your handy with a welder you could make a rack. Only thing with a two wheeler is balancing it on its side stand when it's top heavy. Perhaps a trailer would work better?
Unfortunately I don’t have access to a welder. And it’s a 4 wheeler.
I made some boxes out of plywood and scrap 1x1's for support in the corners. Have one on the front rack and a little larger one on the rear. Just mad sure they didn't exten out past the wheels and were deep enough to be useful. The one on the rear has a lid that can be secured shut to keep stuff from bouncing out. Works well enough for me. They aint purty but the haul my stuff.
I took a couple of old deep supers ( beekeeping ), screwed them together, and made a bottom with 1/4 plywood. Made a set for front and back racks. Back racks- bait, lure and critters. Front rack, all clean of odor.
A few years ago, I trapped off of a 4-wheeler. I bought a drop down rack for the back, it held 3 5 gallon buckets across. I also bought a rack or basket for the front. It was probably 6 inches deep. I used it to carry critters or traps, depending what I was doing. This whole unit worked very well. I had heated hand grips on wheeler, the best money I spent. Checked traps one morning when it was -15. I also had a windshield on it.
Unfortunately a 250 will not handle much extra weight, especially on the back. But there are lots of front and rear racks available that will fit them and hold 5 gallon buckets. Just be aware that it is very easy to overload the suspension. Even the larger 450 or 500 size ATVs are not made to carry much weight other than the rider. Overloading them is a recipe for and accident.
I tried to put the heavier items like a bucket of dry dirt and traps on the front. And when I had a 250, there was no aftermarket kits to beef up the suspension either.
I built a wooden inclosed box for the front rack and got a 40" wide truck box for my back rack! I hate putting clean traps in my 4 wheeler just to have them covered in mud at a set! mounted a gun rack on the back side of the front box holds my catch pole and stake driver and a sledge hammer Stinky stuff up front traps in the back! Wax dirt and peat were ever I can find a suitable hole! its what I call my self propelled trappers bag! Its nice having a trappers bag that carrys you! sorry best pic I could find
I have a Honda Recon 250. It's light enough to get un-stuck by myself. I had a friend make a rack for the front of mine that I bolted to the existing rack. Easier than trying to tie critters on the existing rack. Plus I can haul the pea shooter and the Death Ray in the rack, or my JC Connor Mink Digger. Don't have pics of the back, but I bolted two mild crates together. Then I fastened them to the existing back rack. I made a plywood lid to cover both crates, or I can flip the lid back, and the crates hold two 5-gallon buckets.
Here's my Kawasaki Bayou 250 setup. Can't haul it all but I keep some in the truck and park about halfway down my line in all the fields / creeks I hit. Then I do a restock when I get to the truck
Be careful putting weight behind the rear axle. Because of leverage it multiplies the weight onto the suspension down on the rear and up on the front. It can make the atv look saggy, damage the suspension, and cause it to go out of control when riding.
I like Boco’s canoe carrier. I have something similar, but not as cool looking. His looks like, without a canoe of course, he could go about 45mph, lock the front brakes and do a 360.
I have done some painful 180 flips forward and rolls sideways. A couple have been caused by an unseen groundhog hole. Trapping equipment, traps, stakes, lure bottles all went flying and after the pain subsided and the bleeding stopped, it was time to find and pick up the debris! Hopefully no more of those in my future.
I think I'd be pretty easy to over-load my 250 Recon for sure. I have a sled I pull behind mine when there's the possibility of several beaver or yotes to haul out. Three 50lb beaver and my 150lbs is more than it really wants to do. The sled helps. Just put it on a long enough line that it doesn't pull the back end down, and attach to rack. I pull it close when empty, then extend the line out when I start adding weight.
Don't hang the sled up on something, or you're gonna flip! I go SLOW when pulling it.
I think I'd be pretty easy to over-load my 250 Recon for sure. I have a sled I pull behind mine when there's the possibility of several beaver or yotes to haul out. Three 50lb beaver and my 150lbs is more than it really wants to do. The sled helps. Just put it on a long enough line that it doesn't pull the back end down, and attach to rack. I pull it close when empty, then extend the line out when I start adding weight.
Don't hang the sled up on something, or you're gonna flip! I go SLOW when pulling it.
Yeah - you need a trailer hitch - very dangerous to drag stuff from the rear rack.
I have used a heavy duty sled pulling heavy loads. It works great. I attach mine to the trailer ball. Make the lead rope as long as the sled when attached to two points on the sled to give some space -about 5 feet. A double loop around the trailer ball connects it. I have hauled deer, trapping and hunting gear, firewood, loads of animals, and even people for fun. It works great year round.
