Smitty335
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I used a clothes line post and a couple of come alongs to get under mine back in 16, tilted it right up on it's side.Okay, I’ve had this machine for 10 months. Finally took it out on a trail last Sunday. Splashed through a couple of minor wet spots and heard some rubbing on a couple of rocks. This just confirmed that I need a ’real’ skid plate. So lo and behold SuperATV puts a deep discount on it and one showed up at my house Saturday.
I started installing it this afternoon. Awww, look at that mud! It was clean up until last week.
Now I know all you guys like to flip them up on their side, or hoist the nose in the air to make installation easy, but not everybody is blessed with a 12 foot ceiling in their garage. I had to settle for 6x6 blocks under the wheels.
So there I was, on my back, holding pieces of skid plate up, drilling holes, driving screws, getting mud and chips in my collar and up my sleeves, in my hair, all while trying to see things that are closer than my old eyes can focus on.
One handy feature of the SuperATV skid plate is that it’s packaged inside a two piece cardboard creeper. Of course, you guys with the high garages wouldn’t know how convenient that feature is.
I got about to 70% complete and called it good for today. Planning to finish it up tomorrow, might even get a few hours of hunting in after. It’s muzzleloader season and I still have one more tag to fill.