Well it figures

[Big Slick]

Got up this morning to a beautifull day. Mrs. Slick and the little Slick ones were still sound asleep. "Perfect day for a little fishing" was the thought going through the gray matter in my crainium. Grab the camera to take big fish photo's, a bag of beef jerkey and a couple diet cokes, hook the ATV up to the boat trailer and away I go...This is going to be great as the boat landing is more or less a swamp and a regular truck cannot back into the spot, the whole lake to myself and a couple more loons. (birds)
   So I get to the "boat landing" about a half mile down the road and unlock the gate, back the boat into the muck and after about 5 minutes of fighting cattails and reeds I'm on the lake.
   It's an awesome sight, hardly a ripple on the water the sky filled with morning sunshine, a couple of Loons (birds) about 200 yards away and a few Pelicans swimming about also enjoying the morning. I sit and enjoy the sight for a minute or two.
   Well its time to put a few fish in the bucket so I pull the rip-cord on the 40 year old motor and it does nothing as far as turning the engine over. I pull and pull and pull...Nothing. So I start rowing out a little way just to get a few casts in when I discover that my "summer" tackle box is at home and all I have is a few winter jigs. "Heck with it " I'm going home.
   As I fight my way through the reeds and cattails cursing why they would grow there in the first place I managed to fill my knee-high boots with water. Finally get the little boat back on its trailer and get on the ATV, empty the water out of my boots and fire up the big twin cylinder Polaris. Pulling out of the "landing" is, as I just found out, can be harder than putting into the landing. Seems as I was out on my little "fishing trip" the ATV sank into the gooy muck a little ways and the traction wasn't the best. Also seems that the "landing" has a 90 degree drop-off right at the edge that the little 8" trailer tires don't want to go up. Together these little acts of nature can really test a guys inner strength, but after another 10 minutes of whinning like a teased school girl, and the help of a 2x6 I found in the weeds I got the boat out and back on the 2 track road. Driving home I noticed that the ATV was pulling slightly to the right and upon arriving home my suspicions were right...A flat tire on a new set with less than 20 miles on them.


Think I'm going to get a canoe.

[The General]

or a Honda.

[Finlander]

What a bummer. I guess like the saying goes . What can go wrong will go wrong .

[Randy Kaar]

i gotta agree with the gen on the honda   did you figure out
the motor problem? would have been a great day on the water!

randy aka bh

[Big Slick]

I was thinking more on the lines of a Mercury unless Honda is made in the USA then maybe go that route. But then again this motor still runs good when the rewind works, have it fixed in no time.

[The General]

Slick I was giving the smart remark on the Polaris.........get a honda.  As far as the boat motor goes.  I believe unless the other companies change (and they will) an E-Tec is the only way to go. 

[Big Slick]

Slick I was giving the smart remark on the Polaris.........get a honda. 

I would sooner walk.

[Randy Kaar]

now slick we all know hondas dont get stuck

randy aka bh

[Big Slick]

now slick we all know hondas dont get stuck

  Your just not trying hard enough.   

[deadeye]

I got my Yamaha stuck this weekend.  I was following my buddy (he was on a Polaris) and dropped in a hole.  I was going slow because I had the wife on the back and didn't want to dump her.  Anyway I was in over the drive belt and the belt got wet.  I made it back but couldn't go over 20 mph without the belt slipping.  I still does so I will have to take the cover off to dry things out.

[Randy Kaar]

i am not gonna comment...

randy aka bh

[The General]

That story is about as common as Minnesotans complaining about the weather.

[deadeye]

Ok, how come no one told me about the drain plug on the bottom of the belt case.  I found it AFTER taking the whole thing apart.     
Anyway I used the oppertunity to check it all out and replace a torn rubber boot over the drive shaft, check all fluid levels etc.   For the record this is the first thing (besides changing oil) I've done to the wheeler since I bought it back in 2001. 

[HD]

DE, I got a Yamaha, Polaris and a Honda........I like the Yamaha way better than the other 2.
They all got the same tires on um, and are the same size......but it seems I can go through more  with the Yamaha and not get stuck.

Maybe you tried TOO hard!   
(or you should have risked dumping the wife)  OK! I'm just kidding!


Hunter

[thunderpout]

Sounds like you guys would like my Big Bear .... NOT automatic, 27" mudders, no electronic or auto  to go wrong.... Ive had it completely submerged under a creek,(it didnt quit on me)up to the gas cap in mud holes,(didnt get stuck).... I fear the day it goes to the big atv graveyard cause I really dont like all the new technology & overpriced stuff out there now.  Ole Sasquatch dosent even have a speedo!  dosent have any bells and whistles,but it has a heating element in the carb for starting it up on those -30 nights on a lake or deer camp, which is really nice...

[deadeye]

My Kodiak was made before they used the locking front differential.  So, I really only have three wheel drive where as the Polaris I was following has full four wheel drive.   But then again, his has a bazillian grease zerks and mine has none.  Good and bad with all brands.