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Fredryck T. Macko
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Username: Ftmacko
Post Number: 13
Registered: 04-2005
Posted From: 216.45.133.13
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I'd like to hear about and see what other hunters have done to or added to their machines to facilitate their hunting. Camo schemes, racks, GPS mounts, game carriers, rifle racks, etc. |
Argohunter
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Username: Argohunter
Post Number: 9
Registered: 02-2005
Posted From: 152.163.100.203
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Check out the previous posts on Route 6x6 Discussion Board under Other Related ATV Topics AATV USED FOR HUNTING. |
Argohunter
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Username: Argohunter
Post Number: 10
Registered: 02-2005
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I did not want to rewrite one of my previous posts so I took an excerpt from one I posted last fall indicating some of the modifications I had previously made. I use a GPS most of the time while out in my Max, not just for hunting. I did nothing special to mount it other than using some Velcro strips. Works great, holds tight and makes it quick and easy to remove the GPS and place in your pocket when ever when you leave the machine.
My previous post:
I fabricated some tube steel that I used for attaching a light weight steel tube game rack to the factory cargo rack. On the back of the game rack, I added a tree stand carrier that carries 2 tree stands.
On the the game rack, I adapted a Kolpin ATV rifle carrier that holds my long arm safely within the width confines of the Max so that it does not get banged into a tree or brush.
The Max cargo rack with some modification will carry my hard plastic bow case or soft case and arrow box butted up against the backside of the roll bar.
I thought that the RI price for a winch mount plate was kind of high and only the old style was available at the time I started modifying my Max for hunting.
I did not see where even a hawse pipe would attach to the winch let alone a roller fairlead. I fabricated a plate that mounts the winch on the front like the new style does, covering the winch drum and motor and I added a roller fairlead. It's backed by 1/4" plate steel.
If the new style winch plate had been available at the time I made mine. I probably would have used that one.
In a recent post on this board, someone talked about Superwinch products. I'm here to say that my Superwinch ATV 2500 had extracted my Max out of several "sticks" that I have found myself in while hunting.
A new addition for this year's season is a 1/4" thick steel angle bumper for the front. I modified the winch mount to incorporate the bumper. It has made the mount stronger, serves as some protection to the body when pushing brush with the front of the machine and doubles as a place to put a tow hook for doubling line pull on the winch with a snatch block.
The picture in my profile is pre bumper so you won't find it there.
It's harder to drag game out of the woods when you get a little older. Having the Max makes it so easy to haul out game from the bag site back to the truck.
It's really nice to be able to drive in and out of the water for waterfoul hunting. A 4x4 ATV can't do it and a punt or duck boat can't be driven to the water. It makes those hard to reach ponds and backwaters easier to get to.
For extra illumination when coming out of the woods or fields at days end, I use a remote controlled spotlight that does 370 degrees around and about 75 degrees up and down. It's easily removed off the machine when it's not needed.
It plugs into a 12 volt power tap, working off a dual battery system that I added. |
Fredryck T. Macko
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Username: Ftmacko
Post Number: 19
Registered: 04-2005
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I must have missed that thread. Kewl beans, I'll go check it out now, Thanks....Todd |
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