Quad bikes: advice needed

[Bill Wright]

I was originally going to buy a ride-on mower with the mowing part bust, but then I sort of assumed two wheel drive wouldn't be good enough.

Bill

[newshound]

I think that is a good assumption, I had an old (working) Laser and that struggled on slopes like that.

[Tim Lamb]

I have a Jonsered (might be Huskvarna now). Goes up 1 in 4 banks in our garden. Not good if you turn upslope as the riders weight is on the lower wheel allowing the other to spin on wet grass.

[newshound]

I've seen the fancy ones where the cutters can be raised and lowered coping with nasty slopes. My old laser was a bit crude. It was quite fast, with its governed Kohler twin, but wouldn't get near a 1 in 4, even with a run-up! Surprised your Husky doesn't have a limited slip diff :-)

Perhaps worth saying my horse paddock is quite bumpy in places too. If it were mine, I would have sprayed, ploughed, and re-seeded it long ago.

[Jim K..]

Get a (proper) helmet & wear it. Read up or go on a training course.

What about an old pickup instead? Less pikey pilfering potential for a start...

[Jim K..]

Rollover? Explain...

[Jim K..]

So you wouldn't wear a helmet when riding a quad bike even on slopes?

Do you have a quad bike? Do you have slopes? Have you had an accident on a quad bike?

[Jim K..]

The T is silent Burns...