By hunt307 on Unrecorded Date: Edit

About this time last year me and my dad were driving our ATTEX down a dirt road about 30mph when we took a right turn and hit an incline in the dirt. The right tires caught and we flipped. We were both caught underneath this 600lb beast for at least ten minutes until a passing car saw us. Luckily I made it with no major injuries, but my dad wasn't so lucky. He brock his back in two different places. 6x6's aren't made for high speed sharp turns. Have fun!

By Jessie Herrera on Unrecorded Date: Edit

It is now my one year anniversary that I rolled my Attex. I was driving it down a small 40 degree bank to my front yard. I pulled hard on the levers and the brake and it rolled over on me. I thought I broke my back. I broke my pelvis and bruised alot of ribs. I was thankful to God that it wasn't my back. The irony is that when I recovered and was fixing the windshield I noticed this sticker on the dash that warns of rollovers downhill in certain conditions. Why didn't I read that before? I don't know. I ride motorcycles too and have had a compaound leg fracture, 2nd degree burns on my whole back, 3rd degree on my arm, broken hand, nose, but nothing has hurt me more than that broken pelvis. I don't wish any harm on anyone and especially that. Be careful.

By Gord Young on Unrecorded Date: Edit

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I was lucky enough to be able to keep the rolling motion of the machine going and roll it clear of me. I looked at the ground where the machine rolled and noted that two of the three tires on the right side had gripped/dug in to the gravel.

The !@#$% ATV tires actually dug in and contributed if not outright caused the machine to roll. I was not impressed. It suffices to say that the tires were gone from the machine within a couple of days. Before I removed the tires, I did a little testing and learned that the machine was very susceptible to fish-tailing under heavy braking; like you would use when stopping in an emergency.

The next week with Goodyear Rawhide III tires I again tested the braking. On the same terrain I was able to stop much more effectively. Yes you can still fish-tail of the braking is uneven or if the brakes are applied left to right or right to left, but the machine does not become unstable.
In fact the machine was now able to do donuts!! What a difference!

The lesson here is that ATV tires are dangerous on AATV's. For goodness sakes consider the lugs often found on the sides of ATV tires and ask yourself if they would bite if the machine had ANY sideways movement at all. Then look at proper skid steer tires like the Rawhides, and ask the same question....

If you have cheaper ATV tires on your machine, Get rid of them, or atleast cut the side lugs off the outside edges of them. Don't experience this same accident that I did.

I honestly believe that the manufacturers should put warnings on the machines or atleast in the owners manuals to help prevent others from falling prey to this mistake.

Have fun and ride safe.... These things were not meant to scream through the woods anyways!


Gord Young

By Troy Moore (Hustler) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Sounds like you are at least not hurt to much from the roll over. What kind of tires did you have on when you rolled over and what kind of ATV.

By Gord Young on Unrecorded Date: Edit

It was an ARGO 6x6 and the tires were Wolly Bugger tires. I now use Goodyear Rawhide III tires.

By MaxRules (Brandon_price) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

My Hustler has Wolly Bugger tires. I haven't rode it enough to know if they are any good.
Today I rode with a friend in his '84 Max II along with some quads. One was a new Honda Foreman 450 4x4. Just for fun we hooked the Honda up to the Max for a tug of war. Both riders nailed the throttle and the Max bit down and took that Honda backwards. Hahahaha A new Honda got took by a 16 year old Max with six bald tires and a 16hp Tecumseh. Max Rules again.

By Banshee3501 on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Some how i dont belive that brandon. ive done thta before and i have a 81' max with brand new black waters and pitted against my 2000 arctic cat 300 4x4 quad. the quad won. then again my max isnt in the best condition..

By Travis Chrystal (Travisch) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

I belive Brandon - I can pull a Polaris Sportsman 500 all over the place with an old maxIV (16hp. tech.) and with a new Argo Bigfoot.

By MaxRules (Brandon_price) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Banshee3501 - Your Max must have all the nessasary components to turn the wheels. Yes it must be running and in gear...

The Sportsman 500 is the best pulling quad on the market and any Max or Argo can take it in a tug of war. It is not that they don't have enough power, but they could never match the traction of the 6x6. The Honda could spin the wheels easily but all that did was dig a hole. The Max walked off with it with no wheel spin. After the Max already won, the driver let off the gas to let the Honda pull it backwards. Max driver hit the throttle again and easily stopped the Honda and pulled it again.

MaxRules