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So I spent most of yesterday on my 700 EPS up in the hills behind my house.
There was a big fire last year and they are logging out the burnt timber.
It gets very rough and messy where the heavy equipment has been operating, as most of the soil is a red, sticky clay.
Of course I had to go check out the newly accessible areas and got myself in some pretty steep and off camber situations. So much so that I had to stop and get off the machine, scout the best line down and clear the route I had picked out of debris that could poke, slash, or slide/roll and make me lose control on descent.
Once again, park came in very handy. I actually ended up walking next to the machine in the steepest parts.
Well after all that slow and low technical stuff I was ready to open it up on the "main" roads up there, for lack of a better term. There is a lot less debris but still plenty of muck and ruts so it went into 4x4 high and I engaged the front locker to make sure none of the real muddy parts would stop me.
WOW!!! HANG ON!! Dang thing was like a bucking Billy goat out there! The stiffened steering made it feel like it just wanted to go straight over or through any obstacles we encountered and took decisive muscular persuasion to turn the Beast! In 4x4 with the diff locked and in high gear a guy could really get hurt on this BEAST! I don't regret not getting a Grizzly at all. Sealed rear brake makes for positive braking in the muckiest conditions while the lower stance helps immensely in off-camber situations.
What stories do you guys have with your Kodiak in BEAST Mode?
: )B
There was a big fire last year and they are logging out the burnt timber.
It gets very rough and messy where the heavy equipment has been operating, as most of the soil is a red, sticky clay.
Of course I had to go check out the newly accessible areas and got myself in some pretty steep and off camber situations. So much so that I had to stop and get off the machine, scout the best line down and clear the route I had picked out of debris that could poke, slash, or slide/roll and make me lose control on descent.
Once again, park came in very handy. I actually ended up walking next to the machine in the steepest parts.
Well after all that slow and low technical stuff I was ready to open it up on the "main" roads up there, for lack of a better term. There is a lot less debris but still plenty of muck and ruts so it went into 4x4 high and I engaged the front locker to make sure none of the real muddy parts would stop me.
WOW!!! HANG ON!! Dang thing was like a bucking Billy goat out there! The stiffened steering made it feel like it just wanted to go straight over or through any obstacles we encountered and took decisive muscular persuasion to turn the Beast! In 4x4 with the diff locked and in high gear a guy could really get hurt on this BEAST! I don't regret not getting a Grizzly at all. Sealed rear brake makes for positive braking in the muckiest conditions while the lower stance helps immensely in off-camber situations.
What stories do you guys have with your Kodiak in BEAST Mode?
: )B