1996 Fourtrax 300 2×4

tl;dr
Girlfriends family has quads and races them. Loser me doesnt have one. Find one in garbage and start build.

Hello and thanks for all the info i’ve already found using the search button.

My girls family has a decent amount of property in upstate NY and the invited me up for the 4th of july. They spend the weekend cutting tracks in the woods and racing quads and dirt bike. As the new guy to the family they let me ride their spare rancher. needless to say this year I will have my own.

I work at a recycling yard and look at what some landscapers are THROWING away. I seriously paid them the 20$ they were going to receive and loaded this thing in my truck. It was missing a coil pack. they used it to push mulch and woodchips around, hence the plow. Guy said the transmission locked up and it was going to need a rebuild. I Figured the rear was locked instead but I found out later the rear shoes were fused to the rotor. I ball peen hammer and a flat head fixed that.

I kept the project in the garage for the next 6 months until I recently decided to start working on it. This is currently where im at. The fenders have been heavily cut. Maybe I should have just gotten a 300ex.