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Newbie here, just picked up my first AATV. It ain't pretty but it was given to me for free!! 
The problem is, it was sitting in a barn for years and the guy that gave it to me knows absolutely nothing about it except for the fact that the engine is out of it and "in pieces". I don't know year, model, engine type, etc, but suspect that once I get home from work I should be able to track all that information down from the serial numbers. I haven't even layed my own eyes on it yet, but here's is a picture of it sitting at my house where my buddy dropped it off. There's what looks to be the hood of another aatv, and in another picture there is a frame for a 6x6 that he dropped off too.
My plan is to take it down to the frame & do a complete restore. My primary use for it will be on coastal marshlands where I deer hunt. I'm still undecided whether or not I'm going to track it out or not. I've found a used set of plastic tracks locally for $450, however they are for a 6x6 and I would have to buy some more track to make them work. Still seems like a good deal to me.
On our marsh, we access all of our deer stands by mud boat via drainage ditches & natural sloughs. We haul in 4-wheelers by boat pre-season to bust our shooting lanes as a less disturbing alternative to airboats. We are very limited as to where we can go with the 4-wheelers though, and it's very easy to stick them once they break through the top layer of vegetation. Would the weight being distributed over 8 wheels alone be enough to keep this 8x8 on top, or do y'all feel I should do the tracks? The only track disadvantage that I can find from reading the site is that they do not track very straight. We kind of like our shooting lanes straight. lol
A few pictures of our marsh...
The problem is, it was sitting in a barn for years and the guy that gave it to me knows absolutely nothing about it except for the fact that the engine is out of it and "in pieces". I don't know year, model, engine type, etc, but suspect that once I get home from work I should be able to track all that information down from the serial numbers. I haven't even layed my own eyes on it yet, but here's is a picture of it sitting at my house where my buddy dropped it off. There's what looks to be the hood of another aatv, and in another picture there is a frame for a 6x6 that he dropped off too. My plan is to take it down to the frame & do a complete restore. My primary use for it will be on coastal marshlands where I deer hunt. I'm still undecided whether or not I'm going to track it out or not. I've found a used set of plastic tracks locally for $450, however they are for a 6x6 and I would have to buy some more track to make them work. Still seems like a good deal to me.
On our marsh, we access all of our deer stands by mud boat via drainage ditches & natural sloughs. We haul in 4-wheelers by boat pre-season to bust our shooting lanes as a less disturbing alternative to airboats. We are very limited as to where we can go with the 4-wheelers though, and it's very easy to stick them once they break through the top layer of vegetation. Would the weight being distributed over 8 wheels alone be enough to keep this 8x8 on top, or do y'all feel I should do the tracks? The only track disadvantage that I can find from reading the site is that they do not track very straight. We kind of like our shooting lanes straight. lol
A few pictures of our marsh...
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