How steep of a hill have you climbed

[Cheapinri]

Try to give as much information as possible angle. Length which aatv you have . Engine size surface

[Mike]

I've climbed some steep hills but the overall height/length of this one combined with the loose(ish) dirt made it challenging as you couldn't keep much speed up:

Max II with 18HP and 21" tires trying that hill:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIN360w4qvE&t=172 (Direct link to the time in the video with the hill climb)


Max II with 30HP and 22" tires as well as a Scrambler with 2 stroke and balloon tires trying that hill. The first few times we took the main path but they we tried to see how steep of an incline we could climb. I think we would have had better luck with a more compacted terrain vs the looser sand/dirt:

[Noel Woods]

I've ascended and gone down hills so steep that the rear or front two tires were completely off the ground. While the height of the hills here in Texas are not that steep, I've also ridden in the Smokey Mountains in Tennessee and North Carolina, as well as the Boston Mountains in Arkansas. I have gone down steep trails several hundred feet long with tight switchbacks. Nearly rolling the Max2 several times. I wanted to see what both the machine, and myself could handle. Having grown up a bit since then, I would never run the same trek, the way I did, ever again.

So to answer your question, I believe the machine can handle much more than the average rider can give it.

[xbunsenx]

We were out in Harrisonburg, VA at an ATV park and there was a mound of dirt that i took my Max IV up. It was short but steep and the top was very small, just big enough for the machine to sit on. I had to turn the machine around as soon as I got to the top. There was water on the other side as I remember and i did not want to go head first into the water. You can see in the video below (camera is mounted to my winch) how close the camera gets to the ground when I descend. It took a few tries to get up there because it was muddy and I was nervous about over shooting. I can speak from experience that these machines are very capable of climbing hills, you just got to be crazy to climb some of them. Unfortunately, no one else wanted to try, so I don't have video of another machine doing the climb, but there is a shot of it at the end.

[ARGOJIM]

Don't know the grade of this hill but it's dang steep, there is a ledge about 2/3 up that would add a little pucker factor to it. We used to climb it regular along with one slightly steeper at points but a ways longer, there was also a steeper hill we didn't hit much because it was near the state ground.
I would not try any of these hills with a single cylinder 2 stroke, and all single cylinder 4 strokes were challenged. Challenge Hill pictured.

[Noel Woods]

The problem with most newer engines is the low oil shut off. Steep and long angles will trigger the shut off and leave you in a tricky situation with a non running engine on a dangerous slope. If I'm going up a big slope I'll defeat the system until I'm done, then reconnect the wiring when done.

[Andyman]

That looks steep Jim, I would have fun with that one. Maybe go home swap my lower gear set in first since I would rather crawl slowly up it LOL

I can hit some steep dunes out here with my power but it is smooth predictable sand, just remember to let off at the top WHOOOPIE!!