I completely understand. I do the with all of my stuff including some of the same things you mentioned. Its part of making it your own. I just would like to think as I get older I have gotten wise enough to learn not to go down a rabbit hole. I learning to be more practical in wants and needs. God I hate it sometimes LOL
That is a good point caverat. It is a good aspect to know before purchasing. In my use I have never needed that aspect but I feel sure many might. I have gone through rocks in Arkansas and mud in Louisiana and the power of the 700 hasn't let me down. I have overpowered the grip of the tires a lot and having a lower gear wouldn't have helped a bit. First gear will hold going down hill but will not hold you back like a true low gear will. But that is my usage and knowing the need differs for different people having all the facts is a good thing.
Ya I am seriously envious of you low land guys you all seam to be getting on with plenty of power. And the 700 does ok at my house witch is at 5000 feet but not so well once you get get much up out of town and with 28's stick a fork in it at 6500feet with the stock 25s it did ok up to 8k. High elevation is hard for any internal combustion engine just something we have to learn to over come. Thin air is a b****
Yeah I hear it makes a big difference when getting up into higher elevations. It takes a good size hill around here to get me above sea level.
. The 700 doesn't have a lot of hp to give up.
You are right. The 700 definitely plays a step above its weight class. I am happy with mine and it fits my needs perfectly.
I dont need 4 up seating but funny thing is I was looking hard at the wolverine. Really liked it but that little voice said do you really need it and so I told my wife not really. LOL Not really my wife's voice is not little and she doesnt care what I buy
Sounds like me! The Wolverines are nice but I didn't need anything like that either. They tried to make a pretty good deal on one for me. I looked hard at the pioneer 1000 too. They are really nice. I can't say I wouldn't change what I have after seeing what this thing can do but I will say the shocks are not good at all. I believe they are oil filled and not gas. I am already changing mine. I didn't want to spend $1500 to over $2000 for new shocks so trying a lesser brand and am hoping the mixed reviews for them won't bite me. That is one thing most everyone on this site said I would be doing but they really seamed fine to me. Found out pretty quickly how weak they really were after hitting some rocky trails in Arkansas. I think you may have to take that into consideration if you decide on the 700.
Yea I immediately changed to some low hr commander shocks. Got built in lift and unbelievable ride difference. I just acquired some elka shocks from a freind who was trading his in . Gave him my stocks to put on. With the elka I put on the strong made bracket lift as I am running 29 inch tires. The elkas are good but it shows just how good of an up grade the commanders are for the money. I have not decided what I am going to do with my commander shocks or maybe sale the elka
I did the strong made lift also. Man I would have taken those elkas off your hands in a heartbeat if I wouldn't have gotten these others. They say timing is everything but I have never been very good at it.
There nice but knowing what I know I would tell people either spend money on at least stage 3 or get the walker evans or higher end fox if you could not find a pair of commander shocks
I hope I not going to have to end up buying the Fox QS3's in the end after these off brands fail.
