ATV at 10,000 ft. QUES
08-02-2005, 04:04 PM
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2005
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ATV at 10,000 ft. QUES
Taking a Polaris Sportsman 400 hunting in Colorado. We'll be around 10,000 ft. I currently live in Wisconsin.
Will I have to "re-jet" the ATV for best results? Will it run ok without any changes?
It seems like it should be ok, but some guys have said it may need this to run out there. We won't be doing alot of hauling or anything, so some decrease in efficiency will still be ok.
Will I have to "re-jet" the ATV for best results? Will it run ok without any changes?
It seems like it should be ok, but some guys have said it may need this to run out there. We won't be doing alot of hauling or anything, so some decrease in efficiency will still be ok.
08-02-2005, 04:58 PM
#3
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Mackenzie BC
Posts: 5,864
RE: ATV at 10,000 ft. QUES
you will have to re-jet your carbs... but I myself would not take an atv that high up... the air is really thin up there.... and i agree with manboy they have no place that high up.
08-02-2005, 05:32 PM
#4
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Rocky Mountains, Colorado
Posts: 1,964
RE: ATV at 10,000 ft. QUES
In my area it is only legal to drive ATVs on the same marked road that it is legal to take your truck on.
Unless you are hunting on private ground (in which case, suit yourself) please leave your ATV in Wisconsin, barring that please leave it in your roadside camp or at the trail head.
Generally, people don't come to the quiet pristine mountains of Colorado to listen to ATV's.
Unless you are hunting on private ground (in which case, suit yourself) please leave your ATV in Wisconsin, barring that please leave it in your roadside camp or at the trail head.
Generally, people don't come to the quiet pristine mountains of Colorado to listen to ATV's.
08-02-2005, 05:33 PM
#5
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Colorado
Posts: 411
RE: ATV at 10,000 ft. QUES
Hi Trib:
I would be surprised if the ATVs would even run, except at WOT, without a re-jet.As the others indirectly mentioned, rent some horses, if you don't have them:
http://www.sombrero.com/hunting.asp
Have fun and good luck,
CE
I would be surprised if the ATVs would even run, except at WOT, without a re-jet.As the others indirectly mentioned, rent some horses, if you don't have them:
http://www.sombrero.com/hunting.asp
Have fun and good luck,
CE
08-02-2005, 06:17 PM
#6
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 10,679
RE: ATV at 10,000 ft. QUES
Unless it is fuel injected it aint gonna run worth a darn at 10,000 feet.
If you do take it just make sure that you keep it to the marked roads and jeep trails.
You'll have better success if you are hunting more and riding less. Too many people, every year, ride up and down the roads and trails looking for elk only to run them into the laps of the people that are actually in the woods hunting.
If you do take it just make sure that you keep it to the marked roads and jeep trails.
You'll have better success if you are hunting more and riding less. Too many people, every year, ride up and down the roads and trails looking for elk only to run them into the laps of the people that are actually in the woods hunting.
08-02-2005, 06:26 PM
#7
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: WC FL
Posts: 26,323
RE: ATV at 10,000 ft. QUES
One of my brother's-in law was in the Smuther's Brother's racing team.
When we use to go Charlotte Motor Speedway, we would have to change
the jets in the carburator because of the altitude. When we came back to
FL, we hadto change them again. Go to the distributor and ask them thier
recomendations.
When we use to go Charlotte Motor Speedway, we would have to change
the jets in the carburator because of the altitude. When we came back to
FL, we hadto change them again. Go to the distributor and ask them thier
recomendations.
08-02-2005, 07:19 PM
#8
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 15
RE: ATV at 10,000 ft. QUES
Thanks guys! I will contact a dealer out in Colorado. I have no intention of "off-roading" anywhere.
Our 'guide' describes leaving camp on atv, going a few miles on a trail, then hiking to our sites the last couple of miles.
I personally hate to hear atv's anywhere in the woods, especially when bowhunting, but he said if on the trail it makes getting away from campeasier and quicker.
I, like all of you, want to enjoy something man could never, ever, no-matter-how-much money, create: God's outdoors.
Our 'guide' describes leaving camp on atv, going a few miles on a trail, then hiking to our sites the last couple of miles.
I personally hate to hear atv's anywhere in the woods, especially when bowhunting, but he said if on the trail it makes getting away from campeasier and quicker.
I, like all of you, want to enjoy something man could never, ever, no-matter-how-much money, create: God's outdoors.
08-02-2005, 10:50 PM
#9
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Rocky Mtns
Posts: 231
RE: ATV at 10,000 ft. QUES
I live at 4500 ft and we take our ATV's to our cabin at 10500 ft all the time with no problems. I'm not an ATV expert and pardon my stupidity but had never heard of "re-jetting" anything until reading this post. I just know we haven't touched our wheelers and everyone of them runs like a charm.
08-03-2005, 01:16 PM
#10
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Depends on the season
Posts: 326
RE: ATV at 10,000 ft. QUES
I have taken my ATV up to 13,000', but I have installed a "dial-a-jet" that allows me to lean or richen my fuel mixture based on my altitude. It's much more simple than re-jetting. I did this because I live in CO, but also deer hunt in MO. I needed the flexibility to move between the two places.
A great resource for ATVs can be found here:
http://forums.atvconnection.com/
For all the ATV haters out there, it's the user not the machine. I was hunting a beautiful meadow one evening last fall when a pickup came driving to within 50yds of where I was set up. Completely ruined my hunt. It was my first experience hunting on public land, and left a bad taste in my mouth. It is one of the reasons I'm going to try and avoid the crowds and hunt the 4th season this year. The point is, there are irresponsible people that do irresponsible things regardless if they are driving a truck, ATV, horse, or even walking.
A great resource for ATVs can be found here:
http://forums.atvconnection.com/
For all the ATV haters out there, it's the user not the machine. I was hunting a beautiful meadow one evening last fall when a pickup came driving to within 50yds of where I was set up. Completely ruined my hunt. It was my first experience hunting on public land, and left a bad taste in my mouth. It is one of the reasons I'm going to try and avoid the crowds and hunt the 4th season this year. The point is, there are irresponsible people that do irresponsible things regardless if they are driving a truck, ATV, horse, or even walking.