Episode 80
Upgrading Backcountry ATV Performance with Tyler Freel
Backcountry Hunting Podcast · Joseph Von Benedikt
July 24, 20201h 18m
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Show Notes
SHOW NOTES
Intro: A monster Alberta black bear & a Honda four-wheeler
Guest: Alaskan wild man Tyler Freel, sheep & bear hunter extraordinaire, and host of the Tundra Talk podcast.
ATVs & their place in backcountry hunting
Remote country & the challenges to ATVs
UPGRADES and ADD-ONS
- Winch
- Vital: Prioritize this
- Get quality
- Rope, not metal cable
- High-performance tires
- Necessary to get full potential from your machine
- Incredible difference, especially in mud, bogs, & tundra
- Heated handles
- Not just for wimps
- Helps you keep going in wet, cold temperatures
- Tool kits
- Repairing your machine in the field
- Fuses—carry spares
- Compact jump-start kits
- Tire repair in the field
- Plugs, glue, & tools
- Re-setting a bead
- Inflating
- Covers, theft, & bears eating tires
Stories of trial & tribulation
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