Front would take up less space but could be used in any position.

I carry a UTV Hi-Lift jack but use it more for vehicle recovery than a tire changing tool. Hi-Lift can be used as a winch, lift rig outta hole and can be driven in ground for a winch anchor. As far as changing a flat you can drive up on a berm, over a ditch, on a rock, on a stump or onto about any other unlevel surface and lift a tire off the ground.

 

Just curious what rims and tires you put on, do you know the width and offset of rims, and also on tires? Thanks

 

I am running 12" ITP SS316 wheel and 28x10-12 Swamp Lite tires all the way around. Many guys run atv wheels but I like the heavier duty ones made for the UTV.

The ITP SS316 has a reinforced Rock Armor inner wheel lip design. With Rock Armor construction, you can count on the SS316 to get you out and back again in style. The SS316 is so muscular that both the 12x7 and 14x7 sizes have an impressive 1000-lb. load rating, more than enough to meet the demands of today's side-by-side UTVs

 

Crummy, so your wheels are the 5+2 offset, on all 4 corners? Thanks

 

All four of them are the same but I don't remember the offset. I want to say they are 4+3.

 

Ok, Thanks Crummy appreciate it.

 

Just went out and measured them and they are 4+3. I originally had 26x9-12 on the front and 26x12-12 on the rear and they were just right. I now have 28x10-12 all the way around and the fronts stick out a hair more than the rear. I think ideally I need 5+2 on the front and 4+3 on the rear but it's handy having them all the same for rotating.

I do know that having the same size all the way around makes it go much better in the mud and it handles better in ruts. Rather than cutting a wider track in the rear it just cuts one track and goes like a rocket. If you look at all the new atv mud machines on the market you will see tall skinny tires all the way around. Sand machines on the other hand run fat tires in the rear. For my riding on trails, mud and rocks the tall skinny tires made a much better machine out of it.

 

Thanks for measuring that and for info, appreciate it.