In the drive train that is...
I have been cleaning up old brush, pruning trees etc around the house. I have had the 5x10 trailer loaded pretty well with tree limbs and branches. Yesterday when I was backing up I thought I heard some clicking in the drive train. It almost sounded like a locker ratcheting. I was in a tight turn and not moving the load yet. Then I tried to pull forward in high and felt a skipping in the drive train and not moving. Low gear did get the load moving. Is this belt slip or is there something in the rear diff or drive train that gives under high load situations? I need to look through my manual for a break down of the rear end. I assumed it was a spool type unit. It may have just been belt slippage. I think the rear ggear ratio is in between high and low. It could be lower for ag use.

yeah.. definitely run in low when pulling loads like that....In high,, it was probably the belt slipping...

were you running in 4wd or just 2wd....

when you turn sharp, may get some driveline noise when towing a load, but only tow in low gear...

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Originally posted by elkbow:
when you turn sharp, may get some driveline noise when towing a load, ...

True enough; could be ground-scrub, as a result of the SPOOLED rear end . . . the outside wheel wants to turn farther and faster than the inside wheel; result--left-to-right rear wheel ground scrub, especially noticeable on pavement, as seen in the accompanying image . . .

Ground scrub is further compounded by operation in sharp turns when in 4WD on pavement . . . the steerable front wheels do not cover the same distance the fixed rear wheels must, resulting in unavoidable drivetrain binding and front-to-rear ground scrub.

Pavement remains unkind to most ATVs (exception, rear-differentialed Kawasaki Bayou 300 2WD and Polaris ATPs in "TURF" Mode, to name a couple of exceptions (with rear differentials)).

RELAX, TX Camo! Chances are, your Brute Force is O.K.!

I know about the inside tire tearing up turf or leaving marks in the driveway. This was a mechanical noise and it was in low and 2wd. The noise in hgh I assume was belt slip. It was probably belt slip also in reverse. Low was the only range low enough to push the loaded trailer. I just wondered if there was some pre-loaded torque limiting coupling in the drive line. I guess it is called the belt