Before hunting season officially begins it is highly advised to give your hunting vehicle a tune-up or take it in for a little maintenance. While any auto repair or maintenance is important & beneficial, ensuring your hunting vehicle runs properly and as safely as possible is important especially when it comes to hunting. Driving into the wilderness and often times dense foilage where some of the best hunting can be done, can be very hazardous if your vehicle is not properly equipped or in working order. Not to mention getting stranded out in the wilderness is never fun and can be a huge inconvenience when you have game to bring home.
Hunting Vehicle Maintenance
Just as you need to get your gear ready the same goes for the engine, brakes & fluids within your hunting vehicle. Check out our list of hunting vehicle tune-up necessities put together by a trusted mechanic.
Battery Check
Batteries can act up when the temperature drops or if having sat in a non-running vehicle for a long period of time. It is always best to give your battery a check-up before taking it out on that first hunting trip regardless of the circumstances. You want to make sure it is in good condition and that it won’t slow you down or worse yet, leave you stuck in a bad way.
Fluid Checks
This is probably one of the most important things that need to be done before embarking on your hunting expedition. While oil changes should always be done routinely on any vehicle it is advised to check your oil, brake, coolant, windshield wiper, and transmission fluids. Should they need a change or to be topped off you will have done so!
Brakes
Like your fluid levels, brakes are especially important, maybe even the most important. Failing brakes or issues with your brakes out in the wilderness can be dangerous and leave you in a bad way. It is always best to schedule a brake inspection & take care of any potential issues beforehand.
Lights
Your lights (which include your headlight & auxiliary lights) need to be in working order and able to illuminate to the best of their potential. Your headlights especially need to be able to navigate dark & rough forest terrain.
Tires
Tire upgrades can be one of the best investments when it comes to adding upgrades ton your hunting vehicle. You want to make sure that the tires on your vehicle are in good condition and able to handle the type of terrain you will be hunting on. When inspecting your tires it is important to look at the tire tread and also to assess tire pressure. The better your tire pressure the more you will optimize your gas mileage.
Having a full maintenance inspection or tune-up done on your hunting vehicle should be one of the re-occurring tasks you plan for whenever gearing up to the start of that much-anticipated hunting season!
