Thank you guys for all the help. With the advise I received here and on the Polaris Ranger Forum, I was able to get the springs installed without the use of a spring compressor. The secret is jacking up the front end until the wheels are about 3" off the ground. You then release the top of the shock from the frame mounting brackets and remove the spring retainer nut and washer located at the top of the shock There are two bolts, one at the top and one nearer the bottom, on the strut holding the bottom of the shock in the strut. If you loosen those bolts, you can lift the shock out of the strut while the top of the strut goes up through the mounting hole in the frame bracket. Once the bottom of the shock clears the top of the strut, you can remove the shock and spring assembly very easily. Now all you have to do is slide the original spring off the top of the shock and replace it with the new H/D spring. Reverse the order to reinstall.
If anybody needs to do this, don't let the job intimidate you in the beginning like it did me. The real eye opening assist was the removal of the shock from the strut by loosening the two bolts in the strut and taking the shock out of the strut.  Now that this is done, I may order a 2" lift kit and do it all over again, this time installing the lift washers.

Thanks again for all the advise. You guys have been terrific. If anybody needs any help doing this, please don't hesitate to ask me. The whole process is very fresh in my mind..

With the installation of a winch, lock and ride windshield, roof, and cab back, the front end of my Ranger is somewhat squated because of all the extra weight. I purchased a set of heavy duty springs (preloaded to 144 lbs rather than 122 lbs of the standard springs) but they came with no instructions and I have no experience pulling apart the shock/spring assembly.
Any help would be appreciated. I am able to jack up the front end and release the top of the shock from the upper mount; however, I cannot get the spring off the shock strut and I don't think I have the clearance to pull the spring off the top of the shock once the spring retainer is removed (that's something I'm not sure how to do either)  HELP!! 

Bill

I've been trying to think of a way to hold a rifle in the cab so that it is easily accessible. The distance between the front of the seat and the dash board, doesn't allow much room for a scoped rifle without banging it around when trying to put it in place or remove it. I came up with this devise, which is part of a virtical rifle mount sold at Sports Academy. The butt of the rifle sits on the seat on some foam rubber to keep it from moving around and the barrel goes into the pictured mount. It's secured to the roll bar with stainless hose clamps. I use different foam inserts to secure the barrel of different rifles.

I finally got my lock and ride cab system installed. It was not as easy as they make it appear on the Polaris Web site. After installing the rear, top, and windshield, the first sentence in the instructions to install the doors reads, " First remove the rear panel, top, and windshield. Needless to say, I wanted to strangle somebody. Once I got the door hinge brackets attached to the roll cage bars, installing the doors and removing them is very easy and takes no time at all. Overall, I am pleased with the cab system. It will do what I want it to do and that is keep me out of the wind on those cold west Texas mornings.

Attached two pictures of my latest updates, including a 1" Sch 40 PVC rack that I built to go into the lock and ride holes in the cargo bed. Since I'm installing the "Lock and Ride" Cab enclosure, I was losing the ability to attach bags to the frame cage, so I designed and made this PVC cage for the cargo box. The gun case is attached by bolts and fender washers to pieces of 1" PVC which then slips into the holes in the cargo bed side walls.

The picture of the dash board shows the location of the winch remote that I installed and the toggle switch to energize the winch contactor on the bottom right of the switch panel. I also installed some running lights on the brush guard the switch for those can be seen in the lower left side of the switch panel. (red illuminated rocker switch)

Being down here in Louisiana, you never know when you're going to be in water up to your a#*&#@. So I thought the prop would be nice touch!

I got my winch mounted along with the front and fender brush guards. Not too difficult to do; but, a helper is in order when trying to hold the winch and line up the bolt holes.
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