That looks like a lean efficient system for getting around in rough country without having to haul a trailer.?ÿ I would love to get a side by side but your setup seems perhaps more appropriate for the rough country job I have coming up.
yep, and if you dont get certain ones it will void the warranty on a new machine.?ÿ?ÿ
AND, they claim to be easy to switch to the wheels.... they are not that easy, and I don't have that kind of patience.?ÿ We bought a second ATV, and now just keep a tracked one mostly for the winter, and a wheel one for summer.?ÿ So now you are in for almost the cost of 3 machines -but it is the cost of doing biz.
You can go with a side by side, but it??ll have to be in a trailer, or you??ll have to get a flatbed on your truck. And, you??ll have a lot of weight. So, it??ll have to be a 1 ton, preferably dually.?ÿ I??m thinking seriously about changing to a smaller rig, with a trailer and side by side.?ÿ If I got an aluminum flatbed, I??d be happy loading a side by side onto it.?ÿ Going smaller rig, and trailer, gives you more freedom with what kind of atv will load.?ÿ Side by side is better for 2 people. If I went trailer, I could also use 2 regular Atv??s. Or a side by side.?ÿ What I??m saying is if this is your first foray into adding an atv or UTV to your tool bag, a regular truck, and trailer has more freedom to try various types of rigs. I can??t carry a UTV in my truck without changing beds. If you already have your mind made up, that??s fine. But you could go with a trailer, until you are fully happy with your choice. Many who have got UTV, won??t go back. Case in point, surveyor John has a Polaris Ranger. He put a hard roof on it. He backed it into a dead tree. The top fell on him. His solid roof caught the tree. He was not hurt.?ÿ I??ve not got a roof on my atv. But, I have more visibility. So, it??s a choice. If it rains a lot, and I use 2 people, utv seems better.?ÿ Nate
@skeeter1996 Old but bullet proof. I called last week: if I order one tomorrow it'll be ready for shipping to me next May. They must be doing something right...
Rich, just adding this to make sure you didn't miss a very important part of skeeter's post. "If you were tough enough"
I knew a very tough man that owned two of them for trail building and maintenance. He made it very clear that he did not want to spend much time using them. They are tough, they work, but the toll on the human body in rough terrain is high. Den
@skeeter1996 You can make your RZR street legal to drive to the jobs, it'll cost about $1,000 as you have to start a holding company and get the title reclassified, but you can do it.?ÿ My brother did it, I think it is registered in Montana and has tags.?ÿ He drives it regularly on the road in NJ and the police can't do anything about it.
My brother has a Polaris RZR and loves it.?ÿ It'll do over 80 MPH on the road and take you anywhere you want to go.?ÿ He made it street legal by registering it out of state and often drives it 30 miles or more to meet with his group to go off roading.?ÿ He's a 100% disabled vet (both shoulders destroyed) and it doesn't beat him up and put him in more pain than he is used to.?ÿ He rides some pretty rugged terain and has an electric snow plow set up on it for his home use in the winter.?ÿ They are pricey though, he paid $25K for his about 2 years ago, it's a side by side with a utility bed but he uses it often and has never had a problem with it.?ÿ BTW, he also custimized it with turn signals, mirroes, wind shield wipers and LED off road lighting and an extra mounted 5 gallon fuel jug.
