- Location
- Yorkshire
Could have a new Polaris in march if I wanted to pay price to swap
Gator cost
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startinghandle
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I hope you keep it secure or it could end up like my welder
People used to walk too!
That’s peanuts compared to the future repair costs that it will incur…
ollie989898
Member
Why not get 10K worth of 4x4, ideally one with a low box and decent heated seats and just drive around in that? Swap wheels and put some serious rubber on and you are away??
Could even keep it MOT'ed and use on the road?
Could even keep it MOT'ed and use on the road?
there is nothing wrong with the performance of a UTV (though they are slow on the road), but once its out of warranty the repair costs are horrifying. on a hill farm they basically need completely rebuilding every 3 years.
- Location
- South Pennines ol14
depends on individual farms , neighbours have jimmny from kap
I’ve not seen it off road
I have defender 30 tdi and won’t travel half our farm
Buggy works for me , not everyone’s cup of tea I grant you but
I am old enough to not want another winter feeding and checking ewes on the moors by quad bike
- Location
- East yorks
My issue is just the weight and the amount of ruts it would make. Our little ranger goes anywhere with very little footprint but now everyhting is saturated even it starts to leave ruts and seal the surface,
- Location
- South Pennines ol14
we’ve an old (2011) kioti, it’s an eBay special
Bought cheap and I’ve chucked about £500 at it , pathetic plastic bushes, new prop shaft uj’s etc
The idea was to see if it would cope on our place , to be fair it’s done really well and kept me out of the weather , if it had got stuck I would have just replaced the quad
I grant you they are all lightly built and parts are silly money
The Corvus won’t be here any longer than it’s warranty's valid
ollie989898
Member
One some different footwear might not be such an issue? I've seen landrovers on LGP tyres before.
ollie989898
Member
I can appreciate that there will be hill farms and the like where a 4x4 just wont' go and the gator type thing is used as much as a tractor. But these big arable estate with gators could surely do the job with just a defender or even an old Merc SUV.
guessing your defender isnt on 37 inch mud terrains then
theres not many places my cruisers cant get and theyre only on 33 inch mud terrains and no modifications. still cruises down the a30 at 90mph comfortably which you cant do with a UTV (or defender actually) either if money were no object a UTV would be handy but they dont last long enough IMO
Tbh im not so sure, the pickups ive had have never been much cop off road regardless of what tyres i fit despite them being a ton lighter than a landcruiser. i think its partly the drivetrain, which isnt proper permanent 4x4 and usually only 1 diff lock if your lucky (3 diff locks on an 80 series), and partly because you cant fit big tyres on a pickup without serious modification. narrowish 31.5" is the biggest i managed to fit on a hilux without problems. im sure a defender would be fine on decent rubber though.
- Location
- South Pennines ol14
No it’s on standard size mud tyres , I is a steep wet farm where we areguessing your defender isnt on 37 inch mud terrains then
if money were no object a UTV would be handy but they dont last long enough IMO
To be fair my old hilux , fourtrak and now defender can get about on most of it , if you like to leave big ruts
The buggy travels lighter on the ground is filled from the farm tank and suits us .., for now
The best compromise I found was a Honda pioneer we demoed, but with a tiny tray back and not even a windscreen plus the usual trek with Jerry cans for fuel I may as well have bought another quad
Having an additional quad bike, which i leave the little ewe and lamb trailer on almost permanantly, is an absolute godsend, and i wouldnt go back to having just 1. Aside from being a lot cheaper than a UTV, i find they last a lot better, and if needed i just unhook the trailer and can have 2 bikes to go chasing sheep around on at 55mph.
- Location
- South Pennines ol14
Yes the quad is invaluable here but .. my mrs turned outs over which got us thinking
I have had motorcycles all my life and will take the quad gathering sheep etc but I don’t bounce as well these days
The utv is used daily , the quads there for when needed ( both have a little swaledale trailer ) but it’s nice to go between blocks of land in the utv not having to tow the trailer
I’ve literally just come in from checking ewes on some rough outlying ground. Sheep being sheep I’ve picked u a dead one , straight in the back of the buggy to take home for the knacker man .. I didn’t have to smell the bloody thing like I would in the defender
- Location
- mid devon somewhere
Drove one and thought it was brilliant, went like the proverbial but drunk like a Scotsman on New Years Eve.
Have settled for a new Polaris 570 at £10500 all in, hardly anymore than an equivalent quad and no need for the trailer most of the time. Let's see how that goes? Told it won't use any more petrol than a quad, the jury is out on that.
both my quads together cost that (honda 420 and 500 both manual), are polaris bikes really that expensive?
- Location
- mid devon somewhere
Get a quote for a new 550/650 quad, sit down first.