livestock 1
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Not sure they look new ish probably under ten years old. I think the 6 wheel ones put a lot more stress on things as you say
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- Thread starter saly123
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- West Wales
And the longer wheelbase too I’d expect! The older ones with Yanmar engines were shocking, my dealer wouldn’t let me even demo one. Kubota engine in ‘19 changed them completely
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- South Pennines ol14
Strange that yanmar are quite renowned for their diesels
Our utv is yanmar , to be fair the engine is good but I am getting peed off with the rest of it
jimmer
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- Location
- East Devon
Diesel quadzilla here
Kubota 1100 engine
Had it 11 months
30mph
Takes euro pallet in back
Not seen a spanner yet
£12.500 with 2 years warranty
Kubota 1100 engine
Had it 11 months
30mph
Takes euro pallet in back
Not seen a spanner yet
£12.500 with 2 years warranty
- Location
- West Wales
From what I understand the whole machine got renewed. Like comparing a 2015 Land Rover defender against a new style one. Polaris did the same when they moved from yanmar to Kubota, gearboxes/drives/cab/suspension, all got changed and upgraded
- Location
- South Pennines ol14
Be interested to see prices when the time comes .
Our Corvus is a good buggy but the backup from the factory is slow , can’t fault the dealership but I won’t buy another without major changes
Stw88
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- Location
- Northumberland
The first diesel ones were the same! Be around 2012-14. The suspension sat too far up and there was too much angle on the universal joints and they used to eat them. Gamekeepers are very good at wrecking stuff tho! Once they altered the design so they run more level they have been very little bother unless the rubber boots split.
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Indeed, as with most things "horses for courses".
Even our local Kubota dealer will tell you that if you want a light nimble ATV then don't buy a Kubota, *edit* - not a diesel one anyway.
In fact they now sell Corvus alongside the Kubota.
buckracker2009
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- Location
- cornwall
Good to read the comments I run a Suzuki 500 do about 800hrs a year costing us a fortune in petrol was thinking to keep that and have a utv aswell
- Location
- West Wales
We’ve cut mileage down from 6-8000 mile a year per quad to 3000 per quad plus the polaris is doing longer runs because now we’ve taken on land further away because we can tow the Rappa behind the polaris and the other person takes a box
This morning for example, set of reels, 7 batteries and both kids, did 40 mile, popped into shop to get some bread and lunch for the kids then carried on checking, can’t do that with the quad..
michael N123
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Has our Polaris a year and that gets threw tyres
the mud terrains they come on aren’t designed for road work and crack local tyre fitter said to try some BKT all terrains
how many miles in the year?Has our Polaris a year and that gets threw tyres
local tyre fitter said to try some BKT all terrains
- Location
- West Wales
Yeah the kendra’s went like thisHas our Polaris a year and that gets threw tyres
local tyre fitter said to try some BKT all terrains
dealer couldn’t new ones in fast enough so fitted behemoths.. seem ok but do seem narrower than the old chunky kendra’s.
michael N123
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Don’t no but will be a lot the buggy is never parked up for long and weve a farm 5 mile away it goes back and forth to everyday plus all the miles round fields and home ect
apart from the tyres the Polaris is great we got a 3 year old gator before buying it new but only kept it 6 month because it was nothing but problems
paul&mandy
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- Location
- surrey/west sussex
Yr old gator like triggers broom.....
Kept that and just got another new 1. Would have tried a Polaris but no local dealer and JD offer excellent backup with service and parts. Does a lot, 40-50 miles a day every day. Can't beat checking round in the warm and dry, heater and radio on. Can take everything with you for the inevitable sheep ailment but usually try keep back empty as to keep weight down unless moving fences where rappa mounts on the back and can comfortably fit x4 600m systems in.
Kept that and just got another new 1. Would have tried a Polaris but no local dealer and JD offer excellent backup with service and parts. Does a lot, 40-50 miles a day every day. Can't beat checking round in the warm and dry, heater and radio on. Can take everything with you for the inevitable sheep ailment but usually try keep back empty as to keep weight down unless moving fences where rappa mounts on the back and can comfortably fit x4 600m systems in.
- Location
- South Pennines ol14
Can you hear the radio ?
Our Corvus is noisy, strangely it’s remarkably quiet outside , think I’ll get some soundproofing in it
I agree it’s great having a heater and being able to check stock in a dry cab, I really don’t miss the quad at all in winter
I was under the impression it was a Kohler engine that was troublesome.
paul&mandy
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- surrey/west sussex
Yes the 865 has a fairly quite cab compared to the old 855