dont think ill bother, the 420 does just under 70mph, so whats the point? would be frightened of putting petrol in a 550/650
Gator cost
- Thread starter Banana Bar
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Our place gets that wet in the winter our old gators used to make a mess and struggle, so anything heavier than 750kg would be a non starter. Come to the conclusion our best option is a quad and some decent winter clothing and tow it about with a pickup to outlying land.
In my Velcourt days we had a couple of n reg hilux on steel wheels and normally 50/50 tyres. Never ever got them stuck even on over irrigated fields. They had narrow tyres poss 17” I think . Very little power but out in low and locked they went everywhere
that will be a mk4 with manual front lockers? they are far far better off road than any of the new pickups. probably a 2.4 n/a they were slow AF, absolutely bombproof though
in fairness i suggested a mk4 hilux at the very start of the thread
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- Location
- Devon
"Over irrigated fields "
There speaks someone in a different world to a lot of us on this thread
exmoor dave
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- exmoor, uk
Guess we sank more than span on ripped up potatoe headlands that had been subsoiled rather than levelled by the Welsh student!"Over irrigated fields "
There speaks someone in a different world to a lot of us on this thread
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- Yorkshire
I wonder what % increase in sales they've had since I got mine. Just looked on their website still can't find them listed
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Think my dad would soon tell us to stick the sheparding if we sent his round with a 3 wheeler
I’m sure your land cruiser is great and I’m sure it will get anywhere a gator will but it will make one hell of a lot more mess that’s the reason we have a Polarisguessing your defender isnt on 37 inch mud terrains thentheres 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
- Location
- Yorkshire
It might there but I'll guarantee here I'll take the Polaris where nothing else but a quad will go
Wouldn’t know really we’ve only got a pickup on road tyres to compare it to but that is completely hopeless.
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- South Pennines ol14
Our defender is on mud terrain tyres but then you have the noise and lack of grip on the roads
The utv even the old kioti will find grip even on wet steep ground, added to that it’s got both difflock and four wheel drive it beats our Land Rover hands down
Both have there place and without doubt utv’s are strong money
Personally, I’ve no interest in tractors or flash cars so the utv is my “ daily farm driver”
Maybe it’s a bit of a treat but I am of an age where I want to make the farm easier to work and the buggy helps me no end
Yes my dads 80 he has a Polaris because he likes it being automatic and it’s easy to get into. He has considered a converted Suzuki jimney but isn’t so keen on going to a petrol or manual box
exmoor dave
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- exmoor, uk
Yep I wouldn't have known about the mesh version if you boys hadn't said.
Dealer never memtioned the mesh version either, yet it's much better than the solid sides version
- Location
- Yorkshire
When I rung them to see if they still made them he said he was going to get them back on website.
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- West Wales
Good lad
I was at 6 junctions earlier on the road where I wouldn’t have been able to see if a car was coming if I had solid sides.
In those strong winds a few weeks ago I wouldn’t have wanted to go out with solid sides incase it ripped off or altered the stability at speed etc.
I tend to run with 1 door open unless dogs /sheep are getting in it, always got cordless drill, fencing bucket, spare battery and fencer on me at all times now
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it probably wont go everywhere a gator will, but for those few places theres always the quad/tractor. more than one way to skin a cat, and the cruiser is a lot cheaper to buy and run and a whole lot more useful to me than a UTV. Seems mental to me that a UTV costs the same as a brand new pick up. especially when a fully loaded top spec utv still has far less spec than even the most poverty spec 25 year old pickup. Especially considering the UTV wont last anything like as long and will eat through a lot more parts, which are also very expensive.
- Location
- West Wales
All depends how spread out the land is too, we use the quad on the home farm and tend to use the Polaris further afield, have a block 8 mile away that needed a few batteries changing today down on moorland/heavy/wet ground which the closest fencer was 500 metres from anything hard I’d take the pickup on, Polaris went there fully equipped with dogs etc, moved sheep/ changed batteries and left again without making a mess and on 8 mile it’s 3 minutes slower than the pickup.