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Gator/Rough terrain utility vehicles ???
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<blockquote data-quote="Richard Devon" data-source="post: 7590094" data-attributes="member: 5397"><p>we have an 855D Gator here with 5000hrs on the clock......used to go around checking sheep every day and its all steep ground that it has to deal with - carrying fencing stuff, mineral buckets, bags of barley etc. It gets religiously serviced every 200hrs as we would be lost without it.</p><p>We also have a petrol Jimny on knobbly tyres for comparison and althought the Gator is slower its certainly a darn sight safer on the hills (plus it has a built-in roll-bar) than the Suzuki!...and for someone who is 6ft2 the driver's space is positively cramped - I really can't see what all the fuss is with them, personally.</p><p></p><p>Our only real gripe with the Gator is the cost of the parts, it really is downright obscene!.......the l.h. door is 870 quid! (JD parts dept really milking the insurance money!)....but you can buy a kit with BOTH doors and all the fittings for 880!</p><p>The starter is a Denso, off the dealer was near 300 pounds, got the same of a factors for 140.</p><p>Glow plugs were also cheaper from elsewhere. I believe the knobly tyres have to come from Deere as well......Last winter I totally rebuilt the front suspension and remember thinking that it was a rather "spendy" exercise.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Richard Devon, post: 7590094, member: 5397"] we have an 855D Gator here with 5000hrs on the clock......used to go around checking sheep every day and its all steep ground that it has to deal with - carrying fencing stuff, mineral buckets, bags of barley etc. It gets religiously serviced every 200hrs as we would be lost without it. We also have a petrol Jimny on knobbly tyres for comparison and althought the Gator is slower its certainly a darn sight safer on the hills (plus it has a built-in roll-bar) than the Suzuki!...and for someone who is 6ft2 the driver's space is positively cramped - I really can't see what all the fuss is with them, personally. Our only real gripe with the Gator is the cost of the parts, it really is downright obscene!.......the l.h. door is 870 quid! (JD parts dept really milking the insurance money!)....but you can buy a kit with BOTH doors and all the fittings for 880! The starter is a Denso, off the dealer was near 300 pounds, got the same of a factors for 140. Glow plugs were also cheaper from elsewhere. I believe the knobly tyres have to come from Deere as well......Last winter I totally rebuilt the front suspension and remember thinking that it was a rather "spendy" exercise. [/QUOTE]
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