meh not to heavy really then! would you class 5 miles as a long run? furthers ive gone in the hill with the trailer and that weight is 15!! you do need a support bike though...
honda 420es
- Thread starter irish dom
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well I recon the 420 will most likely do everything you need, uncles 420 did 15000 k in the first year and 13000 k in the second has given a few small problems but far more reliable then the king quad 450s or 500 they have had we will have to see how the 750 holds up hes wanting another Honda thought to run with the 750.
Saying that we have 2 foremans at work and there in a different level for towing but as said above the 420 can tow the weights I was speaking about above!!
Saying that we have 2 foremans at work and there in a different level for towing but as said above the 420 can tow the weights I was speaking about above!!
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- Dumfries & Galloway
Never said it was a long run - i was giving you an idea of what they are doing. It's 5mile going from point A to B. But feeding and checking cattle on 3500 acres(7000 acre estate) they will clock up big miles tugging a snacker behind them.
true robs running 5500 ish acres and uses is as like a car so does big miles too
Have a yamaha 450 here dom, and a honda 500, the grizzly wins hands down, honda is manual and yam is auto, way prefer the auto box, any 420s i see look wrecked, will they not do u a good deal on a newer 2nd hand honda 500 auto?
Hilly
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- Scottish Borders.
Not, worse frames to thin hondas are soft.
irish dom
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The scrappage on the new bike is too good to pass up and a 2 year warranty is very attractive. In fairness the guy dealing in hondas here has a great reputation for standing over any problems and is easy deal with and only 10 miles down the road. If he had a good second hand i might try it but thats not the case so i think i will go for it. Been impossible to manage sheep last few days without it. Legs are falling off me!
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- Dumfries & Galloway
Well if the 420 breaks them, theyl be total scrap on the 500!!
Bloody expensive for what they are, too
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- Dumfries & Galloway
The Honda warranty is the best, by miles.
The job your doing i think a new 420 will do you fine
Yea the two year warranty is nothin to be sniffed at! I know you would miss bein without it this time of year!
irish dom
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I dunno how the hell people keep sheep without one. The oul shepherds must have been fit or maybe the sheep were easier looked after. Only tool i cant do without. Stuck behind the jeep nearly every spot i go to
Hilly
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- Scottish Borders.
Fitter men fitter better harder dogs and less sheep per man is how they did it.
irish dom
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Maybe we will have to go back to fitter men and better dogs but the less sheep per man is the sticky one. Theres a good one. How many lowland crossbred ewes can one man/woman manage on their own outdoor lambing. Interesting to hear peoples estimates. I reckon around1200 on a reasonable unit witout too much fragmentation.
Hilly
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- Scottish Borders.
Is that 1200 with or without a quad bike and associated implements ?
My fiver says with
irish dom
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Sure i will give it a go without. If i could get myself to live off grass aswell i could make them super efficent kiwi types look positively pedestrian. Profit would be through the roof!Is that 1200 with or without a quad bike and associated implements ?
Hilly
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- Scottish Borders.
Grass ! no no no no to be efficient you need to convert to eating docks nettles thistles !
irish dom
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I do know them bucks. Have land near one of their ranches. Gentlemen. Hardy sheep and hardy hardy boys. Fond of road
They used to have ground taken near us, often bought lambs off them, pure gentle men, our ewes lambing outside started today, picked a good week to start, hope not much snow comes!
exmoor dave
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