Jimny / UTV buggy options

[unlacedgecko]

Changing them around here every 2 years is costing between 6 and 7k, which is about 3 times the depreciation of a bike but your right the fuel use is very low.

The amount of warranty work I've seen some people have done to them, I wouldn't dare keep one past warranty!

 

[hally]

The amount of warranty work I've seen some people have done to them, I wouldn't dare keep one past warranty!

Yeah we found that out the hard way
But look on the right side the amount of parts it has had it'll not be long until it's a new one

 

[alwayslearning]

[Qwouldn't ally, post: 4359672, member: 10817"]Changing them around here every 2 years is costing between 6 and 7k, which is about 3 times the depreciation of a bike but your right the fuel use is very low.[/QUOTE]
I was shocked when I priced my one at two years so kept it.
I think it has been more reliable the longer I have it.
Diesel engine should go for a long time.
How do these Jimneys cope with bushes and welds on constant rough off road because it's not what they were designed for

 

[GTB]

Yeah mine was 10 years old 3000 hrs and cost the sum total of a new battery, couple of starter bushes and bushes in the front end and still got 2k for it. However after a demo with the new Honda 500 auto I was not impressed with jumpy gearbox compared to our hydrostatic and it was £1500 more than the 450 can am pro, but only time will tell if it's the right decision, it'll get plenty work as we have semi retired our gator before it bankrupts us.

Same here only we bought a Yamaha 700 for £1000 less than the new Honda 500 auto. Still got one Honda 500 auto here, 2014 model If they were still making those I wouldn't have even looked elsewhere. Yamaha is a good bike mind

 

[Joe]

[Qwouldn't ally, post: 4359672, member: 10817"]Changing them around here every 2 years is costing between 6 and 7k, which is about 3 times the depreciation of a bike but your right the fuel use is very low.

I was shocked when I priced my one at two years so kept it.
I think it has been more reliable the longer I have it.
Diesel engine should go for a long time.
How do these Jimneys cope with bushes and welds on constant rough off road because it's not what they were designed for[/QUOTE]
That wouldn't be an issue no rough ground and all flat

 

[alwayslearning]

If your mechanically minded Jimmey would be good because parts will be dirt cheap from scrap yards.
Jimney will be even more thirsty than a quad?

 

[Nithsdale]

Yeah mine was 10 years old 3000 hrs and cost the sum total of a new battery, couple of starter bushes and bushes in the front end and still got 2k for it. However after a demo with the new Honda 500 auto I was not impressed with jumpy gearbox compared to our hydrostatic and it was £1500 more than the 450 can am pro, but only time will tell if it's the right decision, it'll get plenty work as we have semi retired our gator before it bankrupts us.

You might get a PM from me at some point asking what you think of the 450... (Everyone raves about the 570, but Iv heard very little of the 450. I know it's the same bike, but that doesn't tell you what the engine is like)

 

[hally]

we demoed the 570 and it was a scary piece of kit imho and had a ferocious thirst but we liked the bike. The 450 is a lot noisier than our old Honda but seems up to our job more power than our Honda 500 by a bit so watch this space

 

[cheggars]

We had one of the Jimny Landmasters here on Demo Last week.
By far supirior to our Ranger on both wet ground and on some very steep ground(The owner of Landmaster rang me at the weekend to say they will be fitting a roll bar to all new ones based on this demo and a terrified Dealer),a little underpowered on the big wheels.

 

[CopperBeech]

Simple answer is what do you want to do with it?

If it’s for ‘working’ sheep a quad is best. Otherwise a truck beats atv hands down for me.

 

[Nithsdale]

we demoed the 570 and it was a scary piece of kit imho and had a ferocious thirst but we liked the bike. The 450 is a lot noisier than our old Honda but seems up to our job more power than our Honda 500 by a bit so watch this space

I have been told the 450 is noisy, but that's all I've heard (no pun intended). And yes I've heard the 570 has a drink problem...

Local mechanics are not dealers, but can get them (can get any bike I want, actually), 450 is same price as standard Honda 420 and Polaris 570... or the Suzuki 400 is sub £5k.


As for the OP, I'd take the Landmaster or @GTB 's defender over a Gator/Mule/Ranger any day... but a quad is so much more versatile. If only there was still a diesel

 

[Dr. Alkathene]

Got a jimny and a swb vitara both on mud tyres. Jimny is lighter and better off road. Vitara is better on road, can carry more inside and has a bit more grunt. Neither are brilliant on fuel economy but at £500 for the jimny and £600 for the vitara a quad / gator / Land Rover makes no financial sense to me for what I use them for.

 

[Davey]

Horses for courses really, a pickup would be cheaper and more comfortable for traveling distances in.

That said I wouldn't be without our RTV, much easier to jump in and out of plus a lot softer on the ground (but thats compared to a modern pickup with 60/40 road bias tyres)

 

[Joe]

Got a jimny and a swb vitara both on mud tyres. Jimny is lighter and better off road. Vitara is better on road, can carry more inside and has a bit more grunt. Neither are brilliant on fuel economy but at £500 for the jimny and £600 for the vitara a quad / gator / Land Rover makes no financial sense to me for what I use them for.

This is purely for land work and mainly for lad working here TBH. Farm here all one block no need to go on the road and he doesn't have car license yet anyway. More I read more I think jimny is best option, and keep the quad as well.

 

[Al R]

I've been thinking of 1, I could buy 2 hondas for the price of 1 Gator - bought a 14plate Isuzu pickup instead for less money than a gator!

Your neither wet or dry in a gator. Everyone I know who has 1 has still retained at least 1 quad because you can't catch or outrun sheep with a gator... a diesel quad that pulls like a petrol will have to come out soon! Doing 17,000km a year on petrol is rather expensive :/

 

[Downton_shep]

You can pick up 2016 can am defender for 8k
My 570 today done 65 miles on 14.5 litres a defender does about the same.
Swapping the 570 for a buggy early next year.

 

[rhifsaith]

What about a grey fergie. Link box on the back

 

[Pieces_of_Eight]

Can't go wrong:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classi...onesearchad=Nearly New&onesearchad=New&page=1

 

[GTB]

This is purely for land work and mainly for lad working here TBH. Farm here all one block no need to go on the road and he doesn't have car license yet anyway. More I read more I think jimny is best option, and keep the quad as well.

Definitely keep the quad! You weren't seriously considering getting rid surely? A jimny or a gator or whatever isn't really a replacement for a quad. We use our old defender all the time but we also have two quads who go to places that anything else wouldn't get to.

 

[GTB]

What about a grey fergie. Link box on the back

Twin wheels?