- Location
- East Sussex
Local Nature reserve had an electric quad. It was heavy with the batteries and they had a short life and in the end was very expensive to run.
petrol atv,s
- Thread starter cheviot53
- Start date
Local Nature reserve had an electric quad. It was heavy with the batteries and they had a short life and in the end was very expensive to run.
- Location
- sw scotland
We got a small Honda with electronic gears and it uses half the petrol of the 350 Yamaha automatic. It is great for looking stock but not going to climb steep slopes or pull a sheep trailer. However I can still get round most fields by planning a route and if muddy then light enough to get off and push.
Are they on sale in Europe?
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
No. Arctic Cat discontinued the model 18 months ago.
JohnGalway
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- Location
- Connemara, Ireland
Know all about it, used to have to hump 50kg fert bags, stakes, wire, feed up too 700 meters distance from road uphill across rocky boggy ground, with the prevailing wind in my face.
Have a fishbox on the back rack of the bike which fits a hill sheep nicely, the ambulance.
If I could I'd have a cargo drone!!
- Location
- Ceredigion, wales
We have two petrol quads and also have a K reg defender truck cab on red. We use the land rover a lot when the ground is dry enough. If one of the 'big four' manufacturers brought out a tidy turbo diesel quad that wasn't too heavy or lethargic they would sell a lot of them. I did have a demo on an artic cat diesel once but it was very sluggish up hill and i thought it would be very heavy if it landed on top of me. Don't laugh, been there done that. Not nice.
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
Itl never happen.
UK is/was the biggest market for the AC diesel. And globally we are a teeny tiny market for ATVs... and the diesel AC sold in small numbers, so you can see where it's going.
The biggest market is USA. And petrol is so cheap over there, they are not bothered about diesels.
The diesel AC was actually originally built for the US army and only put into commercial production to warrant making it.
They are a wee bit lacking going up hill, but they hang in and keep going.
As for it rolling/going over - if you take it where you take a Honda, you would have no fear. It's track width is a lot wider, and wheel base so much longer. It really is the most stable bike iv ever driven. The problem is i drove our Honda last autumn when the diesel was at garage and went down a hill i think nothing of on the AC... rolled the Honda as soon as I went off the level
exmoor dave
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- Location
- exmoor, uk
Apologies if this is a stupid question.......but why are petrol quads so thirsty?
I know it's a completely different type of work/driving but look at MPG that petrol cars do with engines 2/3/4 times the size
what's the reasons that quads have such low MPG?
I know it's a completely different type of work/driving but look at MPG that petrol cars do with engines 2/3/4 times the size
what's the reasons that quads have such low MPG?
exmoor dave
Member
- Location
- exmoor, uk
Did these ever make a appearance?
Looked promising
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.da...itement-mounts-welsh-atv-steroids-9301160.amp
http://www.fwi.co.uk/machinery/welsh-firm-mudrat-launches-uk-spec-farm-buggy.htm
Looked promising
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.da...itement-mounts-welsh-atv-steroids-9301160.amp
http://www.fwi.co.uk/machinery/welsh-firm-mudrat-launches-uk-spec-farm-buggy.htm
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
- Location
- Devon
Says yanma engine, wasn't the diablo a ford?
ROBINWORKS
Member
- Location
- Strathaven
Early Diablos were Lombardini with Ford fiesta brakes the next version with the 4x4 were Yanmar.
LPG can be fitted to some atvs, a Tank installed on your farm,used to be £150 delivered and about £60 rental per year, fuel was working aout around 50 p.p.l., You still need petrol for the initial startup of the engine untill it heated up enough,
LPG can be fitted to some atvs, a Tank installed on your farm,used to be £150 delivered and about £60 rental per year, fuel was working aout around 50 p.p.l., You still need petrol for the initial startup of the engine untill it heated up enough,
- Location
- Ceredigion, wales
I'm surprised no one has brought out a diesel engine that could be retro fitted into a standard quad. You'd have thought they would sell like hot cakes?
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
reverand
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- Location
- East lancs hills
Is not that Diesel engines just don't lend them selve to being small enough that they fit in to a standard quad sized frame?
- Location
- Fife
Pretty much. The Army had a diesel motorbike for a while, as they wanted to move to a "one fuel" logistics chain.
They were notoriously sh!t.
cheviot53
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- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
cotswoldcs _ 7000ml is the mileage I do every year and after 3yrs and 21000mls we buy a new one and move the existing bike to a spare , 6yr old spare has 25000ml and still solid ( petrol bill for mowers / chainsaws / strimmers already £1000+ per yr ) . MJT yes if I could find a 1or 2yrold low mileage bike then I would buy it but I think that as they have stopped making them then people will be hanging on to them , and my dealer says any he gets in have had a hard life ( told that islands of the west coast can only bring in diesel , petrol not allowed on the small ferrys ) so don't know what they will do ?
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
cheviot53
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- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
Have already looked thanks most have fairly high mileage and some have repaired body damage , 2 have low mileage and look clean , so will make inquires next week
- Location
- Ceredigion, wales