hpx with 1000k lbs in the bed

[Dutch445]

i never went to colleage i did pass in front of one a few time though....... but hey i did stay at a holiday in express one time though.

ROFLMAO tommy

 

[TOMMYHPX4X4]

i think i even spelled college wronge too huh??lol man i need help.

 

[nmu98]

I would like to see what that would do to a gator. If I have something I can measure out to 1000 pounds, I will load mine up. I have a ballast box I assume by calc is 900 plus pounds, but it would be nice to have a for sure...

 

[TOMMYHPX4X4]

you mean xuv right???

 

[Dargo]

Now I know this is a different animal, but I hauled 1600 pounds in the back of my old "Worksite Gator" dozens and dozens of times. It was the yellow Gator with 4 wheels in the back and the two in the front. I was building my 7' privacy fence at the time and I hauled 20 of the eighty pound bags of concrete mix each trip from the barn. I also generally had 5 or 6 ten foot lengths of 1/2" rebar as well. Each vinyl post got two of the 1/2" ten foot pieces of rebar in them (the 7' vinyl posts are 10' in length; 3' underground). It took 5 bags of concrete to fill the posts full to the top and three bags on the outside of the post underground, giving each post 8 bags of concrete each. Carrying 20 bags allowed me to finish two posts and leave 4 extra for the next post.

Since there was no suspension on those Gators, it didn't squat much (only tire squat) but it sure was rather difficult to steer. Another thing that amazed me about that old style Gator was the fact that it would dump anything it could haul in the bed. Some people said that the JD electric screw type of lift wasn't as good as a hydraulic lift. Well, I've had both and I think the electric screw seems to be stronger. It is definitely slower, but it seems to be stronger.

Sorry to be off the subject just a bit, but I just had to brag on that old Gator. It wasn't great for the trails, but it sure was a work beast! For some reason I can't find pictures of the old yeller Gator hauling a load, but it sure would. Attached are some pics of it just so you know what I'm talking about. Also attached is a picture of how I severely overloaded a RTV hundreds of times. The only time I put much of a load in the back of a Rhino I had, it carried the load well, but was impossible to steer and seemed like it easily would have flipped over on it's back. Otherwise, I can personally attest to Gators and RTVs being capable of carrying far more than the weight they are rated to carry.

 

[nmu98]

you mean xuv right???

Yes I did. I think faster than I type

 

[TOMMYHPX4X4]

this would be a great thread for a sticky if everyone that owns a utv would go out and get a scale and weight out a 1000lbs load and load it up or load up what ever the utv calls for the bed payload to be . but go and load it up and take as many pictures of it with a true weighed out load that way people will know what a certail utv can do or will react with a certain load in it. instaed of just saying i can haul this and that and what ever . like the picture of dargos rtv thats an impressiveload no need to weight that thing we know it's heavy.lol but we could make this thread a sticky showing the diferent utv's with their rated bed payloads and how they looked verses what the manufactures showed on their web sites.. i will say it again the polaris did take the load but from what i seen and the stress i seen on the rearend isn't to good for a everyday thing.

 

[KeithT]

here's the polarisi enlarged the pictures . you can see the advantages of that solid rear end is for hauling.the only diference in the two lods was the polaris load was 1,009 lbs and the hpx load was 1,003 lbs. well the test is complete and i will say the polaris can haul 1000klbs but i wouldn't do it on a daily basis. 500lbs or 650lbs is about rightit just seems like alot of stree on that rear end but it did take it .

If you were going to regularly load that much weight on a ranger the top of the rear springs should be moved to the outer location and the springs should be adjusted to the level 5 position as per the owners manual.

I have no doubt the JD is more work oriented. For me personally I needed something that could handle rough trails while riding smooth and at least do 40-45 mph. The ranger fit the bill for me perfectly. I have a buddy with an HPX and it is a nice machine, only thing besides lack of suspension travel and top speed I did not like was the exposed belt. Not good for mud or water IMO. But otherwise a nice reliable machine.

 

[TOMMYHPX4X4]

hpx does have a enclosed clutch the deisel doesn't have an enclosed belt. i'm not knockoin the rangers at all this ranger took the load and infact it drove around with it ok too but i'm just saying that i wouldn't do it on a daily basis not even with the shocks on the other setting.polaris is a great machine but they do have limitations. just like all utv's i am waiting for one of my buddies to buy one of them big reds.

 

[pitt_md]

1000lbs then you gotta exscuse me i'm coonass.lol. sorry for my vocabulary. i never went to colleage i did pass in front of one a few time though.left school to go into the steel fabrication work early in life. i got my ged . but hey i did stay at a holiday in express one time though.

Well I did go to college, but never stayed at a Holiday Inn Express so we'll have to call it even.