Maxify55
Gold Member
Like others posting here I've worked my '10 Polaris Diesel SXS on the farm and not once has it failed my request.
The one caveat I might interject is the fact that this unit was the mule for the dealership's movement of their boat trailer movement twice daily of some 15 - 20 boats from their roadside to the rear of the faculty.
Further, the staff is mostly young 20ish in age and I'm quite sure they were not as cautious with the "Yard Pig" (Their nickname for this unit.)
At any rate, I was in the market for a vehicle to replace my aging Cushman Truckster (4X2).
I bought it for the grunt work around the farm.
•Removing large pieces of lumber from my sons flat bed trailer. Strap wrapped around large tree slabs or logs and rev. drag (4X4). To be burned at a later date.
•I maintain the pastures with a 40 Gal. boom sprayer mounted in the bad and a 10' spread.
Then operate for 8-10 hrs in 70-100 F. Heat in low range 1800-2000 rpms further stressing
the cooling system and oil.
•Our operation is Equine and as the animals, shall we say, process their hay and forage the
manure piles need to be broken down for dispersion by the irrigation that night. I use a
6'X8' chain harrow that is pulled at speed across all the paddocks. Weight - 200#
•I had an occasion here a year or so ago where a neighbor had planted a "few" clumps of
bamboo some 30 yrs ago and now has a "Problem".
To make matters worse, the planting took place in a sink hole of some serious size (1 acre
X 50 depth). To prepare for the removal of the growth the owner cut the plants and
bundled the 6'X10' stems with tow straps.
Enter the Ranger. We were just amazed that we had absolutely no issues with towing
these bundles up the longest grade we could find up out of the bottom of this pit.
http://youtu.be/d7MWHtdP21E
It was a fun project. If you wish you can watch the continuation of burning the bamboo
after about a week of drying.
If you want to bash reliability and functionality failures of Polaris equipment, I'll just have to tell you of my experience and let you make up your own mind with your own equipment.
I have yet to take this machine in all these years back for any mechanical failure.
The one caveat I might interject is the fact that this unit was the mule for the dealership's movement of their boat trailer movement twice daily of some 15 - 20 boats from their roadside to the rear of the faculty.
Further, the staff is mostly young 20ish in age and I'm quite sure they were not as cautious with the "Yard Pig" (Their nickname for this unit.)
At any rate, I was in the market for a vehicle to replace my aging Cushman Truckster (4X2).
I bought it for the grunt work around the farm.
•Removing large pieces of lumber from my sons flat bed trailer. Strap wrapped around large tree slabs or logs and rev. drag (4X4). To be burned at a later date.
•I maintain the pastures with a 40 Gal. boom sprayer mounted in the bad and a 10' spread.
Then operate for 8-10 hrs in 70-100 F. Heat in low range 1800-2000 rpms further stressing
the cooling system and oil.
•Our operation is Equine and as the animals, shall we say, process their hay and forage the
manure piles need to be broken down for dispersion by the irrigation that night. I use a
6'X8' chain harrow that is pulled at speed across all the paddocks. Weight - 200#
•I had an occasion here a year or so ago where a neighbor had planted a "few" clumps of
bamboo some 30 yrs ago and now has a "Problem".
To make matters worse, the planting took place in a sink hole of some serious size (1 acre
X 50 depth). To prepare for the removal of the growth the owner cut the plants and
bundled the 6'X10' stems with tow straps.
Enter the Ranger. We were just amazed that we had absolutely no issues with towing
these bundles up the longest grade we could find up out of the bottom of this pit.
http://youtu.be/d7MWHtdP21E
It was a fun project. If you wish you can watch the continuation of burning the bamboo
after about a week of drying.
If you want to bash reliability and functionality failures of Polaris equipment, I'll just have to tell you of my experience and let you make up your own mind with your own equipment.
I have yet to take this machine in all these years back for any mechanical failure.