319Quahog
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$25k for a UTV... I have an issue with this! When I can buy a nice ATV for $10k and a trailer...
Unfortunately, life is a bit more expensive nowadays.
$25k for a UTV... I have an issue with this! When I can buy a nice ATV for $10k and a trailer...
Not for an ATV. It’s a 10k premium for a tiny dump bed? Cmon manUnfortunately, life is a bit more expensive nowadays.
Not for an ATV. It’s a 10k premium for a tiny dump bed? Cmon man
What size UTVs are you looking at? A new Honda Pioneer 520 starts at $10K. You'll probably want some options, so it goes up from there, but still fairly reasonable.What does a UTV provide at that premium that an ATV does not? A roof and a small dump bed? I'm just thinking of all the things I do with my ATV and wondering how a UTV does it THAT much better
800cc plus. Better to tow with and I can pull a decent drag harrow for the fields during planting seasonWhat size UTVs are you looking at? A new Honda Pioneer 520 starts at $10K. You'll probably want some options, so it goes up from there, but still fairly reasonable.
I use it to get work done in my woods. I went with this over an ATV because I wanted the bed: I haul a couple of chainsaws, fuel & bar oil, tool belt with wedges, axe, lifting tongs, peavey, basic chainsaw tools (for sharpening and minor adjustments/repairs), helmet, basic first aid/emergency kit, food & water. I haul a trailer for firewood, if that is what I'm working on. If I want to go for easier maneuverability, the trailer stays home.
I have no need to go 65 MPH (most of the time I'm under 15 MPH). I did not want to go big: the idea was to get something that was lighter on the land and could get into tighter spots and past choke points when cleaning up storm damage. When I have bigger jobs to do, I bring the tractor & logging winch and/or a forwarding trailer or dump trailer.