John Deere Gator, Kubota, or ... for wet field UTV chores?

[tradosaurus]

Test drive a Honda Pioneer 700-4. Max speed is 43 mph but has a dump bed. 4wd and power steering. No belt drive.

 

[Sid Post]

How does the Honda 700 Pioneer work for farm and ranch use? Is the bed sized well? Specs are pretty thin on Honda's website. At $11K to $13K MSRP, they priced reasonably for the market.

 

[Sid Post]

General thoughts on the Kawasaki, Yamaha, Polaris, Canam, and similar recreational-based UTV options?

 

[ArlyA]

General thoughts on the Kawasaki, Yamaha, Polaris, Canam, and similar recreational-based UTV options?

All of those machines might work for you. Which has a better dealer there?

 

[LittleBittyBigJohn]

My ranger has a bed capacity of 800 lbs. That is about the same as lift capacity on my 1025r loader and it handles that pretty easily. You can go over that a little bit but you would absolutely not want to move a 275 gal tote full of fluid. A lot of times when I'm moving material farther than would be convenient for the little tractor, I'll load 1 scoop into the ranger and go dump it. It does well with that. I put 2 scoops of SB2 gravel in the ranger bed once, it moved it but I would never do it again.

 

[Hay Dude]

We have a large tree clean-up company working along local RR tracks and a bridge clearing branches & logs far off road where OTR vehicles cannot access. They are using Gator 6x4’s to bring up men, equipment & branches.

 

[ruffdog]

A Pug will carry 2000 lbs and is center articulating. I have driven and worked on them too. They are not a refined fancy UTV but they sure can do some work.

Frog Pond Manufacturing Inc - New Pug Utvs

 

[ArlyA]

A Pug will carry 2000 lbs and is center articulating. I have driven and worked on them too. They are not a refined fancy UTV but they sure can do some work.

Frog Pond Manufacturing Inc - New Pug Utvs

i'd guess them to be overly slow... But does anyone know what they cost?

 

[dj1701]

I love my Kawasaki Pro-MX midsized.

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[ArlyA]

Gee, we use our machines box for 95% of the time for tools.