Is There a UTV Company That Makes Good Stuff and Backs it Up, Unlike E-Z-GO?

[sklunk]

If you are looking for a company that stands behind their products, and one you can still get parts for, it's hard to beat Deere. Yes you pay more for the parts, but not necessarily for the initial UTV purchase. And their parts prices were coming down lately (before the tariff fiasco).

Plus they make a lot of different versions/size classes, in gas/diesel/electric, and a large dealer network if you need service (other "UTV" manufacturers have this too, but not as many for golf-cart-derived versions).

 

[airbiscuit]

The Popeye's chicken sandwich is great!
Sell the EZ Go you got for a bargain, and get something that meets your standards.

 

[kenbgbill]

When I bought my Kubota, it came with a JD garden tractor and an E-Z-GO ST350 Workhorse, which is a 350-cc gas cart with a dump bed. It has a Subaru Robin engine.

The cart is not bad, but the company that makes it behaves like it works out of somebody's spare bedroom. Is it E-Z-GO? Is it Textron? Can't tell. The website is garbage. Lots of parts are discontinued. Some parts you can still get are cheap. Others are insanely expensive, like the $2300 dump bed.

It's like the Popeyes Chicken of cart manufacturers. Amateurish and slipshod, from one end to the other.

Sooner or later, I may want to get rid of this thing simply because of the hassle of getting parts.

Is there another company that makes similar products and also provides good customer support, like continuing to supply parts at acceptable prices?

To your secondary question, Textron is a holding company that owns EZ GO and Arctic Cat snow mobiles among other notable brands. It also makes the Tracker Off-Road vehicles and used to make the Textron/Tracker EVIS which is a 72 v EZ GO based UTV. If you want a gas powered UTV, Kawasaki, Can Am, Polaris and Honda are all atop the heap with nearby dealerships and cost being prime selection criteria.

 

[Paul McILwain]

I have a 2013 case/ih scoutxl high capacity, Kawasaki vtwin, full hard cab with heat, electric dump, 4wd cvt trans. It is made by club car so parts are easily available thru any case/ih dealer or club car

 

[EddieE]

That's an interesting opinion, and you are entitled to hold onto it. I am very content with my response.

"Do your research" is not a helpful suggestion. I am doing research, right now. That's the purpose of this thread. When I got this USED CART as part of a PACKAGE, I did my research. I got a screaming deal on three items. It was a huge bargain. I could not ask the seller to give me a Kubota instead of an E-Z-GO. He didn't have a Kubota.

I needed a tractor, a mower, and a cart, fast, and this guy was selling for about half of what his were worth. I was very busy with a move and taking care of a dementia patient. I did not have time to scour the state to see if some other stranger would basically give me $10000 and hand me exactly what I needed.

Now because I have done more research while I owned the cart, I am doing new research because I may want to get rid of it and get something better.

Because I researched, I know I can sell the E-Z-GO and put myself in a big Kubota diesel with low hours for about $4K. Now I am researching things like ground clearance to see if the Kubota will work

Kubota isn't going to give me "a back seat" if I order a part for a Kubota UTV. I don't know where that came from. If you want a Kubota part, you ask for it, pay for it, and take it home. Nobody asks if you have a fleet or whether you also have a tractor.

As for Jacobsen-GO's poor business practices being "on me," well, that's a novel theory. Ordinarily, companies are responsible for their failings, and customers are not.

If their failings are on me, then my choices to show them up on public forums, Youtube, and my widely-read blog, and to buy someone else's products, are on them.

I think I found a solution to your problem. I rebranded my 2021 EZGO with these stickers from Amazon. It's now faster and more depndable but the parts cost more...

 

[ScipioUSA]

My vote would be a Kawasaki Mule or Kubota RTV 500 or 520 if you like the smaller form factor similar to your cart. The RTV will fit in the bed of a fullsize pickup.

 

[D&D]

I think I found a solution to your problem. I rebranded my 2021 EZGO with these stickers from Amazon. It's now faster and more depndable but the parts cost more...View attachment 3539805

JD branded so now the retail is doubled?

 

[kneedeep]

Any body have one of the 72v Tracker EV?
I have an original Bad Boy Buggy made in Vicksburg, MS that broke a rear axle. Part is NA new, but still some parts buggies around.
I am looking hard at the Tracker EV to replace it.
A 20 year old Mule does all the heavy work around here.
Same unit that BassPro sells, but there is a local dealer that has parts and service for several golf cart and zero turn models.