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

tradosaurus · May 4, 2023

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 · May 5, 2023

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 · May 5, 2023

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

ArlyA · May 5, 2023

Sid Post said:
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 · May 5, 2023

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 · May 5, 2023

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 · May 5, 2023

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 · May 5, 2023

ruffdog said:
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?