OK, duh on the "I don't have it yet" thing. I knew that. Just got antsy for you. I bought a FEL for my tractor and waited forever for them to get it in, then waited foreverX3 to get the digging teeth in. So, I feel your pain.
I've never test driven anything except the gator. I usually spend 30 min sitting on an Arctic Cat every time we go to a Bass Pro shop, but never so much as turned over the engine. There's a place that sells Kawasaki's just outside of Lexington, so that's way closer if we decide to get one of those as well. I'll PM you (that's Private Message) when we do get ready to pull the triger, I'd like some info on the dealer you got yours from. Maybe you could even get a referral kick back or something. Who knows. Anyway, I'm glad to hear the direct comparrison between the Arctic Cat and Mule. Acceleration is important to me because the Longhorns may not run at 25 mph long, but they also don't run in a straight line, they zig and zag like crazy without a hazer. Running them down a fence line is dangerous because they are part deer
and will flat foot a 6' fence at the slightest inkling.
It is blast though when you rope one. The first time my pardner forgot to dally off the rope, so when I slammed on the brakes the bull yanked him right over the ROPS and drug him half way across the field before he finally let go. Wish we'd had that on film.
I hear you on the hotdogs Vs. Mule trade off. I'm PB&J'ing it for the next two decades to help pay for the toys, uh... I mean "necessary farm implements" on my wish list. Actually, I even cut out the jelly, I'm a hard core miser when I have my sights set on something I want to buy. Be careful, my list had about 3 things on it when I logged on to TBN that fateful day in July. After a few hundred posts and a few thousands reads, my list would make Santa jealous. The good folk here at TBN are really good at helping you spend you money. That's one of the by-laws I believe.
If you haven't yet, check out that thread by Grrr on posting pics. Attaching to TBN isn't too bad. When you get really bold check out
Photobucket That's a great way to post thumbs that people can click. That way even low bandwidth folks can see small versions of the pics, then choose which to click. If you have any questions figuring it out PM me or email me. I married an art teacher here in KY, so I have experience teaching art teachers how to do stuff on the computer.
