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[grsthegreat]

We dont get the heat like you do. But we sure get the cold, snow,and rain

 

[jjeff]

Guess glass vs hard coated polycarbonate windshields is like arguing who manufactures the best sxs lol. I'll be on the hard coated polycarbonate bandwagon until it lets me down for the price Ill pay for them. I can understand why some folks get glass windshields, but there not for me.

 

[gsganzer]

I went and kicked the tires at a dealer that handled Polaris, CF Moto, Kawasaki and Honda. I mainly just looked at Honda and Kawasaki. The salesman was sure pushing CF Moto and Polaris and those were most plentiful on their lot.

Polaris is the most common on all the job sites I go to, but folks that have owned Polaris, Kawasaki, Yamaha or Honda, always recommend the Kawasaki, Yamaha or Honda. I guess I'm a little up in the air of a 700cc or a 1000cc model. I don't care about speed or hauling loads, so I think a 700cc will suit me better.

A buddy of mine thinks the Yamaha will check all my boxes, and just from my on-line research I think I might agree, so I'll find a local dealer to look at those.

 

[Torvy]

Guess glass vs hard coated polycarbonate windshields is like arguing who manufactures the best sxs lol. I'll be on the hard coated polycarbonate bandwagon until it lets me down for the price Ill pay for them. I can understand why some folks get glass windshields, but there not for me.

The poly one came as part of my UTV. A replacement is 1/2 the cost of glass. I can see glass advantages, but not for the cost given my uses.

 

[grsthegreat]

Guess glass vs hard coated polycarbonate windshields is like arguing who manufactures the best sxs lol. I'll be on the hard coated polycarbonate bandwagon until it lets me down for the price Ill pay for them. I can understand why some folks get glass windshields, but there not for me.

When i shattered the glass windshield on my kioti tractor a few years back, i could not get a replacement right away due to covid parts supply issues. It being winter and snowing, i decided to try and make my own polycarbonate replacement to get me by. I went to 2 supply houses and the cost of the poly sheet was more than the cost of the glass replacement from kioti. Kiotis price was $505 incl shipping. They wanted nearly 700 for poly.

I ended up buying a cheap, ultra thin piece of plexyglass from home depot and made a temp window. It leaked, but kept snow out of cab.luckily within a month the windshield came in.

Their excuse, covid caused all their supplies to dwindle because everyone was installing them at registers, stores, banks, restaurants,etc. any excuse.

 

[jjeff]

Probably won't matter to some but I wonder if some folks that buy a sxs consider the width and size of a trailer they might have to get to haul a sxs around? I've seen a few of the wider ones loaded single on car or even tandem equipment trailers going north for the weekend. I use my single axle utility type trailer with a 5.5' width I think it has close to a 14' long deck, has a fold down ramp in the back to haul my 5' wide wolverine or 50" wide pioneer, with a bit of room front and back to spare. Or I can haul two 4 wheelers at once in line. Definitely couldn't use that trailer nor would I want to use my tandem 20' deck over just to haul a wider 6'+ sxs lol.

 

[jjeff]

When i shattered the glass windshield on my kioti tractor a few years back, i could not get a replacement right away due to covid parts supply issues. It being winter and snowing, i decided to try and make my own polycarbonate replacement to get me by. I went to 2 supply houses and the cost of the poly sheet was more than the cost of the glass replacement from kioti. Kiotis price was $505 incl shipping. They wanted nearly 700 for poly.

I ended up buying a cheap, ultra thin piece of plexyglass from home depot and made a temp window. It leaked, but kept snow out of cab.luckily within a month the windshield came in.

Their excuse, covid caused all their supplies to dwindle because everyone was installing them at registers, stores, banks, restaurants,etc. any excuse.

Guaranteed those polycarbonate sheets were not hard coated. When COVID started dying down found 4 decent dimension uncut sheets of polycarbonate outside a restaurant for free still had the protective wrap on them, still debating what to make with them. Wonder if there's a diy hard coating polymer to spray on them?

 

[ultrarunner]

Some buy the size that fits the truck bed…

When we bought the Kubota 900 home we used the dump trailer and your hand would not have fit between the Kubota and the trailer sides.

It sure did tow sweet behind the super duty on the 165 miles back to home.

 

[jjeff]

Some buy the size that fits the truck bed…

When we bought the Kubota 900 home we used the dump trailer and your hand would not have fit between the Kubota and the trailer sides.

It sure did tow sweet behind the super duty on the 165 miles back to home.

If I'm in a pinch I've put my Honda pioneer 500 in the bed of my GMC pickup with 8' bed. truck has a tool box, have to leave the tailgate down. I prefer to trailer it though.

 

[tradosaurus]

Some buy the size that fits the truck bed…

When we bought the Kubota 900 home we used the dump trailer and your hand would not have fit between the Kubota and the trailer sides.

It sure did tow sweet behind the super duty on the 165 miles back to home.

I could see injuring myself trying to get a SxS into a bed of a pickup. I don't even like driving my car on ramps to change the oil.