RTV - vs- Yamaha Pro Hauler1000 -vs- Mini Truck?

[bczoom]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( and one is PURPLE. )</font>

Come on Bob, you mentioned it.... You now have to tell us how (WHY) you got a purple car...

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( All I can say is we paint the mini-truck to match all my toys then that is going to be one butt ugly mini-truck!)</font>

Yep. Just doing the NH Blue and Kubota Orange could be enough to make it ugly...

 

[cowboydoc]

Bob have you considered the Bobcat Toolcat? You can get every concievable attachment for this thing, even up to a 90" mower. It is capable of hauling 2000 tons and dumping. It can be had with a climate controlled cab as well. I'm not sure what the price of the mini truck is but fun and work factor with one of these would be very high.

 

[Bob_Skurka]

Cowboydoc, I did, but the performance and price are simply overkill for my properties.

Combined I have about 16 acres between the two and I already have 2 CUTS and 2 LTs plus an arsenal of implements and other equipment. If I got a toolcat, It would be very likely that I could get rid of most of the other stuff and start over with a toolcat and its implements, but again for my uses, it is simply overkill. I want something to haul stuff fairly short distances on my home property (about 10 acres). I am concerned about weight capacity, which is why I favor the mini-truck. And while Darin is not sure of the capacity, I have played with a couple of these things and am pretty sure the capacity is a ton. Pricewise, they are also attractive. Then again, so is a heavy duty hydraulic dump trailer. But to be honest, if I was inclinded to start over again, I would probably not have the Kubota or the New Holland. I would probably have a 30+HP Power Trac and 2 Steiner Utili-Max units.

I love toys, which explains why I seem to have so many scattered around, but the Toolcat is simply beyond any logical reasoning for my needs.


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Come on Bob, you mentioned it.... You now have to tell us how (WHY) you got a purple car... </font>

Lets just say it was an impulse buy and leave it at that. But, in my defense, I actually sold a car last year (that was a little blue 2 seater). But, the lovely Mrs_Bob has been hounding me for the past couple of weeks to buy a car that actually has traction in the snow . . . she drove one of my convertibles after a big snowfall and it has ultra low profile high performance tires on it. . . not made for SNOW or even rain. So I may be back up to 8 cars again soon? The problem is the 2 I like are both convertibles and I suspect both would be as bad as the one I have now (MB CL and BMW 6 series).

 

[DarinRay]

O.k guys will contact you when I get them or know more. As far as colors we can get them any color you want seriously but it of course adds more to the bottom line costs. Thanks again.

Darin

 

[JDGREEN4ME]

We have 20' of access to Seneca Lake that came with the 5 acres we bought in NY. We were looking for what I would say is a "middle of the road" vehicle that would primarily be used for transportation to and from our lot to the lake. (a UTV takes up less room than my F250 at the lake!) The ProHauler 1000 was actually our first choice but due to the fact we wanted to be able to carry fire wood etc. from time to time the dealer felt the weight capacity would be a problem. Looked at the Mule next but the dealer was a PIA and couldn't be bothered with helping us. Like the RTV but felt it was geared more to heavy duty use than we would ever use. Looked at the compact Gators but had a concern the HP would not be enough for the terrain (and my XL body!) so we ended up with the HPX. From the way you describe using things it sounds like the mini-truck might be the way to go for you! Frankly that would have been a good option for us also! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[cowboydoc]

What's the price of a mini-truck?

 

[Bob_Skurka]

Depends, I've priced them from several sources and options vary. A safe price range is $5000 to $7000 depending on features. I'm interested in a hydraulic dump box, outfitted that way they seem to average about $6000. I'd be adding off-road tires to it so those will bring the price up a bit. But even when I add a nice stereo to it, it should be about $7K delivered.

And Brian wants to convice me to go with a custom paint job so that would jack the price up a bit more /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[DarinRay]

In regards to the prices. Like Bob said it all depends on dump and other options like years built. I have some regular beds 4wd that can be bought for under $4500 all nicely painted (not custom colors), ready for use and frames and wheels painted as well. I believe these are great for ranchers, farmers, any maintenance department for grounds, parks, theme parks, rv parks, camping grounds, auction yards with attachments permently mounted (welders, battery boosters, generators, water pumps, etc. etc. etc.) =) WOW there is alot of applications these can be good for. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[BeeFarmer]

There's a nice camo one on EBAY... pretty cool... I think I drove one of them when I was in Okinawa... Steering wheel on the oposite side. I'b be interested in one if I had one close to me.

 

[DarinRay]

Got seven of these babies and are nice using them. Want to compare some trucks?

Darin