Tricked out RTV900

Dargo · May 31, 2004

Anybody seen this RTV900? /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Cliff_Johns · May 31, 2004

Wouldn't the triangular tires give it kind of a bumpy ride?

It is kind of a wacky looking machine. Does it have a special purpose? I don't know what the small tracks are for.

Cliff

rmorgan · May 31, 2004

Cliff, the tracks are for really sloppy mud and getting up on top of snow. They add a massive amount of surface area over tire contact patches. Here's a link to an article extolling their virtues--which for the $4500 price of admission /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif oughta be pretty dagnabbed huge!

Cliff_Johns · May 31, 2004

That is pretty cool. After reading the article, I guess it's an attempt to get some of the benefits of regular tracks and still be able to steer with the front. Nifty idea. Not cheap, but if you need something like this, then you do what you have to. I can't imagine what the competition would be.

Cliff

Dargo · Jun 1, 2004

I thought this thing looked really cool except for the bench seat up high in the rear bed. The RTV is fairly tall as it is. If you add the approx. 4" of extra height for the tracks and look how high the rear bed mounted seat is, with the trees in my neck of the woods, your rear passengers would spend most of the timd ducking or getting whacked off of the RTV by tree branches! /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif Otherwise, I thought this looked like the ultimate hunting or search and rescue vehicle.

rmorgan · Jun 1, 2004

Dargo, I thought the same thing about the height of the rear seat--plus, the ROPS would now consist of human skulls, and the vehicle COG would be completely altered, although the weight of the track system would certainly counteract that to some extent. I'd sure hate to be one of the riders in that highchair--or the driver responsible for their lives.

Chechnya · Jun 5, 2004

its not really tricked out, just some mat tracks, a front storage rack and a back seat

Bob_Skurka · Jun 5, 2004

( its not really tricked out, just some mat tracks, a front storage rack and a back seat )

In your opinion what would qualify as "tricked out?"

Chechnya · Jun 5, 2004

a better paint job than a stock one. how about lots of chrome? A few add-ons doesnt make it that exciting. Now the front end loader ive seen on an RTV was pretty cool. A few different colors would be cool too. Different seat covers.

Bob_Skurka · Jun 5, 2004

Chrome on a hunting vehicle? To blind the birds and scare away the deer???

More colors? Again, is that to confuse the animals in the woods? Or to alert them that you are there?

Different seat covers might be a nice touch if they provided more funtionality. For a hunting rig I'd want something in a mat finish and non-absorbant so it would repel a mild rain. What, isn't that what it has?

I am going to have to disagree with you. Each tool has a purpose, it is fairly obvious that this is a RTV tricked out as a hunting vehicle. The factory camo paint is better than the Kubota orange. A FEL on this isn't going to serve much of a purpose while hunting unless you plan on running down pheasants and crushing them at high speed with the loader bucket??? I would agree that there are different degrees to which someone can trick out a vehicle, but I would say that this is a nicely tricked out hunting rig. The tracks are amazingly functional additions, the paint, while a factory option is functional, the extra high rear seat makes a nice spot for upland game hunters, the side step makes access to the rear seat easier and the front rack is great for carrying the game home.

Dargo · Jun 6, 2004

I understand well what the purpose of the high mounted rear seat. I have several firearms outfitted with a bipod and saw that the roof would make a great place to use a bipod equipped rifle. However, I ran across an article that I thought was hilarious. It called high mounted rear seats, like on this RTV, the "mother-in-law seat". Now, that is when high speed runs through the woods makes sense! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
I suppose it depends on the age as to the definition of "tricked out". I have several antique muscle cars, and my definition of tricking one of those out is to hide all wiring under the hood through existing frame rails, transplant a 502ci big block with 625hp under the hood, fit a Gear Vendors modified TH400 behind it along with a balanced polished aluminum drive shaft to a factory looking four link rear suspension holding a modified 9" Ford rear end, and make the firewall and undercarriage just as slick as the show quality topside paint job.
Some people think slamming one of those muscle cars to the ground and putting 1" profile tires on them as "tricking them out". I call that destroying a nice car. Again, I suppose it depends on your age... /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Chechnya · Jun 6, 2004

( Chrome on a hunting vehicle? To blind the birds and scare away the deer???

More colors? Again, is that to confuse the animals in the woods? Or to alert them that you are there?

Different seat covers might be a nice touch if they provided more funtionality. For a hunting rig I'd want something in a mat finish and non-absorbant so it would repel a mild rain. What, isn't that what it has?

I am going to have to disagree with you. Each tool has a purpose, it is fairly obvious that this is a RTV tricked out as a hunting vehicle. The factory camo paint is better than the Kubota orange. A FEL on this isn't going to serve much of a purpose while hunting unless you plan on running down pheasants and crushing them at high speed with the loader bucket??? I would agree that there are different degrees to which someone can trick out a vehicle, but I would say that this is a nicely tricked out hunting rig. The tracks are amazingly functional additions, the paint, while a factory option is functional, the extra high rear seat makes a nice spot for upland game hunters, the side step makes access to the rear seat easier and the front rack is great for carrying the game home.

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You and i both know, this RTV is like MOST SUV's, they will never be taken offroad. This is for show, nothing more.

engineer · Jun 6, 2004

I would like to see an RTV with an FEL. For that matter I would like to see the RTV with a PTO and 3 point hitch.
Now I imagine others will say if you want all that, you want a tractor not a utility vehicle. I would say why not, it would be a minature Ag. Unimog. That would be cool! And perhaps quite functional.

Thanks,
engineer

Thinking outside the box. or perhaps just outside.

Chechnya · Jun 7, 2004

Im sorry everyone, i would like to correct myself. What i said was a boxblade not a front end loader

http://www.farmequipmentreview.com/equreview.aspx?modelID=93

MessickFarmEqu · Jun 7, 2004

The 3Pt is pretty cool hua. Its made by a company called Dirt-Works.

We had a field GPS unit attached to one of ours before it sold. Was great for doing demo's all all that you can do with GPS technology. We mapped out our buildings and parking lots for customers. Shoudl have grabbed a pictuers of it.

Bob_Skurka · Jun 7, 2004

( I would like to see an RTV with an FEL. For that matter I would like to see the RTV with a PTO and 3 point hitch.
Now I imagine others will say if you want all that, you want a tractor not a utility vehicle. I would say why not, it would be a minature Ag. Unimog. That would be cool! And perhaps quite functional.

Thanks,
engineer

Thinking outside the box. or perhaps just outside. )

Two different units come to mind that might meet your criteria. The Steiner Utilimax is a 30+hp UTV-tractor sort of thing. It has a small rear cargo bed, 4 wheel drive, articulated body, and the front end accepts implements like a mower deck, slip scoop, tiller, etc. It is a single seat unit. Price is about $16,000

The BOBCAT TOOLCAT is a much more conventional looking UTV, 2 seats, optional cab with heat & a/c, and a front end loader option. It will also mow the lawn and do many other chores, it is 4wd & 4w-steer. Price is about $32,000

Dargo · Jun 7, 2004

Yup, the Bobcat Toolcat would be the ticket for all of the above mentioned wants. I drove one. Very nice! I too thought that all those features would be great. However, when it takes over 30K to buy one, I believe a person would have to have a commercial need for one that would actually enable the unit to earn it's keep so to speak. I don't doubt that with all the features and power it has that the Toolcat is worth that kind of money, but just not for me.