HawkinsHollow
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What do you consider to be high hours on a UTV?
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Sort of depends on the make, model, and mileage.
If it is a high-performance turbo model, I would start getting concerned with higher hrs than, say, a normally aspired utility machine that may spend a lot of time idling.
A lot also has to do with the maintenance the machine received and how it was used. A low hr machine that is used for mudding could be a LOT worse than a high hr machine someone just checked property lines and drove to the "neighbor's" houses to visit.
If it is a high-performance turbo model, I would start getting concerned with higher hrs than, say, a normally aspired utility machine that may spend a lot of time idling.
A lot also has to do with the maintenance the machine received and how it was used. A low hr machine that is used for mudding could be a LOT worse than a high hr machine someone just checked property lines and drove to the "neighbor's" houses to visit.
nybirdman
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I don't know about hours but I put 1k miles a year on each of my two machines.Easy miles no mud bogging.Traded a Rhino with 4k miles and it was perfect;only traded to upgrade.
MY BIL has a 1998 Honda Foreman with 13K rough miles(five teenagers when he bought it).
MY BIL has a 1998 Honda Foreman with 13K rough miles(five teenagers when he bought it).
grsthegreat
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Ya, if you always running 60 mph. on my machine im probably doing 20 or less. Its used for maint on property. I have over 1000 hours on mine, and its still running strong. Gets yearly maintenance.
and if your doing 60 in a utv, i personally think your nuts. They dont have much protection.
EDIT: just looked, 1205 hours. looked as i was tooling around in snow covered trails at 10 mph.
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HawkinsHollow
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Can you tell me how you got that conversion?
Snobdds
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Down at the bottom on how to calculate.
Simply, take engine hours and multiply by 60.0
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HawkinsHollow
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Lots of 1000 hour machines on FB marketplace still going for $8k and up. Now that I think about it that is a little ridiculous. But it does depend on what they did with these machines. One I am looking at has 1079 hours but it was used by groundskeepers at a university. So probably never off road, 1000 easy hours makes a big difference I would say.
Snobdds
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It tries to find a factor or sweet spot that measures easy work time with hard idling time. Idling time is hard on bearing surface as the oil pressure is lower.
Paystar
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I have 950 hours and 6500 miles on my 2004.5 Sportsman 500 H.O. Plowed for first 8 years of it's life.
All the suspension bushings are getting play in them now, had a U-joint fail and there is play in the wheel bearings. And wore the needle jet off in the carb.
But still using it.
They don't make them like that any more. I bought a new 570 a few years ago and it didn't make the first week before it started falling apart. So got rid of it and kept the 04.
All the suspension bushings are getting play in them now, had a U-joint fail and there is play in the wheel bearings. And wore the needle jet off in the carb.
But still using it.
They don't make them like that any more. I bought a new 570 a few years ago and it didn't make the first week before it started falling apart. So got rid of it and kept the 04.
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HawkinsHollow
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Sounds like a rough life! Glad to hear it is still rockin' and rollin'!
Paystar
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Yes, I got lucky with that one.
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That's more like it.
Even my truck won't make the "60 x hours = mileage" theory.
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You don’t say what UTV you are considering, but my 2008 RTV has 1600 hours and showing no signs of mechanical issues
my neighbor has a 1996 TORO belt Drive, guessing 2500 hrs, that still runs, but I don’t know how.
my neighbor has a 1996 TORO belt Drive, guessing 2500 hrs, that still runs, but I don’t know how.
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Diesel or gas engine??
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I got a diesel because that's what was available during COVID. Also, my tractors are diesel so I have a bulk tank for diesel. I have one 5 gal can for gas that I use for my lawn mower.
On my road vehicles I find I average 55 kph on trips which factors in stop-n-go for traffic, stop signs, traffic lights.
1,000 hour approx = 55,000km
Off road will be less
If you let your machine idle a lot then the mileage conversion will be way off. If you buy a used government fleet vehicle you will find low mileage but very high engine hours.
I have approx 100 hours on my UTV now and 1,000km on the odometer
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This is a miles question rather than an hours one, but I guess the two are related...
Is 1000 miles consider low time on a UTV? (2022 Honda Pioneer).
Is 1000 miles consider low time on a UTV? (2022 Honda Pioneer).
Yander
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That is probably 180 - 240hrs. Yes that's low miles for a UTV.
