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I have a 06 Rhino and love it but even with a so called quiet muffler it will wake the dead. What is every ones opinion which one is the quietest. I know the electric ones run pretty silent but I'm asking about the gas models. Have a bet with a friend so your opinion will count.

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My old model Polaris Ranger 500 is pretty dadgum quite. Our new 900 cc double seat Ranger is not near as quite.


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I know my 700 Pioneer is much quieter than a 700 Ranger.


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Bad Boy Buggies, or one of the other electric UTVs from Polaris, Honda, etc.


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my 12 rzr 800 seems mighty noisy but i dont have much to compare it to


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96-03 Tacoma 4cyl single cab with 32" swampers or bias-ply buckshots. Very quiet....


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Originally Posted by JPro
96-03 Tacoma 4cyl single cab with 32" swampers or bias-ply buckshots. Very quiet....




yept........even the V6 ext cab is purty quiet..........

and go where ya point it.........


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Originally Posted by coyote268
I have a 06 Rhino and love it but even with a so called quiet muffler it will wake the dead. What is every ones opinion which one is the quietest. I know the electric ones run pretty silent but I'm asking about the gas models. Have a bet with a friend so your opinion will count.

You made a bet based on opinions from the Campfire? How do you decide a 12 way tie if you get as many as 8 responses?

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The new Polaris 1000 ranger is surprisingly quiet compared to my 450 Rhino. Polaris did a good job with this one.


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We were moving cows today and a buddy was using a pretty new Ranger 1000.

He said it is an oil burning son of a bitch. And he wasn't lying.

Couple hours into the move and it 'shutdown'. He caught a ride back to the ranch shop and got some oil for it.


Probably a rare deal with that particular engine but.....

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I'm a little leary of the newer Polaris as I've heard they only have a 6 month warranty period. A friend of mine has an older 6wd and it is an unstoppable machine. He is a little crazy for his age (82) but puts that machine places that a mountain goat wouldn't or couldn't go. Gets a little scary

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This one was born pretty quiet. The addition of the Benz Silencer (you can see it in the picture) hushed it some more. 2015 Honda Pioneer 500 on the Sonoran Desert.

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My Gator is pretty quiet


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Your Rhino is loud, but it will still be going when the others are dead quiet.

Addition: Curosity got me looking and today the users rate the new Honda as the most durable. Saw one not that long ago and I thought it was pretty quiet also.

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The new Honda's are indeed reliable and can take more abuse than 99% of users will ever throw at it.


Real world usage from a couple guys who thrash on stuff.



From what I've heard the Ranger can't hang when it comes to constant abuse.


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I've got a Yamaha Wolverine R-spec SE SxS and it's pretty quiet.


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Originally Posted by battue
Your Rhino is loud, but it will still be going when the others are dead quiet.

Addition: Curosity got me looking and today the users rate the new Honda as the most durable. Saw one not that long ago and I thought it was pretty quiet also.
Yeah, the Rhino is pretty loud inside the cab and there's really no way to quiet it down. They make a dust cover for them that's supposed to keep out the dust and reduce cab noise but mine only does the former.


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Just rolled over 900 hours on our gator. It is quite enough to carry on a conversation. Ours is gasoline and a friend has a diesel that is about the same.

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Have a 2016 Yamaha Viking VI. Put a Silent Rider on it. Pretty darn quiet.

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Our new Polaris 1000 is quite a bit quieter than the 500 Ranger that it replaced. When we were looking, I thought that the Kaw. Mule Pro was the quietest. FWIW

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