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Agreed, and I've owned others. Put a 2' lift on it and your done. Solid machines. Mine is used daily for ranch work, it also goes to the Rockies in the summer for fun.

Bill

I’d stay away from Polaris. They aren’t as durable as other brands.

Ranger flat gets it done.

Op, before you buy ride each one your interested in. SXS’s are noisy and add a windshield they are even louder. Some are down right annoying. I’d get a Honda or Kubota or Yamaha. Kawasaki mules aren’t bad, depends on features your looking for.

Yup. They are great if you don't use them very much or if you're the type of guy that likes working on them all the time. Granted....there are plenty people who do exactly that.

I'm not that guy. I've got a Honda Rubicon and a 22 year old Mule.

You don't want to go far in that old Mule...it'll beat your liver out, but it still outworks everything around.

Kubota is probably a better work horse but they're damn loud.

I bought a Polaris XP570 in 2015 and have loved it. Great ride and I've had no issues with it. I service it once a year or every 100 hours.

Full cab Polaris is the Cadillac.


Honda would be a good summer time machine.

I've had 2 Polaris Rangers and have had great luck with them.

My Yamaha Viking has about 6500 miles on it and has only had oil changes and a couple of spark plugs. Can lock front axle and rear has a locker in so always locked. Not good on nice lawns.

Get one that you can unlock rear diff, turf mode. And power steering, those will be your huckleberries.

Just a Polaris Ranger 1000.

Simple

The fellows that say don’t work them, don’t work.

I own 4 that work. Commercial work year around.

Comical answers.

Ltpowell,
With much respect, I disagree with your whole post.
Judd Cornell
Knoxville, TN

My 2014 Mule started making a clicking sound today. It’s definitely coming from the drivetrain . I’m guessing the belt is coming apart in the transmission. It’s gas and I want a diesel . It’s the only thing I own that is a gas engine.

Looking at the Honda Pioneer 700 myself.

I wish they would offer the larger engines in the smaller sized SxS machines.

A bud has a Ranger 570. It can go right through the timber in places a larger machine won't fit, just a bit slow at road speeds.

He loves it. Went from a double row seat unit to this. The 2 row seating unit was okay but not for tight spots at all.

I don't know squat about which one is "best" but I will say that the big 1000s and such, when you get one stuck you better have a tree close enough to winch to. You may as well have a half ton pickup stuck. With the smaller 570s, etc. at least a guy can somewhat man handle it, yank the ass end one way or the other or whatever you need to do to get it unstuck if you're alone and can't winch it out.

For my general hunting and general work needs, there's no way I'd get anything other than a Polaris Ranger midsize 500 or 570, or something similarly small. They tow relatively light trailers just fine and I've used one to yank out a chained up John Deere 3025D that was high centered on a snow bank. The OP's needs and situation may very well be different I guess but that is my 2 cents.

Polaris pretty durable for me.. I taking this on some trails that have some of you cracking a walnut with your ass hole lol.. I have 30 Inch black waters on, heater, full windshield etc.

Polaris Rangers have been really good for me. 1,000+ lbs in the bed constantly and in some rather precarious spots trying to maintain 6 mph ground speed. Stuck the last one a grand total of two times over 12 years. This new one is a helluva machine.



Been having bad thoughts about the Can-Am Defenders though. Hearing good things.

We get along good with our Polaris Ranger 900.

We use it harder than you people do too.

Taco and beer runs to town?