I was just curious on what you guys thought of the rhino for tight trail riding I know it is a wider stance then the utes but was curious on that and if you can attach a plow to them...thanks

 

It's sort of like riding a suped up golf cart. Unlike a real quad, you can't shift your weight and throw it around to make it do what you want it to, and with the extra width and long wheelbase it's not hard to get it hung up on obstacles. I'm not saying that it's not a capable machine, but you have to drive it like a jeep instead of how you would normally ride a quad.

Yeah, you can get plows for them. Rhinos are designed more with work in mind than recreation, and with as much weight and traction that a rhino has, it would probably do a nice job plowing driveways.

 

I think the rhinos, and other side by sides are outlawed to ride on designated atv trails, i know they were a year ago here in wiconsin. I dont know about other states though. Youd need a pretty wide trail if you were woods riding, due to the wide stance, and large turning radius.

 

Hey dylan, did the DNR address this topic directly? I know that they are wider than the designated ATV dimensions in the state regs, however those have been the same since before the side by sides were on the market. I am just curiouse if the WiDNR has finally addressed them specificly? I did see them on the Cheese Trail last year.

 

Thanks for all the info guys I was thinking about either building my quads into a dragster(ds) and my 450 into an mx quad but was curious to if I want to do that or get a ute or a rhino also as they seem pretty cool and can be a real useful thing for the trails. I appreciate the responses and just wanted to see what you guys thought about it personally.

 

Heres what i found for you ugly88,
according to the wisconsin dnr website:
http://dnr.wi.gov/org/es/enforcement/DOCS/ATVRegs.pdf

What is an ATV according to Wisconsin? An ATV is an engine-driven
device which has a net weight of 900 pounds or less, which has a width of
48 inches or less, which is equipped with a seat designed to be straddled
by the operator and which is designed to travel on 3 or more low-pressure
tires. A low-pressure tire is a tire which has a minimum width of 6 inches,
which is designed to be mounted on a rim with a maximum diameter of 12
inches and which is designed to be inflated with an operating pressure not
to exceed 6 pounds per square inch as recommended by the manufacturer.

Other sites also talked about making designated trails for side by sides, and they are having trial periods on some trails, where they will see what the effect of the side by side is to the trail conditions.

Anyone who plans to buy a side by side should check this out, especially if they plan to ride trails in Wisconsin.

 

The Rhino will go any were the bike will go,
The Rhino wi fit on your truck the other side xside don't.

 

dylan,
so my Grizzly 700 is not legal to ride on an ATV trail in your state, because it has aftermarket 14" wheels on it. How dumb is that?

We had a 2006 Rhino and it was "ok" on trails, but worked better in more open terrain. We had the Yamaha overfenders on it, which did a marvelous job of pushing brush away from the sides of the Rhino, and it got very few scratches in the plastic considering all the brush we plowed through with that thing. The rollbar uprights did not fare as well though, and they were completely bare metal, because every inch of paint (or powder coat) had been scratched off by the time we sold it when it was a year old. All of the skid plates were also bent upward, and free of paint, due to the extra wheelbase length making it prone to drag its bottom. The dry rocky brushy terrain we ride in left the Rhino with an underbelly and rollbar sides that looked like polished steel. But we sure had fun with that Rhino, and it held up well.

 

Yeah, they really need to update their laws. A DS650 with wheel spacers also falls outside their numbers.

 

PA's laws are not nearly that specific. Max width is 50". They have 2 classes of atvs. The regular class 1 which is anything 3 or 4 wheeled, and class 2 which is basically those goofy looking 6-wheeled argo things that double as a very slow moving boat. So a rhino would be legal in PA, i'm not sure about the other side by sides though, but they're probably over 50".

And those laws only apply to riding on state-regulated lands anyways. I don't know about how it is where you guys are, but the state doesn't give us crap around here for riding areas. The biggest one I know of has 32 miles of trails and is closed half of the year for hunting, snowmobiling, and the such. And they require registration and insurance to ride. At the privately owned riding spots insurance and registration and insurance aren't required, and there aren't any pointless regulations about what is or isn't an atv (many of them even allow trucks, suvs, and buggies in). Among other things, i've actually seen a saturn off-roading at paragon.