Here is the one I got. I think it looks WAY better. Rhino Cage 1 Rhino Cage 2

 

I bought one today and had the same problem. I had to take the rollbar off. I was going to try and let air out of the tires and see if it fits. Will let you know.
CHAM

 

I imagine you have been razzed by enough people by now.. but you really should have thought of that before laying out the green stuff.. You can't modify the trailer.. so it looks like a new one is in order. You can special order trailers these days with extra height and taller doors if you still want an enclosed trailer... If you go this way, make sure you give yourself some extra height in the door area in case you ever want to put taller aftermarket tires on it.

 

Nah...not too much razzing. I didn't buy the Rhino for recreation as much as I did for work around the property.....and it has done that well. I purchased my enclosed trailer to haul my Ducati sportbikes to and from the track and on vacation......and it also serves its purpose well. There are just one or two times a year that I thought it may be nice to take the Rhino out to play (camping, hunting, etc). I've got an open trailer to use whenever I need and that is the current solution until I rationalize buying one to haul my tractor and Rhino.

 

On another website, they discussed the same issues... and one gentleman suggested putting his wife in on the passenger side... with both of them on board, there was just enough sag in the suspension to make it work.... he did mention that he had to make sure he pulled further into the trailer since he had a toyhauler with a pull down bed over the rear door and when they got out, it hit the cage on the bed...

Either way, the man is braver than I to suggest his wife made the difference... Mrs Dragginbutt would skin me alive and chase me with a broom if I had said that...

Good luck with your project.

DB

 

I don't know too much about UTV's, but I would assume that the Rhino has at least 8" of suspension travel. Couldnt you use ratchet straps between the axle and the frame (or control arms or whatever it has) to compress the suspension all the way down?

 

You know that is a simple common sense approach that may solve many people's problem and is a lot easier than removing the cage every time you want to ride.... thanks for sharing that...

I would have come up with something a whole lot harder to pull off, and probably much more costly..... My only suggestion would be to not leave the suspension in a compressed mode while in the trailer for too long.... it would tend to fatigue the coils over time I believe.

 

In the motorcycle world, a greater than 30% continuous compression of the springs is considered a no-no as it leads to sacking. I debated that with a friend a few years ago.........and then later helped him rebuild his front forks after a 1500 mile trailering.

 

Well, he said that he doesn't trailer it very often. And I wouldnt do it for a long trip. I couldnt find the aftermarket roll bars mentioned in the above posts, but a new set of springs after a few years might still be cheaper than a new roll bar? (I know that is poor logic, but it might justify it for some).

 

We are in the process of making the first run of roll bars for BRP. I'm not sure if they have them on the website yet, but if you are interested I believe you can order one, just call and get on the list.