The Rhino was in fact delivered last friday. I gave it a bit of a workout over the weekend, but nothing to strenous.

Overall, I am very pleased with it. The engine starts right up, and hasn't stalled under load. I have not had the same issues with the prolonged warmup. It was about 45 here over the weekend, and no more than 30 seconds of warmup was required. I did it get it hopelessly stuck though, once.

When they say ATV, they really mean all terrain except mud. I tried to ford a small stream, and got stuck right in middle. The water was well above the floor boards, and despite being stuck, the engine did not quit and the belt did not slip. I had to shut it off and hike out of the woods to a friends who came and gave me a tow out. When I got back to the machine, it started right up and driove fine on the way home. I cleaned the mud out of it, and rode around for several more hours w/o incident.

The only add-ons I have are front and rear alum. guards for the A-arms, an alum brush guard for the back over the gear box, and a brush guard for the front for the headlights. I left the polymer/plastic skid plate in place and will replace it as needed with alum.

I definately think it needs a drink holder, and I will try and find that hunter works one. Is there a better or more affordable drink-holder option for these things?

I will also add the digital tach/speedo and perhaps a winch (would have saved me some walking and some embarassement, lol).

Mine is missing the owners manual, which the dealer is going to mail to me ASAP. Anything else I should know in the meantime?

Oh, BTW, the dealer said to clean it off with a pressure washer after use. Is is necessary or even advisable? I am worried that spraying everything down will force water into places it shouldn't go.

 

Hi, I bought my Rhino in June last year. Owners manual was underdrivers/passengers seat. I've pressure washed many times with our any problems.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] I used the winch twice never stuck in mud, hung up in center on deep snow or very large logs. 27 mudlites,top windshield for winter,dig dash, a-gaurds,overfenders,better lights. The only problem I have is the gas filler neck(plastic) is getting out of round making the gas cap difficult to put back on.

 

hey guys, iwas thinking about getting a rhino, but it was just a little to small (orderd a ranger), i have 5 kids, I did notice that the front end (rhino) has no protection (the radiator) the first thing i would add would be some kind of plate to keep the sticks off of it. its just a matter of time before you tear it up, have fun Froggy