The rancher is an excellent machine. The only thing it lacks is low gear. Come on Honda...your utility machines need low gear for doing the heavy work!!!!

 

Lacks low gear? Are you nuts? I have a 2001 Rancher 4X4 ES and it doesn't get any lower!

 

The Rancher's low gear is really low. You start in second.

 

if it were any lower, it would be reverse.

 

I bought my 2002 Rancher last year and the guy who I bought it from babied the thing so much he practically gave it a bath after ever ride and changed the oil every month. The day I got it I took it to his sons house (whom I am good friends with) and burried it a few times in the mud. And his dad almost cried when he seen it. lol.
I have gone with a 2" lift Maxxis Mudbug tires 26x12x10 front 27x12x12 on rear warn 2500# winch cycle country plow and fairleds and a bruised and battered warn plow.
I have also in the past week was plowing, standing up mind you I do not recomend this, and hit a curb at about 10 or 15 mph. My cheek bone hit the rocker switch for the winch and gave me a black eye. But the Racher still runs and drives like new. No bent frame. got lucky on that one.
I have also had it roll over 2 times once when driving in a swamp and the other getting pulled from the mud.

 

IF THE HONDA RANCHERS 1ST GEAR WAS ANY LOWER.......IT WOULD BE IN REVERSE. !! HA !!
i loved that quote,answered my question about how low the rancher would go...........
caint wait to get home and buy one.....
i'll probly get the 4-2-4 kit later,
buckweet

 

Count me in as another Rancher fan, ('05 ES). They are not too much and not too little. They are a very capable machine that is easy to operate, reliable and well made. First gear is pleanty low enough for anything I may wish to do with it!

 

"if it were any lower, it would be reverse"

PRETTY FUNNY

Ours has been great, only 1300 miles and not a single proble.

"They are not too much and not too little." Great description.

On VERY tough trails, or "technical" I would much rather ride our Rancher than our Rubicon.

Great ATV.

 

JUST LOVE THIS WEB SITE !!! ya'll have been most helpful..
48 more hours to go !!! then im going to buy me a honda rancher a.s.a.p.
caint wait to try it out in the hill's of missouri.....
buckweet

 

Youll love it, I know I did. Then I sold mine to my cousin, and he loves it too. If I could afford 2 utes, I'd still have one in the stable.