Hi all,
I need some help finding the right atv/utv to help work my 20 acre very hilly horse ranch. I am a small woman who knows nothing about atvs, and have never ridden one. But I need something that will help me mow some hilly pastures, and deliver hay or compost to the hilly pastures, and spray herbicides on them, etc. I'm afraid a tractor will roll, so I'm thinking an atv with accessories would be the way to go. I don't want to go fast or do wheelies, I just want something that will get the job done and not hurt me on those hills! I would prefer to buy a used one, but am also considering new. Any advice in choosing the right atv or what to look for would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

 

Ranch work,get a ute Ranger,Rhino,or a teryx.....Best all aroun d vehicles...for farm or ranch..

 

I've thought about a ute. Currently we have an EZGO Workhorse with an 11hp engine that can pull 1000 pounds, and it has a bed that we use around the ranch a lot to carry things. We use it on the roads and the few flat areas of the pastures, but it doesn't feel safe on the hills.

Could a ute negoiate the hills like a quad could? I'm going to try to attach some pictures of the hills - don't know if it will work!

 

My Rhino with big tires can make those hills and then some......you have to be careful on anything when your working a farm.I hunt on land that has that are more incline.

 

Nothing compares to a 6x6 Ranger with a combined bed and towing capacity of 3,750 pounds. 1,750 in the bed, more than 4 times the Rhino's puny 400 pounds, and another ton behind it. You can put tracks on the back 4 wheels and have a half-track that will go where no other ATV or UTV will go. It seats 3 people side by side and has a steering wheel like a car or pickup truck. You can get an electric lift to dump the box with the press of a button.

 

True! But it is bigggggggggg!,and want go were a Rhino will.

 

I want to go where an ATV will and a Rhino won't. Like 3,000 miles of trails in my state that are legally limited to a maximum width of 50". If I get something that's too big to fit on a trail then it doesn't matter how big it is. Bigger is more stable on hills.

I haven't seen a ranch or farm field yet where a Rhino will go and a Ranger won't, but a 6-wheel drive <u>will</u> go places a 4-wheel drive won't.

 

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: pwillie

Ranch work,get a ute Ranger,Rhino,or a teryx.....Best all aroun d vehicles...for farm or ranch..</end quote></div>
All of the sxs that pwillie list would make a great sxs but the Rino probobly has the most aftermarket support for it avail kinda like comparing a Hummer to Jeep the there is 3 times the ammount of support for a Jeep than a Hummer!

 

If you want to haul 3 or 6 people your choices are a lot more limited than if you only want a 2-person UTV.