Thinking about buying one , anymore opinions, one has had excellent luck ,one hasn't , need more input before decision, Thanks

 

I dont own one.I do have a good friends,Father who bought one in october.He is unhappy with his??its been out 4 times and has been in the shop everytime its been ridden..3 times with belt problems and once with a short somewhere??I dont know the details i can find out more.

 

I have an 04 that I bought used with 141 hours on it and I love it. I did have an issue, you can see the topic posted below, where it would not shift when the temp got below 32 degrees F. Found I had gotten water into the shifting gear box; dried it out, siliconed it up and no problems since. I live on a farm and use the Ranger for work and play and have to say it is one of the handiest tools I have. I move trailers and wagons with it, work fences with it, retrieve deer after hunting with it, go get the mail with it. We got several inches of snow with freezing rain on top of it last week and I lock the rear diff and in most cases off I go. If I need it I put it in 4wd and it is great. Can't say enough good things about it. I will say it does require a lot of PM (preventative maintenance), but it's a little effort for long-term satisfaction.