i was j/w who had a polaris diesel if ne one. and it as a 450 rite? and woudl it pull harder then ne othere

 

i was wondering the same thing....

 

they got one at my dealer.. it doesnt run tho... i bet she has some power tho.

 

One of the atv mags had an article on it a year or so ago. They pretty much said it was a dog. The only advantage was if all your other farm equipment ran on diesel fuel you would like the polaris diesel. They said it wont jump a log in the middle of the trail but had to bounce over it, Very little torque anad a long long time to gain speed. Maybe they are better now. I personally have never seen one only read about it.

Steve

 

You should find plenty of info about it by doing a search. There was a 99 model in my local paper a couple of weeks ago with only 100 and something miles on it for $3,500. Everything (on the boards) that I've read about them said that they were extremely slow. This is just one of many threads that popped up (it had the most replies of the top 5) when I typed in "diesel" while searching in the polaris forum. Diesel

 

yes i heard they are slow, since its a diesel u should be able to pull w/ hardly ne throttle. but who knows. thye dont have the accel of a gas but have 5x as much torque.

 

Brother in law had one. It had gobs of pulling power, but was noisy and Slow with a capital S.

For comparison, drive an old Magnum 325. That is about the acceleration it had, and a similar top speed. The only difference is it didn't bog going uphills or with a load.

If you want one for novelty purposes, or for construction work, by all means, don't be afraid of it, they were tough machines, but they are NOT trail riders, too slow, and too heavy. Think of it more as a mini tractor. The idea of them was for farmers/construction workers who had everything else running on diesel, and needed a heavy-duty machine. They were a good idea, that just wasn't practical. They were slow & cumbersome when compared to a normal ATV, but weren't good at handling big loads when compared to a Mule or Ranger, so they didn't really have a place. The Farmers didn't like them because they were too slow getting from field to field, and the ranchers didn't like them because they were too heavy to be quick maneuvering, had too slow of acceleration (couldn't catch a wild cow with one) and the noise could spook livestock if not used to it. In my opinion, it didn't catch on with construction sites because although it could haul or pull big loads, it didn't have any bigger racks than the standard ATV. If it had been built like the ATP, it maybe would have hung on in that segment.

Farmr