Hey, I know this is an ATV forum, but I've got no other place to go.

I'm trying to decide between the Rhino and the Ranger XP. Is one tougher than the other? I like to beat my vehicles pretty hard. The Rhino was fun to drive and I'm a little worried about the Polaris's reliability.

Anyway, lots of pros and cons for both, I'd like to know what y'all think.

 

if your buying for work the ranger if your buying for play go with the rhino you might also want to look at the new articcat sidexside.

 

the polaris' are deffenetly built tougher than the yamaha. however, the rhino is considerably more sporty as far as sidexsides go. the XP is faster, can haul more, do more work, and is alot more comfortable than the rhino, but its alot larger aswell.

 

Yeah, what they already said. You’re comparing a truck (Ranger) to a sports car (Rhino). I have a 700 EFI Ranger (4x4) with automotive glass windshield, metal top and rear window. The rear suspension is cranked up, 2” lift on the front, 28” Mud Lites on wheel spacers all around. It pulls trailers, hauls firewood either in the box or pulls a sled, goes through about 30” of water and handles just about whatever I throw at it. It also fits three people on the seat on the rare occasion I need to do that. Lots of power, choice of 1, 2, or AWD so you don’t have to tear up the turf in the yard and good skid plate under-body protection. Although I do “play with it” occasionally I bought it for more serious applications and it’s a fine machine. I’d like to put Gorilla’s 5” lift kit on it and tracks on all four corners for snow travel but for the $6000 that would cost I’ll stay with what I have for a while.

A friend of mine has a Rhino. I haven’t spent much time in or around it but it looks about half the size of my Ranger. Even with its smaller package you get a big motor (although I'm not real fond of single cylinder engines above 500cc) and IRS. The machine looks like it would be a blast for play but it would come up short for my utility needs.

 

It is basically this simple. If you want to play buy the Rhino. If you are working buy the Polaris.