Northern redneck
New member
Hey everyone, I'm fashionably late to the party here coming over from doc's main forum. Looks like I could gain some knowledge over here. I'm up in northwestern Ontario Canada about a 15 minute drive west of Lake superior.
I have a Jacobsen turfcat diesel 4x4 with a 72" front mounted triple mower deck. I've also got a couple atvs and a utv. The atv's are a 1989 yamaha breeze 125cc I inherited from my grandfather and a 2002 polaris sportsman 700. I don't use the polaris much anymore as a) I have a bad back and can't ride an atv for long. B) every time I look at the polaris lately, something is broken. Enter the utv. It's a 2018 cfmoto uforce 500. Not the most powerful thing out there but does everything that I need it to do. I have zero regrets so far about getting it over a so-called "name brand" utv. I've put some serious miles on it and haven't had a single mechanical issue. It came fully loaded with a 5 year warranty for $2000 less then a polaris ranger 570 stripped down with one year warranty. My buddy bought one of those when I got mine. All he does is basic road riding. Rarely goes off trail. And in 1000kms, he's blown 2 cv boots and an antifreeze line. Mine has 4400km of hard trail riding and hasn't so much as burped. It's loud. But I've given it a few upgrades since getting it new which include; a 2" lift kit, 27" swamp lite tires, 1.5" wheel spacers, a tougher homemade metal skid plate, a whiskeybent 1.5" exhaust tip, and heat resistant/sound deadening engine bay foam on the inside of the engine cover.
I have a Jacobsen turfcat diesel 4x4 with a 72" front mounted triple mower deck. I've also got a couple atvs and a utv. The atv's are a 1989 yamaha breeze 125cc I inherited from my grandfather and a 2002 polaris sportsman 700. I don't use the polaris much anymore as a) I have a bad back and can't ride an atv for long. B) every time I look at the polaris lately, something is broken. Enter the utv. It's a 2018 cfmoto uforce 500. Not the most powerful thing out there but does everything that I need it to do. I have zero regrets so far about getting it over a so-called "name brand" utv. I've put some serious miles on it and haven't had a single mechanical issue. It came fully loaded with a 5 year warranty for $2000 less then a polaris ranger 570 stripped down with one year warranty. My buddy bought one of those when I got mine. All he does is basic road riding. Rarely goes off trail. And in 1000kms, he's blown 2 cv boots and an antifreeze line. Mine has 4400km of hard trail riding and hasn't so much as burped. It's loud. But I've given it a few upgrades since getting it new which include; a 2" lift kit, 27" swamp lite tires, 1.5" wheel spacers, a tougher homemade metal skid plate, a whiskeybent 1.5" exhaust tip, and heat resistant/sound deadening engine bay foam on the inside of the engine cover.