Recent content by Boondox

Brian -- My two requirements for a trailer are smallish (to better navigate between trees) and decent ground clearance. I'm beginning to think this is something I'll end up making, as the store bought stuff seems to focus on good looks over function. Doggman -- My Honda quad has the OE tires...

Thanks, Brian. I hear you about the load! There are several trailers out there, most of them advertising a carrying capacity MUCH higher than I would consider safe on my property. So I'll keep looking till I find a dual axle SMALLISH trailer with fat tires capable of handling my sort of loads...

Well, the RTV ain't gonna happen. I rode my trusty old quad around the meadow this morning marveling at all the damage that rented RTV had caused in the wet field in just two days of use, then ran up one of the old logging roads that was also very wet...and decided under these conditions an RTV...

</p> I found one pic of that online, but can't remember where. Either here or Tractorbynet. It was a front view of an RTV with the BX tires on front, but it was parked in a garage just looking pretty. They did stick out quite a way, so while it looked like it could lighten the footprint, I had...

Craig -- Ha! You hit on one of the major reasons I want a side by side! When my six year old golden, Tuppence the Wonderbitch, was just a pup I tucked her into my vest when riding the Honda and even after she grew up it was an experience she loved. She'll park her buns on the seat right in front...

Doggman -- I heard about the rear tires and rims off a BX1500 fitting and asked my dealer about it. He asked his dealer buddies and found one up in Quebec that had done that at a customer's request. It worked very well till he was coming down a hill with a full load and made a turn. Not sure of...

Are there any small items or services I might try for to sweeten the deal? Small conveniences that aren't worth buying but are nice tossed in as freebies? Is the 50 hour service something best done by the dealer (who has the benefit of having seen hundreds of RTVs) and will dealers do that for...

Brian -- I wish it was that simple, but the wet spot is about 40 yards in diameter and stretches from the side of my garage to the boulder-strewn creek. It's at the center of the four quadrants of my land, so to go from the upper pasture to the lower, or from the northern forest to the southern...

Thanks, Brian. I was hoping you'd respond. I saw your other post about the tires as well. You hit on two of the major deciding factors for me. We have had an exceptionally wet year. There was a week when the meadow started to dry, but then the rains returned. Unfortunately, the soft spot is...

I was able to rent a rec model RTV with a dump bed and ATV tires, which were the essentials if this vehicle was going to be any use on my land. I have 155 acres on a forested hillside in northern Vermont, of which about half is accessible via my Honda Foreman 400 ATV. I rented the RTV to see if...

I decided to rent an RTV for the weekend to make sure it could handle the things I need to do. Brought it home last night and in the half hour of daylight left I was impressed overall, except for the ATV style tires. As I passed thru a muddy section they immediately loaded up and turned to...

Brian - Thanks for the welcome! I haven't ordered yet. Haven't even told my wife I intended to yet. I was going to, but one of our dogs (her favorite) died two days ago and there's a bit of grief at the Boondox homestead. I have two dealers within a reasonable distance of home, so have been...

Coastline -- I'd heard other RTV owners complain that a winch was nearly useless because the weight of the RTV was nearly the limit of the winch's capacity...so if you got hung up on a stump or a rock with a load in the bed you were SOL. Of course they might have had one of those 2500# ATV...