Recall Bad Boy Buggies

TWO GUNS

TWO GUNS

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NATCHEZ — Bad Boy Buggies, an off-road utility vehicle company, is recalling 3,200 buggies because reports the steering arm assemblies broke during operation.

Bad Boy Buggies announced Wednesday the recall of the Bad Boy LT, Classic, XT, XTO and XT Safari model electric off-road utility vehicles.

The models were sold nationwide from August of 2009 through June of 2011.
 
This is the type of thing that drove me to sell my electric Stealth 4x4 and buy the RTV. I'm sorry, but the dang things are just glorified golf carts and in my opinion are not tough enough for sustained off road use. I liked the quiet of the electric motor for hunting, but long term, they don't hold hold together too well. Once I was driving it down the road and thought I hit a big unseen hole, but in the headlights I could see the left front tire and wheel assembly roll off into a ditch. The whole wheel assembly separated from the axle. The axle nut was contained inside the hubcap, but there was no cotter pin. I don't think it was ever installed. A check of the right wheel assembly showed the axle nut in place with cotter pin installed. Another time the axle separated from the McPherson strut, again on the driver's side. There was a single 3/8" bolt that connects the two!! The threads stripped and eventually the cotter pin gave way. Needless to say, I was highly underwhelmed with the vehicle as I was a mile from camp and 100 miles from a repair shop.

I'm not tremendously surprised to see this recall, and it reinforces my decision to pull the trigger on the RTV.
 
i do agree with you on the glorified golf carts but i have to say when i worked for pride offshore drilling building their rigs we used basic golf carts bought from the local golf ing range. we would plug them in at the end of a 12 or 14 hour shift and hop on them the next morning.we would load up 4 or 5 guys with all their welding gear and run around the yard all day through mud/rain and sometimes ice and these things would take every bit of the abuse we put them through. i can't coment on them badboy buggys but a regular old golf cart that was purchased used from the ranges for 500.00 a piece would handle anything we never ever had a cart go dead on us because of dead batteries and we ran them all day and night. ever sinse i seen what they could do i wanted to buy one but never had the money.you can go to the ranges and they will sell you their used ones for 500.00 or less just because they upgrade every year or two.for 500.00 you get one hell of a deal but as for going out and paying a few grand for one of them hopped up buggies !NO WAY! i would say that out of a 12 hour shift we would have run the buggy about 7 hours total with heavy loads of 500lbs or more. them hopped up buggies had bigger tires that drain the batteries fast plus they put a huge strain on the steering parts too but get a bone stock golf cart with the stock tires and it will get the job done with power left over at the end of the day.
 
TWO GUNS said:
NATCHEZ — Bad Boy Buggies, an off-road utility vehicle company, is recalling 3,200 buggies because reports the steering arm assemblies broke during operation.

Bad Boy Buggies announced Wednesday the recall of the Bad Boy LT, Classic, XT, XTO and XT Safari model electric off-road utility vehicles.

The models were sold nationwide from August of 2009 through June of 2011.
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I have a Bad Boy MTV ( they also make the zero turn mowers - Willie Nelson is spokesman for them, etc.) which is made by a totally different company than the Bad Boy BUGGIES.

I agree the Bad Boy BUGGIES are a glorified golf cart - you can buy them at Cabelas, etc.

The Bad Boy MTV has been great for us. It's a short range people mover for us but we can also load 500 pounds of campfire sticks in it and it never complains. Plus it takes a lot of use off the RTV when the task doesn't involve hauling or pulling. It's great for seeing and hearing wildlife. It costs us about $1.00 to charge it for a weekend's worth of use. The eight 6 volt batteries ought to last about 5 years. It has a high tech built in charger ( high frequency de-sulphurator) that plugs in to any 15 amp 120v outlet. We plug it in overnight as a general practice. Never been stranded...

One feature that is on the MTV that would be great on an RTV (too many TVs) is the electric front driveline clutch. You can flip it on and off anytime and in any situation - under load, MT, running fast or slow. Granted, it might not work in an RTV because of size, cost, etc. but it would make the RTV so much easier to use. It also might reduce some the repair issues that creep up with the RTV mechanical linkage.
 
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Peanut,

You said you wouldn't pay a few grand for a glorified golf cart.......you know those things sell for .......... 12,500 bucks at Bass Pro Shops!!!!! I almost passed out. (4 seat Bad Boy Buggies)

Doc
 
I looked at some of these really close at the last SHOT show in las Vegas. My engineer sense said "nice try" but no thanks. The Idea of incorporating a motor for each axle appeals to me and is used on some of the 100-200 ton minetrucks. Some have a motor for each wheel as well. Maybe if they improve the structure the thing will workout ok but it will take time. The RTV 900 exceeds all my requirements and virtually problem free (knocking on wood). As for stealth I understand some electric cars now come with an engine noise simulator - ostensibly for city use. Makes you think.
 
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I will have to agree with peanut on the stock golf carts. I bought a lifted gas cart in 2001 and never changed the oil in it I just added oil when it needed it and ran several different kinds just what I had left over synthetic mixed with conventional and different weights and it still ran like a top when I sold it in 2011. I rode it just about every day and left it outside the whole time and it still looked fairly decent. I have almost 200 hrs on my Kubota since May and have did everything by the book and more to it for service because I have a few more dollars in it than that old golf cart.
 
.... not knocking the Bad Boy Buggies. But I don't want one.
They were, until about a year or so ago, built in Natchez, which is right across the Mississippi River from us. Someone purchased the company, and they moved it somewhere else.
Anyway,
.... I know many folks who did work at that plant, and I never heard any of them say a good thing about the buggies.

Main reason I never really wanted one, I was always afraid I could not afford the exstension cords if I ran out of juice in the swamps. ANDDDDDDDDDDDD, they would never even get started into the swamps in the winter time.....

They might be great for some, they just don't touch my soul >>>>>
 
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