Best enclosed ATV on a budget

[Guest Gimlet]

Following last year's washout winter I've decided I need an enclosed ATV for the next hedge laying season. I spent two months on a waterlogged farm where the ground was too wet to drive over with regular vehicles so all I had was a quad bike and no shelter from the rain. It was miserable. 

 

I'm back there next season so I thought I'd invest in an enclosed ATV of the Gator/Kubota/Polaris persuasion. It'll be ideal for hedge laying and will also come in really handy for shooting and extracting coppice products. It'll earn its keep.

Only trouble is, I can't afford a brand new John Deere. I'm on a budget, ideally under six grand if that's possible. So bearing in mind I'll be looking at something with a few hours under its belt, what would people recommend. What's good, what's reliable and what's not. Only proviso is it needs to be a pick-up style machine with a cargo deck for tools etc and it must have doors and a roof. 

Edited June 10, 2021 by Gimlet

[Will C]

The mules seem to be reliable but older ones are sloooow, newer shape not so bad, they also tow a small trailer no bother.

I’ve no experience of the others.