ATV's and Quads

[Luke Quenby]

Honda 350 Foreman with a winch fitted to the front. Electric transmission. Never misses a beat, never got stuck, never run out of work for it!! Seems to take all in it's stride and is pretty light to, unlike some of the bigger 500's etc. Not to sure about the new version, ours is 4 years old, seems it's built to look the part a bit to much maybe? Pulls like a train to, only thing it misses on is it will loose traction before it looses power. Great bikes though, for farm and forest.

[Joe]

i've had a honda trx250 and it would easily pull a chipper, and i also had a atc125m trike made by honda and in low ratio it would pull most things, both never let me down until the quad ran out of fuel and the trike was towing me home up my lane, when pc plod took both bikes off me and crushed them:thumbdown:

[Andy Collins]

i've had a honda trx250 and it would easily pull a chipper, and i also had a atc125m trike made by honda and in low ratio it would pull most things, both never let me down until the quad ran out of fuel and the trike was towing me home up my lane, when pc plod took both bikes off me and crushed them:thumbdown:

I take it they werent road legal then? I have mine on agri reg. not that hard to do, and cheaper then crushing!

[Bear]

what about a Mule or something like that. grizzly 450 are brilliant and the new Honda foreman is ment to be very good and there doing great deals at the mo....

[Charlieh]

what about a Mule or something like that. grizzly 450 are brilliant and the new Honda foreman is ment to be very good and there doing great deals at the mo....

 

im not overly keen on the sit in job's like the mule, especially for stuff like reseeding slopes and i dont think they are as usefull on soft ground,

 

never used or riden a yamaha, not sure what the local support here is like for them, but with hondas both my local agri sales places sell them and my local stihl/husky dealership service them so i will never be to far from somewhere for parts or servicing,

 

im strongly leaning towards the honda, especially after seeing how well Andy's one coped in the woods earlier in the year

[Joe]

I take it they werent road legal then? I have mine on agri reg. not that hard to do, and cheaper then crushing!

 

no not legal at all, i new i was pushing it using them on road at all, but i got away with it for 6 months and the bikes were only about £500 each, so i made my money back working with them on my local farm. im just lucky and grateful that i never got any points on my licence, and only got away with a warning, but they were two great bits of kit and both great fun

[Stephen Blair]

the mules are terrifying down hill mate, there is no engine break, they either take off or lock up when you tap the breaks. noisy as hell too. i dont like them on side slopes. i would rather sit in the back so i can jump out if i need to.

[Andy Collins]

im not overly keen on the sit in job's like the mule, especially for stuff like reseeding slopes and i dont think they are as usefull on soft ground,

 

never used or riden a yamaha, not sure what the local support here is like for them, but with hondas both my local agri sales places sell them and my local stihl/husky dealership service them so i will never be to far from somewhere for parts or servicing,

 

im strongly leaning towards the honda, especially after seeing how well Andy's one coped in the woods earlier in the year

 

ha cheers charlie, I actually preferred the 350 in the woods before, a lot more nimble, tighter turning circle and plenty of grunt. TBH there isnt a lot of benefits from having the 500 over the 350, imo the electrickery on the gear change is good when new, but get any moisture in the block and its a royal pita, the heatshrink channels water down the cable to the block, causing corrosion. A bad diagnosis will mean re-newing expensive leccy parts, where a good squirt of wd40 will cure, and slice a drainage slot in the heatshrink above the block to allow the water to drain before it gets to the block. Saying all this, I do like the leccy 2-4wd when you need the extra pull, very smooth.

[tommer9]

Wow! a million miles away from my world. I can just about afford to keep a defender and chipper on the road. My missus has an old vectra that gets repaired when absoloutely necessary. I long to be able to buy another vehicle, but i know i couldnt afford to put it on the road. Still paying for my sawmill and missus's horses. I might sell the mill and buy an ak47 and giant horse minceing machine.:001_tongue:Or a divorce lawyer!:001_tongue:LOL

[Andy Collins]

Aaah, you see the quad IS my workhorse, pure and simple, it multi-tasks for every job I do, I dont have a landy or a truck, so not really a million miles away. Your better off than me!