SE MT | Mnjosh - 4/13/2017 11:03
We are considering a Polaris Ranger for the farm. What are the good and bad about them? A new one is not an option. What are some others that may be good ones in that 2010 and older? While doing some research on these, I see that some list hours and not miles. What is considered high hours or high miles? Thank you.
We've been running polaris rangers on our ranch since about 2008.
We started with a pair of used 700s, ran them to about 2500 hours, then traded because the frames were cracking out a bit on the back, which I could have fixed, but we were ready to trade.
We now have 4 polaris ranger 800s. two 2011s, a 2012, and a 2013. The first 3 have over 20,000 miles and around or over 3000 hours on the clocks.
The 800s have a few chronic ailments, but if you know what they are it's not too big of deal and you can be ready for them/see them coming.
I know these 800s inside out after having them about 6 years now, and having worked on every part of them, I now do repair work for the neighbors and outfitters as well.
I can go through the 800s problems for you, but it'd be fairly in depth. The 900s are improved in places, but not enough in my mind to warrant the hype of trading. If you have an 800 with a steel cab, you can still buy the Ranger Full Size 570 which is the old 800 chassis with the new 570 engine, moved back in the chassis... a bare bones, but still nice machine.
For what these machines are put through, they hold up as you would expect. I remember when we were using horses and pickups for ranch use, and our repair bills were much higher, not to mention needing to trade ever few years.
Anyone who'd like to discuss more, I spend quite a little time over on sxsnation.com, under the same username. I do some "how to's" and post stuff up that's relevent to the Rangers, and others post things for other brands as well.
Those who simply say "polaris is bad" would be unhappy no matter what they had. Some people simply don't do well with machinery ownership, either from a maintenance, use, or lack of knowledge on how to repair side of things. |
What are the good and bad of Polaris Rangers?
