2013 polaris ranger 900

[TizHot]

If you are looking for a workhorse that has one purpose the Kabota is a great choice. But you're getting nowhere quick. The Ranger is a great product and have heard nothing about the 900's that would prevent me from buying one. Honestly looking at a Can Am Commander right now. Have a Teryx but its got 6200kms on it and its still good enough to send it down the road confident it will make someone a great unit.
The guys that comment that a pickup can do the same have never used one. They climb like mtn goats, do every job on the farm and some they shouldn't. Best investment we made was a side by side. If dealer service is good I think you are on the right track with the ranger.

 

[Traveler]

Sorry to hijack the thread, but does anyone know how the Kubota diesel UTV compares to the Polaris in road speed, handling, etc.

I recently attended the annual open house lunch at the Kubota dealer in Rapid City. Those lil' orange outfits look kinda appealing with their hydro trans, hard plastic cabs with real glass, factory heat/AC, and hydraulic dump box! Just like a lil' pickup, including full grill guard!

Did you look at the specs? A 2500 lbs machine with just under 25 hp, and a top speed of 25 mph.

http://www.kubota.com/product/RTV1100/RTV1100.aspx

 

[buckranch1]

George if I had one like that I'd never have to worry about a fence crawler again.

 

[HAY MAKER]

best price I got so far..................
on a new loaded single bench Ranger $15K
good luck

 

[John SD]

Sorry to hijack the thread, but does anyone know how the Kubota diesel UTV compares to the Polaris in road speed, handling, etc.

I recently attended the annual open house lunch at the Kubota dealer in Rapid City. Those lil' orange outfits look kinda appealing with their hydro trans, hard plastic cabs with real glass, factory heat/AC, and hydraulic dump box! Just like a lil' pickup, including full grill guard!

Did you look at the specs? A 2500 lbs machine with just under 25 hp, and a top speed of 25 mph.

http://www.kubota.com/product/RTV1100/RTV1100.aspx

Yep, I realize the Kubota ain't no sports car. Neither is my new Honda Rancher

At times I do miss the speed of my old Polaris 4 wheeler which would do 50. 8) I'm older now. As long as I stay off the blacktop 25 is probably fast enough for me.

Maybe what I should have asked was if anyone does a lot of roading with either a Kubota or a Polaris. Looks to me like 25 mph would be fast enough regardless for either make on a cow trail so it wouldn't make much difference.

I do suspect the Polaris has a more forgiving suspension than the Kubota. No doubt the Polaris would have the clear speed advantage on a graded road or blacktop.

There is no reason for me to have a UTV on the road, Unless I drive it 13 miles to get my mail or 10 miles to church.

 

[3 M L & C]

Sorry to hijack the thread, but does anyone know how the Kubota diesel UTV compares to the Polaris in road speed, handling, etc.

I recently attended the annual open house lunch at the Kubota dealer in Rapid City. Those lil' orange outfits look kinda appealing with their hydro trans, hard plastic cabs with real glass, factory heat/AC, and hydraulic dump box! Just like a lil' pickup, including full grill guard!

Did you look at the specs? A 2500 lbs machine with just under 25 hp, and a top speed of 25 mph.

http://www.kubota.com/product/RTV1100/RTV1100.aspx

Yep, I realize the Kubota ain't no sports car. Neither is my new Honda Rancher

At times I do miss the speed of my old Polaris 4 wheeler which would do 50. 8) I'm older now. As long as I stay off the blacktop 25 is probably fast enough for me.

Maybe what I should have asked was if anyone does a lot of roading with either a Kubota or a Polaris. Looks to me like 25 mph would be fast enough regardless for either make on a cow trail so it wouldn't make much difference.

I do suspect the Polaris has a more forgiving suspension than the Kubota. No doubt the Polaris would have the clear speed advantage on a graded road or blacktop.

There is no reason for me to have a UTV on the road, Unless I drive it 13 miles to get my mail or 10 miles to church.

We road our a lot. With dads ranger it goes 55 or so and is just as stable driving that fast as a Toyota pickup. We generally are not very easy on the gas pedal, but it still does better on gas than any pickup we have. It's usually turn the corner and full steam ahead. Dads one pasture is about 10 miles away from the farm and he drives his ranger there more than a pickup. Those things are the smoothest riding thing I have ever rode through a pasture on. We also use it for changing oil in irrigation wells and daily checkups as well. I believe last year we put around 5000 miles between the two that we have. I don't know what kind of laws other places have, but here they let you drive them on the county road and even in town, but not on the state highway.

 

[Hayguy]

according to the spec's my tracker is narrower, not as tall, weighs less, has 80 hp over 25, will cruise at 50 mph 60 if you push it, it is about a foot longer though giving more leg room. ground clearence is about 10 inches but i can't find what the clearance is for the kubota. plus i can take the tracker to town

 

[HAY MAKER]

I wonder which is more durable the diesel engine or gas, the difference in price is nothing at least that's what Im told, got a price of $13189 and can get $8K for my mule trade .
The dealer I visited with is huge and is a Polaris and Mule Kawasaki dealer, one thing I found strange was they had those Rangers in there by the dozens waiting for service there must have been 20 or 30 and no Mules.
I asked the sales guy which sold better and he said they sold about the same..................
There may be a message here ?
good luck

 

[John SD]

I wonder which is more durable the diesel engine or gas, the difference in price is nothing at least that's what Im told, got a price of $13189 and can get $8K for my mule trade .
The dealer I visited with is huge and is a Polaris and Mule Kawasaki dealer, one thing I found strange was they had those Rangers in there by the dozens waiting for service there must have been 20 or 30 and no Mules.
I asked the sales guy which sold better and he said they sold about the same..................
There may be a message here ?
good luck

If a guy did buy a diesel UTV, licensed it, and drove it into town probably wouldn't want to be caught with red fuel or the DOT might own a new toy! :shock: :shock: :shock:

It's 40 miles to the nearest "big town" here. Don't think I would go that far, even on a Polaris. :wink:

FWIW, 80+ yr old neighbor here has had a Mule for a couple years. It's fast enough for him.

 

[Traveler]

Sorry to hijack the thread, but does anyone know how the Kubota diesel UTV compares to the Polaris in road speed, handling, etc.

I recently attended the annual open house lunch at the Kubota dealer in Rapid City. Those lil' orange outfits look kinda appealing with their hydro trans, hard plastic cabs with real glass, factory heat/AC, and hydraulic dump box! Just like a lil' pickup, including full grill guard!

Did you look at the specs? A 2500 lbs machine with just under 25 hp, and a top speed of 25 mph.

http://www.kubota.com/product/RTV1100/RTV1100.aspx

Yep, I realize the Kubota ain't no sports car. Neither is my new Honda Rancher

At times I do miss the speed of my old Polaris 4 wheeler which would do 50. 8) I'm older now. As long as I stay off the blacktop 25 is probably fast enough for me.

Maybe what I should have asked was if anyone does a lot of roading with either a Kubota or a Polaris. Looks to me like 25 mph would be fast enough regardless for either make on a cow trail so it wouldn't make much difference.

I do suspect the Polaris has a more forgiving suspension than the Kubota. No doubt the Polaris would have the clear speed advantage on a graded road or blacktop.

There is no reason for me to have a UTV on the road, Unless I drive it 13 miles to get my mail or 10 miles to church.

It looks like the air intake and radiator are right in the dirt, in front of the rear tires, from what I've seen. If you happen to look at one again, see if you agree.

 

[HAY MAKER]

I wonder which is more durable the diesel engine or gas, the difference in price is nothing at least that's what Im told, got a price of $13189 and can get $8K for my mule trade .
The dealer I visited with is huge and is a Polaris and Mule Kawasaki dealer, one thing I found strange was they had those Rangers in there by the dozens waiting for service there must have been 20 or 30 and no Mules.
I asked the sales guy which sold better and he said they sold about the same..................
There may be a message here ?
good luck

If a guy did buy a diesel UTV, licensed it, and drove it into town probably wouldn't want to be caught with red fuel or the DOT might own a new toy! :shock: :shock: :shock:

It's 40 miles to the nearest "big town" here. Don't think I would go that far, even on a Polaris. :wink:

FWIW, 80+ yr old neighbor here has had a Mule for a couple years. It's fast enough for him.

I'm not sure you can license one for the roads here in Tx ?
The mule is a good machine but that top speed of 20MPH is on level ground, I have a road that's on an incline and by the time I get to level ground that mule is doing about 3MPH.
Good luck

 

[RedneckRepairs]

I just bought an 08 polaris 700 with full cab and i have to say that it is working out well for me . Having never owned one of the little go buggys before i was reluctant to spend what a new one brings .
So far i have used it for cleanup around the place ( getting where its tight for the pickup taking out dead trees ect.. ), checking wells /hauling salt & mineral , fixing fence , ect..
I am now fabbing up a sprayer to knock down weeds around the houses and possibly spray some sagebrush & soapweeds .
When i set out to check salt/wells its about a 30 mile round trip of mixed gravel roads and pasture trails . My ranger will run about 50 on the roads and ride smoother than the pickup in the pastures and as far as i know only the new gator of the " work " utvs will match that speed . It will haul anything that i have been able to put in the box , and if need be the wife can dump it by herself with the standard air assist they put on them . All and all i think that it was a good investment just for the "handy" it provides as well as not beating the pickup up as bad bouncing over the rough parts of the pastures .
I gotta say that the durned thing is like a microwave oven ( for them old enough to remember days before them ) or a cell phone , you never need one till you have one and then you just dont see how you got by without it .
Edited to add :
Reading around the internet i dont see much bad posted about the 900s , in fact they seem to be a better unit than the 800 that has been out a few years as far as design problems go . Were i to " pull the tigger " again today knowing what i know now i would give them a hard look even given the " premium " that a newer, bigger unit would cost .

 

[Aladar]

you can get the air cleaner up at cab height with the Kubota. The heater will warm up a newborn calf quickly as well.

Have 3 of the Kubota RTV's-- while not as fast as some of the others, the stability, power, and a hard cab with air and heat more than makes up for the difference.

Use it off road and on road. 1 has a sprayer in the back, we run it on a low bumper hitch golf cart trailer and use it to spray flies in the summer. Another has a downsized cake feeder on it--- used year round. The 3rd is kept to take customers to look at cattle and calves---

Very happy with the Kubota's to date.