Quad advice

[russ91]

Hi guys after a bit of advice I'm thinking about getting a quad it will just be used to potter around the shoot and farm and will be used for lamping a few times a week, what sort of price will I be looking at ??

 

[roedeerred]

How long is a piece of string if you want to take a risk you will find them at farm/machinery sales for very little or a decant one from a dealer £2k+ with warranty etc.I got one from a firm at Malton North Yorks its never missed a beat in about 5years worst thing that you can do to agri quad is try and go too fast and run it flat out.

 

[russ91]

Cheers pal I'm not wanting a new 1 but not a reck

 

[Gazza]

It is no coincidence that most farmers use Hondas as they are very reliable but just remember when a farmer gets rid of anything it is usually causing trouble. For a reasonable second hand 4x4 quad around £2k.

 

[308boy]

If you can afford it get a Honda. Nuff said.

 

[sikadog]

Honda or Yamaha 350cc 4x4
My Yamaha is now 18 years old and still tows red and Sika stags out of the forest.
I gave £750 for it as a non runner 10 years ago spent £500 to sort it out and I have spent about £100 on it since

 

[Big Stu]

Purchased a 3 year old Yamaha Grizzly 660cc last september 254 miles on the clock for 3K

 

[Lee303]

If you had no concern for cash, there is only one: Can-Am (Bombardier), is by FAR the best make and certainly the best performance and reliability by a long way.

Honda can be easily equalled in performance by many other makes, including Yamaha and Suzuki. Longterm reliability on the other hand, Honda is hard to beat. We have 6 of them on the farm, and we put them to seriously hard work, all day, everyday. We kick the absolute sh1t out of them, and they never complain. As the Honda's get around 3 years old, we trade them in for new in a constant cycle.

You'll be talking around £2500 for a 4 year old Honda Foreman. (avoid ex-farm machines!)

 

[Gimlet]

I use an Arctic Cat on my farm and don't think it can be easily bettered.
It's a diesel version so runs all day on one tank of red unlike some of the thirstier quads out there.
Diesels can be a little bit noisier on full throttle but with the extra torque you can creep around on just over tickover very quietly.

 

[Deutsch - Drahthaar]

Agree with 308 boy buy a honda nothing else is as good ive got 08 350 and its light enough to handle got enough power and never misses a beat starts first push every time, had cheaper ones and an import and its not worth it in the long run.

 

[norma 308]

had 3 hondas all got borrowed by our traveller friends then got a yamaha kodiak 400 it really dosent cut the mustard like a honda as far as build quality .dont buy one from some bloke down the pub or a meet at a layby on the dual c way it will have been nicked !looking forward to my next honda boss said with the price of wheat he might be able to afford one .

 

[kickon]

Horses, for courses!
We've had them all, and, although it's slow on the road, we're running a Kubota RTV 900 now. Much safer, runs on red diesel, tippable rear bed, full 3 man cab, heater, radio, goes anywhere....

 

[JAYB]

I've got a Kawasaki KBF360, had it for a couple of years it's done 18000 miles, which makes it an old git in the quad world, starts first push of the button and never let me down. So to my way of thinking it is perfect

John

 

[cockerdog]

Buy Honda.....buy once