bigbendmarine
5 year old buck +
Ok, I know it's about as loaded a question as asking "which boat?" on a saltwater fishing forum with best answers (and rarely a perfect single answer) depending on LOTS of variables.... so I'll do the best I can to quickly provide what I hope is helpful info.
Wife is giving clear green light for UTV, so question is with information above what would you recommend and at least for moment with budget not identified as issue. Have to admit despite living in the country almost all my life, never had a 4 wheeler or UTV though have had access to golf carts (and not ruling out heavy duty golf cart as possible best fit either)... and have to admit, part of desire is having something just a bit more fun to ride around in than loading friends / visitors in Nissan Titan just to drive 600 yards or so to pond or if giving tours around lay of land. Know my 8 year old daughter would enjoy rides with me in a more open vehicle as well, so again "fun" is a bit of a factor as well as desires for utility.
VERY curious and open minded to hear what everyone has to say. :)
- Already have a personal truck (2005 Nissan Titan) I use to drive around my 112 acres, but sometimes just want to zip down to my pond 600 yards behind my house without driving the truck. If checking cards at various camera sites, usually walk but if pushed for time sometimes drive truck around property.
- Have approx 20 acres of fields I drive around outside hunting season / with at least 2 or so acres in plots at far end of fields during summer AND winter. Per the attached pic, width of property is only a bit over 500 yards.
- Already have a John Deere tractor (5425 cab / 81 hp engine / 65 hp PTO), a 10' PTO driven box cutter, and a disc for the tractor.
- Do NOT have any cultipacker / currently drag weighted chain fence as needed. Also do not have any sprayer / use 4 gallon backpack sprayer occasionally but would love to upgrade to more automated pull sprayer be it for use with tractor, UTV, or even truck.
- With as much wooded area as I have and trees surrounding my home site, regularly cutting wood and using truck to haul if keep any for burning or even just to haul to burn piles if burning on site.
- Do occasionally drive on neighboring plantation land to west of my property (my boundaries are marked in red) to access dam on section of pond I own. Ride is about a mile long and all dirt. Maybe drive it a half-dozen times a year or so, though in future hope to blaze access trail down my west border for easier access.
- LOVE to take wildlife pictures as a hobby and also would prefer not to spook deer more than I have to, so from that standpoint thinking quieter ride of battery or hybrid system *might* be a preference (though have seen folks on some forums swear battery driven vehicles spooked their wildlife even more and I have no preset opinion since don't have experience).
Wife is giving clear green light for UTV, so question is with information above what would you recommend and at least for moment with budget not identified as issue. Have to admit despite living in the country almost all my life, never had a 4 wheeler or UTV though have had access to golf carts (and not ruling out heavy duty golf cart as possible best fit either)... and have to admit, part of desire is having something just a bit more fun to ride around in than loading friends / visitors in Nissan Titan just to drive 600 yards or so to pond or if giving tours around lay of land. Know my 8 year old daughter would enjoy rides with me in a more open vehicle as well, so again "fun" is a bit of a factor as well as desires for utility.
VERY curious and open minded to hear what everyone has to say. :)