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| My best friend has the Ranger Crew 800 with a full enclosed cab, heater, and Camoplast Tatou tracks that he can put on in the winter time making it virtually unstoppable. He pulls ice houses around with it and trailers, etc. He loves it, other than with the full enclosed cab it is very loud inside, and with the tracks the speed is fairly limited. The Ranger and all the accessories was pretty pricey.
We have two John Deere Gator 825i's that I drive a lot. They'll go through more than I originally expected them to. I haven't tried them in more than about 10" of snow, but they went through it like nothing. I did get one stuck in some serious wetland swamp mud last spring, due to the fact that I ran out of trail and had to turn around in tight quarters. With the winch on the front and my wife at the wheel we were out in a few minutes, but needed a serious hosing off. Other times, I've powered through many other spots that I thought we might get stuck. They'll climb some pretty serious hills. The center of gravity is pretty low considering the ground clearance. I've had them up over 40 mph, which doesn't seem like a lot, but feels like your flying on those aggressive tires and gravel roads. I've launched my Dad's 16' boat with one in a pond with some pretty soft soil.
They are a lot of fun and enable you to do quite a bit with them that a 4-wheeler won't. There are still times I prefer tearing around on the 4-wheeler, but if I'm doing anything more than messing around I'm behind the wheel of the gator.
Ryan
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