Put a 3" lift, new bigger tires, and removed the sway bar on this 2016 Polaris Ranger 900 6 seater. Thing is a beast. Took it up some crazy trails in this mountainous terrain.
[ - ] clymer 1 point 1 yearJun 16, 2024 05:28:26 ago (+1/-0)
uforce 600. I've had it for a few years, and honestly the thing has been kind of a beast, I work the fuck out of it. I have to wear ear protection in the fucking thing, but it's been a beast in terms of being able to plow snow, haul gravel, tow shit (should have bought the 1000 / twin cylinder). I picked it up back in spring 2021 during the supply crunch, was originally thinking Polaris or Kawasaki Mule, but nothing and I mean NOTHING was in stock anywhere, besides this one lonely uforce, so I pulled the trigger and ..it's been pretty good so far
speaking of which ..I let the dealer do the original break-in service and @50hrs. I am coming up on 100 and it's out of warranty now anyway, so will do the rest myself. Anything I need to watch out for with these?
I used to work on those at a dealership. ALWAYS USE LOW GEAR for low speeds, mud, hills, and lots of stop-and-go riding. I can't tell you how many belts and worn CVT sheaves I have changed because customers use high gear for everything and burn up the belt and sheaves prematurely.
LOL already learned my lesson (the first belt was skipping because I was using high to move tree limbs with the winch out of the woods in reverse - replaced. That was at like 25 hours). Honestly, for the money: 10K with hardtop, winch.. Fucking thing starts every time I hop in it. Have spread like 100 yards of crushed rock with it, WAY overfilling the dump body, I plow uphill a 12 degree slope ..never owned a polaris so I can't compare (i'm sure they are hands down a better machine), but for the money ..it's been good to me. So far
Those things are useful for all sorts of stuff. I see a lot of them around here in farmer country.
I like seeing the converted solar golf carts. Take a 36/48v golf cart, put the offroading kit on it, slap a PV controller and as many/densest PV panels on top as you can. Upgrades to that would be a better throughput battery, more roof+panels, and move from 36v to 48v(if applicable).
Been a while since I've ridden the mountain bike out to the trails. Mostly just take the dog on hikes and whatnot these days.
Been refurbishing the old bike recently and am on the last part (front fork/shocks). Once that's done I can re-assemble it and it'll be good for another 20 years, god willing.
My dad had a "Stealth" buggy. It was pretty much a badass golf cart with a lot of batteries (dont know the voltage) but it had an inverter and an AC motor and was 4wd with a high lift and big ITP mud tires. This was pretty fast for a 4wd golf cart. Super fun to offroad on that thing.
Probably to up the amperage available to the motors. If you upgrade the motors you need to pay attention to amp draw or you'll run into problems. It's one of the reasons those DIY ebikes catch fire sometimes.
Super fun to offroad on that thing.
Yeah, that's why people do it. That and free grocery trips.
Hell yeah that's what I did today. Perfect day for it. Just made an upload about it before I seen this. I have 32" on my General but still drag once in a while. A friend of mine got shitty gas and was having problems with his quitting. As soon as I heard it I knew it was water in the gas.
Had a HS buddy who lived 'in the countryside' back when the definition of country didn't include housing tracks. We'd take 3-wheelers through frozen ponds covered with snow to make the race course and drift them between the trees. I think I'm one of the few people who've done a 360 on a snowmobile. We were doing 45-50mph down a sheet ice dirt road. Buddy was up on the side grass and slammed on the brakes. I did the same and rotated in slo-mo expecting to jump high when it caught. It didn't and somehow ended up in the same direction by pure luck.
This year I finally bought an E-bicycle and so glad to have finally pulled the trigger.
Hills are easy and fast. Can carry a few bags of groceries. The 55yo old knees don't ache at the end of the ride. Easy to get around town if the car breaks down. It's supposedly rated for 30-40 miles on one battery. Not entirely perfect but so better than the salvation army thing I was occasionally riding for the last fifteen years. New chinese tires for that would have been more expensive than a new bike.
Today I rode down to the farmer's market (plenty of eye candy) and bought with cash a ton of homegrown food for the freezer from local farm producers outside the system. They are always there in the rain and 100 deg days. Went to the bike store and got a water bottle and extra light. Afterwards went up the street a ways to explore, passed a smiling cute girl walking a GSD, and discovered an extensive overgrown winding trail system through the woods which I never knew about the entire time I've lived here. Never saw a person on the trail, not even a bum camping. Almost got lost after a while and had to double back.
I also had a good day. People don't know what they are missing.
I have a dirt bike and an ATV, but broke my femur for the second time on my bike a couple months back :( so now Im driving this SxS. Still super fun though
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I like seeing the converted solar golf carts. Take a 36/48v golf cart, put the offroading kit on it, slap a PV controller and as many/densest PV panels on top as you can. Upgrades to that would be a better throughput battery, more roof+panels, and move from 36v to 48v(if applicable).
Been a while since I've ridden the mountain bike out to the trails. Mostly just take the dog on hikes and whatnot these days.
Been refurbishing the old bike recently and am on the last part (front fork/shocks). Once that's done I can re-assemble it and it'll be good for another 20 years, god willing.
Good to see more of us getting outside. It helps.
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Probably to up the amperage available to the motors. If you upgrade the motors you need to pay attention to amp draw or you'll run into problems. It's one of the reasons those DIY ebikes catch fire sometimes.
Yeah, that's why people do it. That and free grocery trips.
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This year I finally bought an E-bicycle and so glad to have finally pulled the trigger.
Hills are easy and fast. Can carry a few bags of groceries. The 55yo old knees don't ache at the end of the ride. Easy to get around town if the car breaks down. It's supposedly rated for 30-40 miles on one battery. Not entirely perfect but so better than the salvation army thing I was occasionally riding for the last fifteen years. New chinese tires for that would have been more expensive than a new bike.
Today I rode down to the farmer's market (plenty of eye candy) and bought with cash a ton of homegrown food for the freezer from local farm producers outside the system. They are always there in the rain and 100 deg days.
Went to the bike store and got a water bottle and extra light.
Afterwards went up the street a ways to explore, passed a smiling cute girl walking a GSD, and discovered an extensive overgrown winding trail system through the woods which I never knew about the entire time I've lived here. Never saw a person on the trail, not even a bum camping. Almost got lost after a while and had to double back.
I also had a good day. People don't know what they are missing.
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Not riding.
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