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Choosing a new Gator
I've owned every series Gator except the tircycle and the electric model. My current one is a XUV four wheel drive. The ride is considerbaly better on the XUV with the independent suspension, and yes, your father will apreciate the four wheel drive, the two wheel drive models can be kind of helpless. The XUV series also has fuel injection that makes starting just as easy as your car, with no choke to mess with.
I'm sure you will get some negative comments about Gators, but as many of them as there are there are bound to be problems with a few. I've had nothing but good results with them, each one has been better than the last one, and they earn their keep here, I use them daily around the farm but try not to abuse them.
I don't think you will do your father a favor by skipping the four wheel drive.
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Only other advice I would offer is yes go to a regular John Deere dealership. I haven't had any luck dealing with a lawn and garden dealeship they seem not to be very negotiable. If you don't have anything to trade in I'd try a couple local dealerships, just tell them you are going to buy a Gator, give me your best price. Then go to another dealer and ask for the same on an identical model.
Deere has a whole list of options for the Gator, depending on how Dad is going to use it. The high dollar wheels and throaty muffler, etc. are neat but really won't make the Gator any more usefull or pleasant for Dad to drive.
My preferred options are of course the four wheel drive, brush guards for the front, a guard package for the front CV joints, the front and rear hitch recievers, and the power lift for the bed. I did get a really usefull crossbed tool box like you see in pickup trucks and it wasn't a real costly thing. I don't know if they still offer the heavy duty tire optoin, but they are a heavier tire for more puncture resistance out in the woods etc. Tat's about all I can think of at the moment. Frank.
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Pappy;
I'm not putting the Bobcat down, but just wondered why an all aluminum frame is better than a steel frame?
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Sometime after we got our first Gator I built a little parade hayrack that is in the same scale size wise to match a Gator, about five ft. wide by eight long. It has sides about two ft. high with an opening in the front for people to get in and out. At first I would just put some straw bales in it for seats but later built some bench seatas along the sides, with some home made cushins.
This has gotten to be one of our summertime activitys, we get calls from civic clubs from lots of small towns wanting us to haul everything from the class of "52" to community clubs, churches, etc. Once in a while we get caught in a rainstorm but still enjoy doing it, so Gators are a really multiuse machine.
I agree there is some sticker shock involved, but we don't have a motorhome, snowmobile, jet ski, etc., plus the grandkids have learned to drive,(with supervision), out in the open where crashing into something is hard to do.
Enoy the Gator, you only go round once, and if you don't blow your retirement you can be the kids will.
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I never had the knobby tires on the 4X2's, just the turf type tread, and like someone said if you spilled a glass of water you were stuck. I'm sure the knobbyys would have cleaned much better, the turf just immediatly filled the tread with mud and you had better brought your lunch.
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