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John Deere Gator 4x6 versus 2x4 review
I've never owned a six wheel Gator, but did own most every other model they made.
About the only extra mechanical parts a six wheeler has than a four wheeler are the drive chains that power the farthest rear wheels from the main axle of the rear wheeels just ahead of them. So far as I know thwe rest of a six wheel machine are identical to a four wheel one.
Anything mechanical can and will break down, but so far as the Gators being a problem, I think the reason you hear about broken down Gators is because I'm going to guess there are so many more Gators than other brands. I never had a clutch or a belt replaced. The only repair I remember on the four wheeler was a front wheel bearing, that was a simple repair with a common sealed ball bearing.
The six wheel Gators are a workhorse so far as hauling a heavy load, my neighbor had one that he would round the box up with field rocks. The only problem that creates is they don't want to turn very good with most all the weight on the rear wheels. When he would turn nthe steering wheel while fully loaded the front wheels would just slide instead of guiding the machine into a turn.
The tread design that resembles a turf tire on a lawn mower on the four and six wheel Gators almost guarantee you will be stuck in anything resembling mud, the tread fills up and there you sit spinning.
I think some folks have switched to a bar type tread to help with that problem.
Frank.
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JK;
The steering problem with a full load of rocks was with the differential lock unlocked. There was just so much more weight on the rear four tires compared to the front tires that it just would slide the front tires. After he dumped the rocks it would steer just fine.
I used to drive it for him once in a while when he and a couple kids walked along side picking up the rocks.
I wish we had a crop that was as dependable as a new crop of rocks every spring.
A problem the neighbor created by rounding up the box with rocks was to ruin the lift mechanism for the box. It just wasn't meant to lift that much, so after he replaced it he would throw most of the rocks off by hand before he used the power dump system.
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JW;
I really have no idea how much a rounded up load of rocks would weigh, but my guess wold be in the 800 - 1,000 lb. range The six wheeler hanled the load ok being 90% of the load in the box was directly above the four rear tires.
At about this same time I had a four wheel Gator and a twelve row corn planter. I would park the Gator in the field where I was planting. When I neded more seed I would drive the Gator back to the farm yard and load twelve bags of seed then head back to the field to refill the planter. At that time most seed bags weighed from 45 - 50 lbs. plus probably 50 lbs. of tools, etc. so maybe 600 lbs. of load, plus me on a four wheeler. That was a big enough load so the extra two wheels on the six wheeler are a definite plus for heavy hauling.
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