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John Deere Gator 4x6 versus 2x4 review
I work at the Game & Fish in Arizona and we have a couple of them here. We just got one back and have to work on it. It had a couple of problems. As you know we have lots of gear here and it's a desert area. The six wheelers work the best and there is almost no addition mechanics. Only the chain and an extra set of tires. Also if you look at the problems, it's never a tire or propulsion problem.
The one we just got back has over 3000 hours on it and it's been driven by people you would never let drive anything you wanted to keep. They punished it so bad the hood was broken in multiple places, from just hard driving. It did have a cooling problem, but that was from the replacement of a thermostat that was installed incorrectly and would not let the air out of the system. The only problem it has is an oil leak from the main seal under the flywheel. We are hoping to fix that this week. All of these problems could have been avoided by proper maintenance, they let it overheat and that, I believed caused all of the problems.
I've actually suggested that they put a buzzer (like a back up buzzer) in the overheating lamp circuit to tell these idiot it's time to stop and cool down!
If you worry about steering as the previous post stated, just unlock the differential and it steers ok. When you lock it, all four rear wheels drive and there is no weight on the front wheels and the driving wheels just shove it. If you try to turn to sharply it will plow with the differential locked.
IMHO, buy it, you won't be disappointed!
Jack
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John Deere Gator 4x6 versus 2x4 review
Frank & gatorboy, He must be hauling some load of rocks... We used them to haul Archery targets up the moutain, that weigh about 400+ lbs, so you guys really have a load of rocks to cause it to not steer with the differencial not locked. I know if we hit some ares that were steep and we had the load to the rear it would rear up.. But not really a problem. Gatorboy, I don't know what you fear about water cooled machines about all today are water cooled. The gator we have had an overheating problem, but it just had an air bubble in the line. Whoever worked on it didn't install the thermostat properly. It has a hole that needs to go up to let the air flow out, they did not, and they plugged the hole with sealant. After drilling a hole in the top and bleeding it, no problem.
IMHO I'd say if it's a low price, buy that puppy. If I had a change to, I would. The one I'm referencing, we have many, has over 3k hours on it. I'd buy one today if I could find one.
New is nice also..
Jack
P.S. Good Luck, I'm sure you'll be happy either way.
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