money_pit_yj said:
After talking with Blue31 (who we ride with) I realized we are both thinking the same thing.
Wondering about what folks that have switched from a Jeep/buggy to an RZR and what their thoughts are. We get to ride about 5 or 6 times a year and the rest of the time it sits in the garage. I love riding and have no plans to go anywhere as far as leaving the off road scene but I just think another RZR would be more practical than a jeep that moves 6 times a year. As we get more involved with the Church on The Rocks ministry, I am thinking it may be better to have an RZR for mobility and ease of transport. Any of you guys who have switched regret it? I love my jeep and so do my boys but I really just like being in the woods hanging out with folks and riding. What are y'alls thoughts?
Mine ain't a rzr, but will follow most rzr's unless yer hill shooting...and I wouldn't hill shoot even if I had a rzr. Lol
It's a completely different kind of riding. Even with my Ranger lifted on 30's, the small tire size and wheel base/width compared to a buggy does just what you think it would, makes trails that you once viewed as easy, hard now. I have been to Choccolocco several times and tried to follow my crawler buddies and get lost on the trails because there are so many long rough rock garden type trails there that has no quick bypass without going a long way around and meeting on the other side. Parks like Morris Mtn, Hawk Pride, and others similar, it wouldn't be as difficult to stay together with buggies.
Now, there is a place local that is a wildlife management area and I ride there with all my buddies that have rangers and rzr's and some 4wheelers, and we have a damn blast. It's like scaled down offroad park that fits a sxs. There is super hard crawling stuff that I have busted my plastic rockers up on, long easy trails to drive fast on, several rocky creek beds either dry or full of water. And I absolutely love that place....but I'm not riding with crawlers. All in all, it's more fun on a sxs when you are running with other sxs's, so that you can all stay together and hit the same stuff. But at certain parks, you can still roll with the buggies too and follow them around.
I miss my crawler sometimes but I don't miss the expenses, plus I was kinda getting burnt out on it at the time. I have enjoyed the **** out of my Ranger. Once I spent the initial $3k on suspension, windshield, roof, wheels, tires, etc. I was done with it. I haven't spent a dime on it in 6 months. All I've done is put gas in it and change the oil once. Super low maintenance unless you drive like a moron and tear it up all the time. That part I love. Ride it, wash it, park it, repeat. And it's handy around the house, I ride the roads around where I live sometimes, ride it over to friends' houses that live close. So I'm happy with it and plan to keep it if I ever do get back into a buggy.
I couldn't fit in a rzr bc of my prosthesis, but I could fit in a General...if I ever get the itch to upgrade, it will be to a General. 100hp, usable utility bed, big suspension, and can fit 30's on stock suspension. Ready to go pretty much out of the box. They are fun for sure, sounds like you would get more enjoyment out of one since you aren't wheeling your full size rig much anymore.