John Deere Gator HPX review 

Thanks for showing the gator , you did a good job explaining! Have a great day there in winter wonderland!

Looks like a good machine. We've got a 2010 grizzly 700, last I checked it had just under 12k miles and all of them were hard lol! I've roped calves out on pasture, pushed bush and anything in between. Same as yours we always have fencing supplies in a milk crate strapped to the back. Love your vids, keep up the good work.

We bought a used 850D almost two years ago at an auction. That thing is as handy as a shirt pocket. Daily pasture rotations, temporary fences, etc it's perfect. Building fence it's handy too because it's got enough umph to pull a trailer with all my fencing supplies on it - hi tensile wire, wood posts, t-posts, concrete, etc etc. And calving season - it's awesome - can carry what I call "the maternity bucket" which has tags, banders, etc in it as well as a spotlight and most importantly someone else to keep the momma off of me while I tend to the newborn. If I knew how handy they were, I would have bought one years ago.

We have two Gator 6x4's on my neighbors property. One is a gas model with the basic package and a canvas top, and the other we just picked up last Saturday, and that's a Yanmar diesel. The diesel has a horn, turn signals, brake lights, hazard lights, electric dump bed, and a hard top. I too prefer the solid axle for hauling, and these two do not have a rear suspension. It uses the flotation tires as a suspension. I was using a old Suzuki LT4WD atv to work on the property until we bought this. This was definitely a upgrade to the atv.

Got the same one, pretty much same features.. I have electric lift on the box, brush guard and partial windshield. Use it all the time. Been a good one.. Not leaving anytime soon

I have an Gator Hpx 4x4 and the only thing about it is the ground clearance. It gets hung up quite often. But other than that it's the best piece of equipment someone could ask for. Glad to see someone do a review on it :)

Nice rig. I would love to have one.

Gator is the handiest thing we have also. Built a trailer for the fence supplies and chainsaws and brush cutter and it pulls it just fine until it gets too muddy as ours is a 2x4 94 model with solid frame no rear suspension.

I use an ancient Attex ST400 as my go to vehicle. Since it floats it saves me a two mile trip to cross a canal to a field I lease. Got a finicky 400cc two stroke and its own amphibious trailer.

very good review. I'll do a review on mine

My son bought one in 2000...Bought another one sometimes before 2010, both have been in the Racecar trailer.... in front of a real Pretty new model Mustang, for the last 4 years..... He used them at the race tracks.

They great to have around. I have a Cub Cadet with Yanmar Diesel. Love the thing. You could put a dump cylinder on it and make your own brush guard very easy. The only thing I would get on the next one is power steering mine can be a bear.

they are pretty cool machines. When they first came out I was skeptical of them. Still not sure how much I would have used it back in the day because we were spread out over 20 miles or better but if I were running animals i could see a bunch of uses now.

I love my kubota. Bought new in 2008 has about 1000 hours. And your right. There is good and bad perks about both machines. I mainly like the hydro on the kubota for when kids drive it they let off and it stops. Although I still have my 2000 gator but it just has the spray rig in the back.

We thought about getting a kubota diesel.One issue was it was unbelievablely slow!!!! they are handy around the farm tho.

Sounds like you have a good machine! If you upgrade you could probably look into a case IH scout. I think our greens and t mower have the same v twin engine kinda cold blooded

I'd love to have a gator

we have a John deere 2020 pro gator with a 5 speed and 4 wheel drive big dump box and 2 hyd outlets look into one we use ours more than the truck

My grandparents have an HPX with an electronic 4wd. What they failed to do is check and change the diff fluid so now it is stuck in full time 4wd, which makes steering a pain. Also, even though it is a great machine I would like it to have a solid drive shaft transmission instead of a belt driven clutch. Reason being I got it stuck in a creek because the belt kept slipping. If John Deere would make it a Shaft driven, it would be a perfect machine.

Thanks.

I know this isn't the place for this question but..... What chains do you recommend for a skid steer 2-link, 4-link, brand?

Nice review. I see this was like 5 years ago. Do you still have the gator as ND how many hours on it now? Still going strong?

All the new ones have bigger boxes on them.

I can’t find ONE video showing what all the switches are.

Nice video how do u like your side by side I'm thinking about buying a 2016 model

I like driving a John Deere Gator around at my work at the West middlesex school because they have two John Deere Gators at the West middlesex school and I drive the one old John Deere Gator around to Hall grass leaves around to the wood line of the woods by the baseball field and softball field to dump leaves and Grass and hall the weedwacker around the West middlesex school to weedwack the weeds around the two schools the elementarie school and the high and middle school

What is your fourwheeler ?

photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipMGyxPaFlVPtWMhMYBWO44vIrbk2T-6YpT4dYiv Oh, I've had the trots all day and still can't tell friend from foe so here I am watching some older videos in my semi-misery. We have an even older 6x4 with the brush guard and the power lift! I think I'm a couple/three hundred lbs. over capacity when I load it up with rock though cuz I have to kick in some human lift to help it up. I'm a little short of 48 inches across the dump box but there's a poly liner in there that maybe accounts for the shrinkage? I always wondered how they ran for other folks after seeing one at an auction pickup one time. That thing was the least friendly starting beast I ever saw! Ours is a little cold-blooded but once it's warmed up it purrs all day so I decided if this one ever gives up the ghost, we'll need a trial period with any other prospect until it proves it's not fussy on running.

One more thing, I notice you always address your machines as "he". Everyone else I know says "she". I always call them it or he. My bobcat's I call BOB and BOBBY (863 and 763) and my 450c dozer I call Mr Case. If I am lucky enough to get my dream machine the 963 I will have to come up with a name for that.