My parents just bought a new rtv1100. It’s completely gutless. It barely can climb their driveway. They are in the process of getting their money back. The dealer worked on it a few times and said it’s fine.
How are you getting 33 mph out of that machine? I have the same XR1100 and can't get it over 22mph on a downhill and 12mph on an uphill. I'm in H gear when this is happening. All fluids have been changed.
Primarily for work. Hydraulic bed, towing and hauling capacity, integrated pto, heated and air conditioned cab. They are not for ripping around, they are for getting the job done.
They're tanks. They'll out pull most everything else. They're better for applications where they need brute force not really speed. They're easy to control on steep hills because the hydro doesn't jerk and get grabby like a cvt does, at least not if it's properly calibrated. We do wish ours had more speed, but the vast majority of what we do is just crawling around in the woods, or putt putting down the road relaxing and watching the scenery go by. We tend to go about 17mph even on our roads around here. It's only when you need to go faster that it becomes a problem. I'm sure a lot of people need high speeds more than the other advantages and those people shouldn't buy these.
One time it snowed like 24 inches of snow and I was away from home. It was very cold the next few days and the snow became hard packed. I plowed a 1/4 mile with very rock hard snow absolutely no problem. Was it hard on the utv? You bet. Did it plowed it no problem? You bet.
