What to look for buying a UTV or ATV...advice to SAVE MONEY and BIG PROBLEMS! 

Yes the starter sounds different but I don't think it's weak I think where it's a different style starter it may have a different sound to it but can't tell thru camera but is what it is. But a very good vid bud .and as ya said there is much to be learned on this vid ..you have a great day and godbless

Love em Honda's. I bought my first one in 1990. What i like about them is, when all the other brands come out with the latest and greatest mods, Honda comes out with the same doodads and they get it right. Right from the get go.

In an earlier episode I introduced my Kawasaki Mule, it’s like 812cc’s, 2x4 or 4x4, winch, windshield and a roof. It’s a perfect reliable workhorse for what I need on my farm and I practically use it everyday. I’m very happy with this machine so far. We’re transforming this old hobby farm into an amazing farm stay vacation rental. I regularly tour guests on the Mule so it was important to be able to carry more people but also be versatile enough for just me and my puppy. Very good tips Josh. Love your channel.

We bought a Club Car Carry All 295 UTV that is 13 years old & has 2500 hours on it. It’s a bit worn in places, especially plastics. However it was used at an airport by an airline company so it probably has not done much mud running. It’s powered by a 3 cylinder Kubota Diesel engine which suits farm work.

I think the best piece of advice he said was. Don't be scared to walk away alot of people get so excited and then regret that decision later. I got burned and now I'm stuck with a piece of crap, wish I heard all of this beforehand. Great video!!

Excellent video. Atvs tend to be one of those things where most of them have been run hard and put up wet. The only thing I’d add to the list of things to check would be to check the trans case for hairline cracks, and I like to pop the air box cover to check for water or mud.

Can't beat a Honda. Have only had them since I was young. Good info for those looking. Thanks Josh! Doug

Another Foreman and two Elements, might have to change the name to Honda ridge farm lol. Honda makes a heck of a product 👍

Thanks. Working on getting one as well.

On Honda’s to make the bearing last remove the hubs and push in the cv and smear in marine grease into the seals.. it will double the life of the bearings. Make sure you put the oil filter in right, some need to go in the right way.. if wrong you kill the motor due to lack of oil...

As usual, thorough and informative. All your videos are great quality and spot on. I'm in the market for a utility ATV/UTV and am now armed with some useful tips. Thanks!

Thank you for this very informative video on what to look for when purchasing a used ATV. Awesome stuff!

Perfect timing!!! Thank you so much! God Bless!!!!🙏

Good video! Take what he said here seriously. Some people are just hiding things well, and a casual look and ride won’t reveal the hidden issues. It takes hands on and some tools to check them out.

The honda starters are known to be a problem. The nice thing about a Honda is they are super esay to work on. And are the best machines in my opinion. I was a tec for a 4 wheeler dealer for 10 years and have done so many engine rebuild and Hondas where always the best machines.

Ty for this video wife and I are in process of buying an ATV and it helped us to what to look at and for it helped us a lot we almost got burned but thank God we came across your video do to us not knowing much to look for thanks again

💥 Great buying advice! I’ve been looking for a nice used machine for our land up north. I’ve put many miles on ATV’s and I really miss not having one. *Keep on tractoring!*

Love the advice! Thank you so much

I have a 02 foreman 450, 02 Rancher 350 (orange), 02 Rancher 350 (green), 03 Rancher 350 ES, also green. And never had problems with any, I have a lot of machines, the Honda’s are all stock and were all bought brand new, best work machines you can buy, but if you want a toy, can ams are where it’s at. Otherwise, Honda all the way, I wouldn’t wanna go swimming on a 15k machine anyway

Also look for/ask about lift kits that may have been installed. My understanding is that in some cases lift kits can, over time, actually do damage to the transmission.

Watch out with the electric shift my dad has one you always have to play with it to downshift so you're probably going to have to watch out with that

Awesome and very informative video on the utvs ,love it

Thanks Josh - all good points.

Okay. I'm buying new. Don't think I want to deal w anyone else's problems! Great video, as always! I always learn so much from you!

Your in to tools Josh, they make a plastic clip removal tool. Its like a little pry bar with slots in it

Looking to buy an ATV 4x4 myself. This video helped me out a lot!! Thanks!!

Awesome vid man! Super informative.

Great points! We love our Honda Foreman 450ES. Bought it only slightly used from a dealer. It's been great and reliable for almost 20 years now.

Brilliant help for a first time buyer thanks👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Excellent video. Thank you.

Hi..... Thank you 🎥👍👍👍

good video and very good advice thanks for sharing stay safe

Great video! Super informative. Thanks so much!

Hey Josh thanks for the video and good information once again from you always good to know what you taught me

Excellent video. Just starting my ATV search and this is great information. Thank you.

Man, that was VERY helpful. I’m shopping; torn between used and new. Honda vs Cforce etc. thank you!!!

I WAS AFRAID A GETTING 🔥AGAIN. IM A BIG HONDA FAN. MY HEART TOLD ME TO BUY A HONDA. MY POCKET BOOK SAID I BUY A KNEW CHINESE QUAD. NOT GOING TO HOT ROD IT JUST HAULING MY TRASH CAN DOWN DIRT ROAD. UR VIDEO WAS VERY COOL. GOOD LUCK. TEXAS.

A lot of good info .

That was informative. Enjoyed the video

You can get a 4x4 rancher new less than 6,000. Great machine

If it has a snorkel, run, don’t walk away from it. That tweaked radiator may be related to the touch up paint on the brush guard possibly rammed a tree at one time.

Those Sedona ripsaws are excellent farm tires! Not great for crazy mud but a smooth ride that can atleast get you out of a pinch if need be I have about 1200 miles on mine and still have a lot of thread left

Awesome. I needed this thank you

Awesome info. Thanks.

I have had a foreman ES for 20 years, before you turn off the machine always put it in neutral it will prolong the life of the shifter.

Ranch I'm working at in Arizona has 3 of those. 500cc is just a perfect size. You can do so much with it and Honda is just super reliable. I mean, I still have an 85 Big Red that I use all the time back home. That being said, NC is bad for people using their atv's as submarines. If it looks like it has, it definitely has. Bought a Polaris once and the problems it had were just ridiculous.... because it was used as a submarine. Great video!

Good information. Thanks for this informative video

Thanks for the info!

Great video Josh. Looking to buy one for our farm. Ever need a hand we are not too far from you guys.

First thing..is it red? Does it say HONDA? If not, drive on.

Awesome vid! The 2017 looks like it's been abused in the last couple years! Your video was really well done and informative thanks!!

My Honda fourwheeler doesn’t have half the plastic that yours does. Granted mine is a 40 year old air cooled fourtrax. I love my Honda and I expect you will too.

Hey check out them perfectly trimmed hedges lolol......Cool video SRF.

Having had 2 Honda three wheelers and 2 Honda four wheelers for over 30 years total. I never had to replace or an issue with a starter. Surprising that one did with 50 hours. I'd try replacing the aftermarket one with oem. Good luck

I’d be getting the battery load tested before swapping the starter. Chances are it’s just getting old.

I know this is off this topic but I just watched the first video when you opened the crate with the Willy’s tub but I want to see the rest of the build

Good Information , Thanks

Thanks for the great video Josh I've been burnt a LOT on stuff people will rip you one if they can in a HART BEAT

Great job explaining to people what to look for. Lots of Abused Atv's out there.

Very helpful, thank you. Seems like no reputable dealers around me have any used machines, so the only real used market is CL or FB Marketplace.

A very good video with lots of useful tips

Great stuff man! Thanks!! :)

Nice dogs. My neighbor has the same breed. His male mated with my female Rottie. Great pups

Helpful thanks

Great dogs

Thank you Josh. Excellent education on these. Atvs

Awesome video!

Thank you

Good morning brother!

Sounded more like a low battery or connection than the starter.

You need some guard geese I use to keep at least 2 geese with my sheep and around my rabbit and chicken pens to let me know if something came around them. I gave them to my Baba for her sheep when I went off to college and they stayed with her sheep till they passed

If they burned up a starter they probably were not easy on that starter. Pull it apart and clean the armature and relube bearing and bushing with synthetic oil and grease put back together should work like new. I always go thru the starter on everything I buy. Have never had to replace a starter that I went thru. No parts needed usually just a little time.

This is good info

WOW! I don’t care if Stoney Brook never made another video, but THIS right here is an amazing, deep-dive on what to look for and red flags to be AWARE of🔥🔥🔥👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 I’ve spend hundreds of hours on all types of videos, and GODD$MN this one by far has gone way above and way beyond what anyone has explained. You got yourself a subscriber (again, even if you never post another video). Many thanks, you slayed it🎯🤩😎 lol Cheers!

You are such an influence

Dahaaaaaaaam dude u taught me alot so now im just goin forget about saving money for a use one i think i might just get ripped off if i do just like my brother so now i will just buy a new one that fits my budget.

Don't look up the guy you bought your atv or utvs youtube Chanel after you buy it. Theirs a video of my side by side doing a burnout for 6 minutes banging the rev limiter the whole time.

I prefer the older Honda machines, & I would pass on electric shift. I bought 1985 Honda Fourtrax 250 in 2001. Plowed all my snow with it until this past winter (18 years). I have a drop basket on the rear. Added weight & tire chains got the snowplowing job done. The only issue I have had was the starter needed to be rebuilt for about $100. Even then, I kick started it for a year or two before I had it rebuilt. The machine is 36 years old, & I have no intentions of selling it. It's built extremely tough. I did upgrade to 1996 Honda Fourtrax 300 4x4 last year, & it cost me about 1/3 the price of a new Honda Rancher I had been looking for one in good shape for a long time. Found one owned by an older person who only used for light trail riding at their cabin. I had a winch added, & it's my new snowplowing machine. My property is quite rugged & hilly. I much prefer a machine with gears going up and especially down hills. I don't see myself ever selling or replacing these two machines. The newer machines have way too much plastic on them. When it comes to ATVs, I think anything over 500cc is just wasting gas. 300-500cc will do most anything you want, & I've done years of stuff with a smaller 250cc machine without issue.

I have a 2019 rubcon got a recall on fuel pump left me stranded in the woods. Probably need to look into that on your foreman 2019.

Honda is hard to beat, and if you are even slightly mechanically inclined, you can buy a Honda that needs a little work for very cheap. There is a video on RU-vid for everything from brakes to engine rebuilding. I bought a 2004 Foreman 450 with 2 weeks ago with 1400 miles for $500 with a locked engine. I was able to free the engine then disassemble it to find out that the bottom end was good and it just needed a top end rebuild (wrist pin locked up in piston). I have about $850 invested right now, and it is easily a $3000 machine with the current condition and hours. I will probably ride it for a few months around the house, then quadruple my investment on it.

Great video, on the starter could it be a low battery?

No sales tax in Missouri on farm equipment 👌🏻

Nice

GOOD VIDEO

It's crazy that this video showed up. I just bought a 2017 2 days ago and it's very nice. I need some better tires though. I have some nasty trails that will try and suck you up. Ohh and nice C10

Those storage racks are awesome did you install them yourself? And do those only fit Honda’s?

You got to spend money to make money!

i got a nice running 1986 Honda ATC 250SX. PAID 1200$

Most important thing to look for is smoke or engine noise

Thanks man - 1st gen homesteaders here and we are thinking ATV and not tractor. We are trying to stay debt free so that’ll be easier with an atv

Thanks Josh. I went hunting with a cane yesterday and was thinking I aught to buy one of these

Hello, hope you are having a good day, can you attach a snow plow in the front and a cart in the back of this awesome machine?

Was hear Very informative. So many times too excited to do my due diligence.

God video!!

I bought a used quad about 4 years ago, then this last spring i bought a bran new one with warrantee. You paid 6 for used and needs repairs for 7,500.00 my brand new one. Since you are repairing so soon it makes me wonder. Oh and my old one i took to the dealership were i got my new one at and they repaired it. $2,000.00 later its new again except the motor.

Fuel injection, electronic shift. It’s clear that I need to catch up with the rest of the world.

Great video for us noobs...

Very informative video. I did not also know how to start the Honda ATV while in gear. I have a question though. Is there a rubber plug in the rear storage or the whole there is for the water to drain? I mean the storage where the stop light is. Thanks.

What kind of tires are on the older ATV the one that had the covers taken off

I am a honda parts guy and I can say that starter is not aftermarket