I Bought The Cheapest Plowing ATV and Tested It In DEEP Snow
I buy the cheapest Honda Rancher 4x4 Plowing ATV and test it out in deep snow. #Honda, #4x4, #Snow,
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20:40 I think George's primal instincts were telling him he'd rather go stay warm and hibernate LOL, funny pup
I grew up with a green Honda rancher with ES and it was the most reliable machine I’ve ever owned, being a farm atv we beat the snot out of it day in and day out and you wouldn’t believe how reliable it was to us.
Yup same here. Have a 20yr old one that still runs
George is a wonderful addition to the family! He's so stinkin cute! Vinnie is adorable too!
Coffee and a new episode. Nice way to start the day! Thanks Joe. Keep up the good work.
That rancher will last forever, my grandpa has a 00 or 01 350 ES with almost 12k miles on it, pretty much original everything. I use a cheap bayou 300 4x4 for plowing, works great 👍
At least you know why the oil was low. The guy probably figured there was no reason to change the oil when you need to add a half quart of new oil every time you use it.
An ATV like that around me is going for like $4k... I soooo wish I could find a deal like that around me.
Little doggy like wtf bro 🤣❄️🌨️
Time to buy rings
I should mention as well, the oil for these requires a friction modifier for the wet clutch. I’ve seen some people grab regular 10/40 and it not drive right
Another nice score! 👍🏻 Hey, if you ever have traction issues plowing snow with your Foreman, I would highly recommend getting tire chains. I purchased some for my Grizzly 700, and it is complete night & day difference, traction with them is quite impressive! I went with the diamond style v-bar chains, but the ladder style ones are cheaper, and work just as well on tires without huge lugs for the cross chains to fall between.
Being in Montana for the last 35 years now back in Wisconsin that's all me and my family use is Honda's love em
Had a red 350 Rancher with a Moose Plow setup for years. Clearing a 1/3 mile driveway in third gear when the blade tripped, top edge bit into the ice and launched me over the bars. Got my attention that’s for sure. Lol
I'm sorry but George has no survival instincts whatsoever,,😁
Right! I'm with ya. I expected way better from a blind 6lb 🐕. They just don't make em like they use to.
@@smokeyou812lol
@@smokeyou812 George and his buddy are probably a little stressed out by getting picked up by the neck. I know I would be.
@@spiderman0863 yeah he can be barbaric at times for little pups. Lol
He he he he! Oh, that's not a threat! Pop in another charcter! What a life
I purchased back in 2016 a brand new Honda Rancher 420 with EFI. I installed the push button electronic shift myself the following year. No one had a new one in stock with the ES in the Honda Phantom Camo. Still have the machine today. Still looks new and runs like a top. Best ATV made.
hows the button shift? My uncle got a 2019 Honda foreman 500 with button shift. Ive heard buton shift is garbage but I actually haven't tried it myself.
@@MLAuto69 I had a foreman with the electic shift, It was terrible failed on me multiple times well on the trail and its really hard to use the Manuel shifter to get any sort of fast shift times well accelerating
2002 Yamaha 4x4 Big Bear, toughest bike out there bar none, still runs like a top, never had any serious issues and drives on the trails to this day. I've owned Hondas, good gear but you pay far too much for the name.
@@stevet5379 yeah I newer Hondas are overpriced but their good stuff
@@beereadyyy9849 oh wow. good to know thanks!!
Seems like Vinnie can really run fast. Even in snow.. Amazing.
Wow …what a coincidence..it’s snowin like an ugly girl here…I like your no nonsense aproach to purchase and repair…you never shine it or clean it until the work is done…good hands ..that’s rare quality…
Snowing like an ugly girl? Is that a saying? BTW: Did you see Sam Bankman Frieds girlfriend?
If you have any, spray some of that teflon dry lube spray on your plow. Does a good job of keeping snow from clumping/sticking to it. Now I need to get one of these for my driveway. Much more fun than snowblowing for sure. :)
Put ceramic spray on works amazing.
Yeah to bad that dont make a snowblower attachment that has its own motor on board that long driveway would be a breeze then.snookie pa.
Looks like you're getting the rain we had all day yesterday. Just cold and windy here today. Gonna have some fun trail riding with my son as long as it doesn't rain again. Send some snow our way please. Tomorrow would be a great day for it.
Only thing bad about Honda is the es shift everyone I have owned went bad
Looks like a nice rig for general purpose, does smoke quite a bit under load when warm though, maybe a set of rings may be in order later on. Vinnie is a crackup chasing you in the snow! Great video!
I was thinking that myself she smoking quite a bit you could really see it in the woods trail..But he has the technology to fix it so no biggie...
It'll add more tilt.& More control over the blade lift& angles to for what you're trying to get out of it to Joe. Pull hitch pins & hitch clips & washers will make quick & faster removable & installable procedure for ya in the winter time.
Rig up some sand bags on the plow to weight it down more if need be. That was a really great purchase. Awesome machine.
If the guy you bought the orange ES from had a paved driveway, the feet on that plow are likely adjusted for that instead of your gravel top driveway. A couple of suggestions, to take some of the load off your winch, use a small pulley bolted to the plow and wrap the winch line around it and back to an anchor or strap on the front of the ATV. Don't strap around the rack like most people do, or you'll end up bending it. But that will help with wet, heavy snow that likes to stick to the blade when you get heavier snowfalls. You might find that reversing the cutting edge on the plow blade may help it dig lower into the snow, most of them are reversible. The cutting edge is the small 2" bar at the bottom of the blade, bolted on with 5-6 carriage bolts. Lastly, you'll find plowing a gravel driveway will leave lots of gravel on the grass in the spring. Most people use a rake or one of those gas-powered 2-stroke spinning brush heads to push the gravel back into your driveway. I know it sounds crazy, but the best way to clean the rocks is with a shop-vac. I've been doing it this way for the last 8 years and the same $80 stainless steel shop-vac. It takes me roughly 3-4 hours to vacuum the rocks off my lawn versus using a normal rake, and its way easier on your back. My driveway is a bit shorter than yours, but the area in front of my garage is roughly the same. Just make sure the shop-vac you use has a 2" hose and not 1-1/4", the smaller hose will constantly clog up with mud, leaves and rocks, the larger hose will not.
I’ve been plowing for 35yrs on a couple different machines & I like my 01 Honda Rubicon the best. I wasn’t scraping very good & removed those skid shoes on my Cycle Country plow. Made a huge difference but not good when the blade falls into an expansion joint on a cement driveway breaking cement off or stopping the machine but I mostly keep the plow on an angle & never had issues especially on sidewalks. As for the cutting blade goes it’s cheaper to buy a pice of strap & drill your own holes. Last one I bought was for $13 out the door for 4’ that’s 5” wide. I put my holes close to one edge & works good for back dragging. I noticed the plow on the Rancher is tilted back some using the top pivot holes & I use the bottom holes on my plow to keep the blade more upright, also I can pick up the plow higher going over curbs. I also recommend using a pulley on the plow & hooking the cable up on the rack. One other thing is use a winch cable rubber bump stop. I’ve seen so many broken cables & bent push tubes. I stopped using a winch for that reason before I knew about the bump stop. I use a manual lift I built & it’s faster to use plus I can feel the ground under it. It’s great when I go over grass to make paths to the sheds. My neighbor who bought my Dad’s old quad liked my lift system that he built one like mine. I have a handle mounted on the front rack with a cable that goes to plow on a pulley & hooks on rack but if I was doing a gravel driveway like that I would prefer using a winch to keep it up from digging up the gravel. I thought I was the only one to vacuum the gravel off the lawn & the neighbors would tease me about it. I tell them I vacuum the lawn & mow the carpet. That was a lot of work & I started using a push broom when the lawn is still matted shortly after the snow is all melted to push in on the street so the steet sweeper can pick it up if he comes. Just last year I got a leaf blower & that’s my preferred way to get the gavel off the lawn & clean the curb. If I had a driveway as big as his I would be using a tractor but it’s not as fun. I live in a subdivision & plow 12 driveways & sidewalks. There’s a lot of times I wished I had a tractor instead. If I end up with another quad I would put a blower on it.
I bought a second hand kaps 400 for this stuff. Worked great last season and still working now.
With the orange Honda and plow where the push tubes meet the plow is a bolt on either side each bolt has a square block that can be turned to the setting of choice. Turn it too the setting allowing to lay the top of blade back towards the bike. This will make the load you are pushing, push the blade down forcing it to cut.
Exactly what I'm looking for Joe, I envy the great deal you found.
I bought a regular thick tractor blade at a metal supplier. Took my old blade and had them punch the holes where it needed to be near the top. Much bigger and thicker than ATV blade. Mounted with the flat end down so I wouldn’t dig into the dirt and it works great and on top of the plow. I took an old car tire and cut the center out then cut to size and mounted it on top to keep the snow from going up over it. Both adds weight very good thing. Just FYI Your plow look like it’s missing or needs adjusting behind the blade there are metal tabs that keep the blade straighter up and down.
Very cool purchase, Joe. I hope this is a keeper. Just a tip here, my neighbor put small tractor weights on top of his plow on his 6x6 Polaris, like the ones you see on garden tractors to keep his plow firmly on the ground. We must have gotten the same storm here in Pennsylvania. Wet pack snow.
Honda oil is about the same price as the oil you put in your Rancher, I think it`s better oil. It`s all I use in my three four wheeler. You got a very good deal hard to fined for under $2500.00
Lovely bit of kit Joe,colour is cool too!👍💪👌
this was my first ever four wheeler! man just seeing one brings back so many memories. i beat the dog shit out of it and it never gave me any problems lol
All I got on the east coast was rain! And about 20 minutes away, 500 feet higher they got snow, no fair lol. I feel the Cycle County plows are a step up from the Moose ones.
That's a great deal and works well. I wouldn't call that few inches deep snow though. 😁 I use my old 1999 Grizzly 600 that I bought several years ago not running for $500. A new stator fixed it. I've plowed snow a foot and a half deep many times over the years with that old Grizzly.
I just bought a non running grizzly '99 600 too. No spark and hoping the stator I ordered will be the fix
I have the exact same set up...manual plow and manual shift...1400 is a steal...after about 4 to 6 inches of snow it has a hard time pushing...so you might plow a couple times because if it gets too deep it will struggle...I plowed my whole street in the city...for years.
Nice work ! I think you got a great deal on that with the plow and winch and everything for $1,400 . Those little metal tabs on the bottom of the plow are called “ shoes “ and yes you can adjust them to a desired depth so your plow ‘ floats ‘ at whatever height you want to set it at . They may be worn out and need replacement I don’t know , but that’s an easy fix. As far as the smoking engine goes, WTH just drive it around the yard prior to your next bbq and it will fog the mosquitoes lol 😂 Multi purpose ATV !Hey it’s a Honda ! That thing will run forever !
All that smoke, it will be lucky to last the winter.
We have a Honda engine that has smoked worse than that for years. I bet a steak dinner that Rancher will run for years still.
Pretty sweet atv, I have an 02 Rancher 350 4x4 which is the same orange but it's the manual shift version, got it in a trade. Someone ripped the rear plastics and rack off to use for mudding I guess which is unfortunate but I hope to one day get some replacement rear plastics and the rear rack to complete it. I got it running and it runs great and rides and the 4x4 works great especially after I replaced both front cv axles.
I had my dad 2002 honda 350 fourtrax es . Used it for plowing and work around the cottage. Best work horse atv around.
Merry Christmas Joe ! I really enjoy your videos buddy !!
It's basically A called A leveling bar bracket that's attached to the riding lawn mower.& Then the riding lawn mower Deck to. That's A very simple quick & easy fix for ya. You might half to make connections points on that four wheeler to accept the bracket plate is all.
Nice machine and great deal. I kinda like the orange color. I would use a pulley and an axle strap to ease the stress on the winch while plowing. You also want to adjust the height of the plow shoes for your gravel driveway. The pvc pipe hack on the wear blade works well to with gravel driveways. I did videos for both on my channel. Enjoy the new wheels 👍
N sand bag ur wheeler
Bought a 2022 Rancher FM1. Foot shift with solid rear axle! Love it!
Its a cycle country plow. It is actually a pretty good brand. I have been using atv's to clean my driveway and roads for 20 years. You can do a lot with them if you get a good technique down.
Nice buy! Seems like any video I watch that involve a Honda ATV or Honda antique cycle the views always skyrocket. Keep up the good content.
The snow looks beautiful on the trees
Those es ranchers came with a little lever to manually shift it if the battery died or something on the left side kind of back of the motor theres a shaft thats for the manual shifter
That's pretty much all I use to clear my shared shop/ house gravel driveway. Colorado snow can jbe a pain at 7k elevation and above. Another quality pick up! Great job, kick that blade to one side and clear away, just tember those winches can be hell on battery life if used a lot. Put 2 batteries on mine just for winter.
🔥happy for ya man, that really is the best 4 wheeler out there. Last for ever low maintenance easy to fix.. I had the green 350, red 300 and green 500 over the years loved them all 🔥👊🔥🔨⚙️🏍
My buddy has a rancher just like that, that was his dads hunting and farm quad it’s whole life. It smokes just as bad, I’m suspecting valve seals went bad from how little it got ridden. Great machine though. On the engine cover with the shift pattern, right below that is a shaft for back up foot shifting. There should have been a lever looking tool in that back compartment that seemed to be missing on your quad but thought I’d mention it in case you didn’t know. Keep up the content man!
You can fix the other one by adding on A MTD riding lawn mower pin hinged bracket plate that connects in the front.& Some are In the back of the riding lawn mower decks. With four/4 holes in the bracket plate that means it has two holes on each End of the plate bracket.
Keep up the good work!
you gotta have some plans on getting a shop built! that garage is getting full 😂 love it 👍
I bought my 2005 Honda Foreman from my boss about 7 years ago and all he used his for was hunting so it had less than 1000 miles. Still have it and no issues. Hondas are bulletproof.
I have a 20yr old rancher.. they never die. Good machines
Would have loved to see this deal! We just got ~10 in of snow middle of last week here in central WI and that would have made plowing a lot faster.
You should be arrested for stealing that 4 wheeler. You done very well on this one. 👍
Its cool that you enjoy fixing up the older stuff . I have a 1991 rm125 ..IVE changed the CDI stator and now coil STill no spark ...If i lived closer to you I would ask if you could have a look see ..Thesse shops around here cant fix it
Yesssss always get happy when Joey posts
That 350ES is awesome but.. But that 450 S has been my dream machine since I was 12. I just love the auto clutch shifting with my foot. Grew up with a Yamaha 250 Timberwolf, 350 big bear and a 400 Kodiak all mid 90's stuff.
Your mean to that little dog 😅😅😅
Lol he's the best!
Come on I love that color
I recommend adding one of those slide on tractor weights onto the front of the plow so it doesn't ride up onto the snow and pack it down
I’ve owned over 30 Honda rancher 350s and still own two very mint ones and I think the low oil damaged at least the top end on yours and the valves are very rattley. Top ends are very easy to do on these pushrod engines
These are Great/Reliable ATV's... I had 2 Ranchers, an '04 350-ES & an '05 400-AT... Would Love to get another! Great Video!! That's a Rare Color as well...
i need that so bad, i have injuries n cant shovel n shifting hurts n alot to plow, this s for me!! loved seeing the dogs too
,,,that should get 'er done, keep safe...
Didn't seem to use the red reverse button on the es, only the s. Maybe that extra switch on the dash is eliminating it? Rode my 450es in the snow today with 26s on it but with the heave wet stuff I go Brute Force all the way. 650 and the 750 Keep up the great work.
Hey bro what kind of oil do u use when u pour it in the top end to lube it because u use it in most videos
So happy to see how far you have come your living my dream
I have cycle country plows and have used them for years (the were bought out to I think KFI several years ago). The push tubes are bent, which is probably why the plow is not sitting correctly on the ground. It's pretty common to happen with that plow setup, as people often winch up too much, and push too hard on the plow when trying to stack or just plain ramming a snow bank/pile too much. The plow blade flexes and trips but all that force is put on the push tubes. The tubes are nothing special, and IMO not heavy enough for the use. The push tubes should be straight when looking at them from the side, can see earlier in the video that they are bent up slightly; it changes the angle of the blade and causes it slide too much on the skids; only real fix is to bend the tubes back straight and reinforce them. Otherwise they blade will always tend to "skate" over hardpack spots rather than cut into them. I have a couple sets of the hand level for them; and honestly, it's actually easier to adjust the plow and get more percise plowing without dragging into the dirt/grass with that hand lever over the winch. Just obviously the winch is more convient/less work.
Good video! I always put a little weight on the back of my Kawi when I plow but it looks like you were doing ok. Does that have a limiter of some sort for reverse? Mine does but you can override that w/ the button.
Nice buy!! the 2 things honda's don't like dirty oil and dirty air fillters. First over piston.rings.timming chain and tensioner and hope the cam lobes are still good and it will run another 20 years on honda parts (If still available).
Ha ha. Vinnie chasing the giant mouse in the snow :-)
When i first bought my Grizzly 600 in 99.....second year for it.Mine came with a free 4' blade kit.So i was 39 and eager as heck to make some of this 7200. bucks i just spent for this ATV.Got it new in Oct of 99 and my luck it snowed pretty heavy in my small town in Indiana that winter.I was just going around one Saturday and made about 75 bucks the first day, just back dragging peoples driveways out.Word got around quick and soon i got more and more jobs.....and didn't turn anyone down.Now a days my body says only your own driveway Ed......As i got older.....now i hate the white stuff.I love your channel.Keep on doing what you do Joe and......Merry Christmas too.Oh....BTW.....i want to think i invented the first stereo/cassette system for my ATV.I also installed a small 120 volt inverter up under the back of the seat.It will power a drill....coffee maker......other small appliances when we used to take it camping.Now i finally found a winch mount for my front end.My rige is still like new because i took good care of it.996 original miles.
Nice review keep up the good work happy holiday to you and your family
I miss you doing work on dirt bikes that dont run, Please bring it back.
Joe I’m 44. I just learned 1 yr ago. There is instructions on oil qrt to show how to pour it. Lol. I’m not talking ish. I never knew. Lol. But it won’t burp if you pour it right way. 🤷♂️. Js. My two cents.
i have a 01 rancher 350 es 4x4 it does good plowing snow i put different tires on it for better traction. i just bought a 2022 rancher 420 4x4 to help up out the 01
When you are pulling a sled, take off the belt it will make it much easier to pull if you have to go any distance at all
Paid 350$ for my 04 rancher 350 they have alot of issues with the electric shift ive seen a recent story about them with 40,000 miles on em still ran great but the rest of it was falling apart around it
The electric. shift wasalways problematic on the Hondas...thats why as a Honda service tech I bougjt a manual shift
@@stevenbaker9327 yeah couldn't agree more mine was fucking up higher in the rpm range so I just short shift it now a weak battery seemed to be am issue as well after I did those 2 things I havnt had an issue
Great video Joe and I have some advice! A neighbor and I both have this exact orange 2001 Rancher and we both have older plows. He has the Cycle Country like yours and I have a WARN brand. Last winter we traded for a few days so I could clean his carb. He could not believe how much better mine plowed. It digs through the snow. It wasn't the machine, they are identical. The only difference is the weight of the plows. Mine is much better built/reinforced and therefore much heavier. I am currently welding reinforcements on his Cycle Country to make it like my WARN just to get the extra weight. Throw a sandbag or something on yours and see how much better it gets.
I bought the Koplin High Rise system for my old Cycle Country blade & added it to my 1996 Honda TRX300 4x4. I am really impressed with this system. It's well built and you can really pull the blade up for trailer loading or going over rough terrain. 5:30 into the clip shows the advantage of this feature - kzhead.info/sun/g5uad85ljKh6p3k/bejne.html After owning this high rise system, I wouldn't consider anything else.
Great video! Thank you!
Sitting here watching you plow snow when I should be doing my own..
I got the same four wheeler just a manual shift and every time I put it in gear it doesn’t move it revs up just doesn’t move what do you think driveshaft? Or rear diff?
I have an old 2001 rancher 350 normal foot shifter, and it kicks ass with a 55 inch plow on it
If you are keeping it I’d recommend a nylon winch line. No fish hooks. No blood. No problem. It also provides a nice spring action when your twitching logs out and whatnot.
I added a piece of conveyor belt rubber to my blade. It keeps the blade from digging up the grass and scrapping up concrete. I have had it on 3 years now in Michigan , the rubber has only worn down 1/8 “ so far. The rubber is 4 “ x 1 “ x 50” it should last me 20 years at this rate.
Yes it smokes because it needed an oil change LONG AGO, but changing it now won't stop it from smoking. Rebuild is in order.
My 2000 Rancher has less than 400mi on it. Still looks new. Used it to pull a swisher mower.
I have an '05 I bought new....yellow! I'd love the orange one. When I b bought mine the only colors available were green ,red or yellow.....well everybody had a green or red ATV!
What state do u live in Joe?I'm in Southern illinois and was just wondering if that snow was headed our way.in my younger years I had a King Quad that had a manual lift on the plow and that quad did amazingly well plowing snow,but whenever the freezing rain came before snow I had a set of chains I would put on the rear tires.Keep up the good work,I enjoy the vids.
My dogs love the snow. Don't get much round here on the coast. But when we do they are like puppies again.
I plow commercially and have used a 500 and now a 1000 Polaris sportsman to plow. Let me tell you, the 1000 can easily push double the weight in snow than the 500 so in those big snow storms I love having the bigger 1000 over the 500
Mainly because the 1000 weighs more it just keeps it’s momentum longer whereas the 500 would get stopped by snow a lot
I just bought a plowing 4 wheeler for $200. The wiring looks like spaghetti and I will not be riding it for a few days to a few weeks...
Pretty good price, what a deal. I only gad a Honda 300lt, with blow and winch no 4x4, and after 3 inches I was spinning had to always get a running start to plow and keep going, then trying to stop, I'd slide, because I need speed. with 4x4, it looks like make a big difference. definitely be harder after 6 inches. I almost wanted a enclosure on mine, because I had to go out why it was still snowing to keep up with the snow fall. I got tired of getting soaked, did a helmet for a bit. I was doing the neighbors drive ways aswell
Remember it is a dry sump. You are supposed to start and idle a few minutes. Let it sit for a minute and then check the dipstick! Do not check level cold
Very Nice! 😎 I Like The Orange Color Definitely & Great Video Joe
check the carb for a power wire and thats the switch i believe it heats the carb
you should put a abs tube on the cutting edge, it will not mess up your lawn
I'd invest in some redline to add in the oil.,or fuel for that four wheeler to clean out the resonator baffle filter screen inside of the muffler. Before it ends up getting clogged up. Cause it will end up burning up the oil rings inside of that engine if you don't clear out that baffle screen soon.