I have owned a Bobcat 2200 (gas) for about 300 hours and now own a RTV900 going on 1017 hours. Had lots of engine issues with the Gas.
Your use will drive you in the right direction, but i would never buy a gas again for work purposes. For People transport, gas are great cause they are faster on the move most of the time.
I've seen a lot of the RTV's with plows lately and frankly, I don't know why.
Once you get up to 4-6 of snowfall or wet snow, there is not enough weight (1800lbs) or traction out of the RTV to push it. I have a Bobcat 873 (8900lb) with a plow/tracks and this year I bought a L900 dump truck + plow as the 873 didn't cut it with our excessive snowfall.
So... if your plan is to push snow with it as primary use, it's a lot of money (even at $6k for another brand gas) to spend on a snow plow. Ya i get there are other uses in the summer, but they better be good for that money. I paid about $10k for the RTV and $2500 for the dump truck. Seems like a lot of money to push snow around.... Especially now that we are looking at the green grass pushing its way up.
Your use will drive you in the right direction, but i would never buy a gas again for work purposes. For People transport, gas are great cause they are faster on the move most of the time.
I've seen a lot of the RTV's with plows lately and frankly, I don't know why.
Once you get up to 4-6 of snowfall or wet snow, there is not enough weight (1800lbs) or traction out of the RTV to push it. I have a Bobcat 873 (8900lb) with a plow/tracks and this year I bought a L900 dump truck + plow as the 873 didn't cut it with our excessive snowfall.
So... if your plan is to push snow with it as primary use, it's a lot of money (even at $6k for another brand gas) to spend on a snow plow. Ya i get there are other uses in the summer, but they better be good for that money. I paid about $10k for the RTV and $2500 for the dump truck. Seems like a lot of money to push snow around.... Especially now that we are looking at the green grass pushing its way up.