Is There a UTV Company That Makes Good Stuff and Backs it Up, Unlike E-Z-GO?

[sklunk]

If you are looking for a company that stands behind their products, and one you can still get parts for, it's hard to beat Deere. Yes you pay more for the parts, but not necessarily for the initial UTV purchase. And their parts prices were coming down lately (before the tariff fiasco).

Plus they make a lot of different versions/size classes, in gas/diesel/electric, and a large dealer network if you need service (other "UTV" manufacturers have this too, but not as many for golf-cart-derived versions).

 

[airbiscuit]

The Popeye's chicken sandwich is great!
Sell the EZ Go you got for a bargain, and get something that meets your standards.

 

[kenbgbill]

When I bought my Kubota, it came with a JD garden tractor and an E-Z-GO ST350 Workhorse, which is a 350-cc gas cart with a dump bed. It has a Subaru Robin engine.

The cart is not bad, but the company that makes it behaves like it works out of somebody's spare bedroom. Is it E-Z-GO? Is it Textron? Can't tell. The website is garbage. Lots of parts are discontinued. Some parts you can still get are cheap. Others are insanely expensive, like the $2300 dump bed.

It's like the Popeyes Chicken of cart manufacturers. Amateurish and slipshod, from one end to the other.

Sooner or later, I may want to get rid of this thing simply because of the hassle of getting parts.

Is there another company that makes similar products and also provides good customer support, like continuing to supply parts at acceptable prices?

To your secondary question, Textron is a holding company that owns EZ GO and Arctic Cat snow mobiles among other notable brands. It also makes the Tracker Off-Road vehicles and used to make the Textron/Tracker EVIS which is a 72 v EZ GO based UTV. If you want a gas powered UTV, Kawasaki, Can Am, Polaris and Honda are all atop the heap with nearby dealerships and cost being prime selection criteria.

 

[Paul McILwain]

I have a 2013 case/ih scoutxl high capacity, Kawasaki vtwin, full hard cab with heat, electric dump, 4wd cvt trans. It is made by club car so parts are easily available thru any case/ih dealer or club car

 

[EddieE]

That's an interesting opinion, and you are entitled to hold onto it. I am very content with my response.

"Do your research" is not a helpful suggestion. I am doing research, right now. That's the purpose of this thread. When I got this USED CART as part of a PACKAGE, I did my research. I got a screaming deal on three items. It was a huge bargain. I could not ask the seller to give me a Kubota instead of an E-Z-GO. He didn't have a Kubota.

I needed a tractor, a mower, and a cart, fast, and this guy was selling for about half of what his were worth. I was very busy with a move and taking care of a dementia patient. I did not have time to scour the state to see if some other stranger would basically give me $10000 and hand me exactly what I needed.

Now because I have done more research while I owned the cart, I am doing new research because I may want to get rid of it and get something better.

Because I researched, I know I can sell the E-Z-GO and put myself in a big Kubota diesel with low hours for about $4K. Now I am researching things like ground clearance to see if the Kubota will work

Kubota isn't going to give me "a back seat" if I order a part for a Kubota UTV. I don't know where that came from. If you want a Kubota part, you ask for it, pay for it, and take it home. Nobody asks if you have a fleet or whether you also have a tractor.

As for Jacobsen-GO's poor business practices being "on me," well, that's a novel theory. Ordinarily, companies are responsible for their failings, and customers are not.

If their failings are on me, then my choices to show them up on public forums, Youtube, and my widely-read blog, and to buy someone else's products, are on them.

I think I found a solution to your problem. I rebranded my 2021 EZGO with these stickers from Amazon. It's now faster and more depndable but the parts cost more...

 

[ScipioUSA]

My vote would be a Kawasaki Mule or Kubota RTV 500 or 520 if you like the smaller form factor similar to your cart. The RTV will fit in the bed of a fullsize pickup.

 

[D&D]

I think I found a solution to your problem. I rebranded my 2021 EZGO with these stickers from Amazon. It's now faster and more depndable but the parts cost more...View attachment 3539805

JD branded so now the retail is doubled?

 

[kneedeep]

Any body have one of the 72v Tracker EV?
I have an original Bad Boy Buggy made in Vicksburg, MS that broke a rear axle. Part is NA new, but still some parts buggies around.
I am looking hard at the Tracker EV to replace it.
A 20 year old Mule does all the heavy work around here.
Same unit that BassPro sells, but there is a local dealer that has parts and service for several golf cart and zero turn models.

 

[bigtiller]

I think I found a solution to your problem. I rebranded my 2021 EZGO with these stickers from Amazon. It's now faster and more depndable but the parts cost more...View attachment 3539805

Well of course, it is an antique now, which was made in the first half of the 1950's.

 

[klm]

Excuse me while I go hug my Kubota RTV-XG850

 

[bdhsfz6]

Every time I go to the Kubota dealer, I eye that RTV-XG850 they have on display. It sure would be fun to run around the estate with it, but the $15K price tag makes me question it's true usefulness. Right now, I keep the cabbed tractor at the house and just jump on it to get around the acreage. I'm not really sure what advantage an RTV would have.

The FEL bucket and the tote I have on the 3pt will carry anything I need. The two seats on top of the tote also carry any passengers that want to tag along. There's no place on the property an RTV would go that the tractor can't, so access isn't an issue. For now, an RTV stays on the list of things to buy when I hit the lottery.

I'm not saying RTV's aren't practical for some folks, just not for me at this point in time.

YMMV.

 

[WM75Guy]

Every time I go to the Kubota dealer, I eye that RTV-XG850 they have on display. It sure would be fun to run around the estate with it, but the $15K price tag makes me question it's true usefulness. Right now, I keep the cabbed tractor at the house and just jump on it to get around the acreage. I'm not really sure what advantage an RTV would have.

The FEL bucket and the tote I have on the 3pt will carry anything I need. The two seats on top of the tote also carry any passengers that want to tag along. There's no place on the property an RTV would go that the tractor can't, so access isn't an issue. For now, an RTV stays on the list of things to buy when I hit the lottery.

I'm not saying RTV's aren't practical for some folks, just not for me at this point in time.

YMMV.

For the OP, as was said Textron is a holding company with diverse industries. One of which is Bell Helicopter, so they know a thing or two about engineering a quality product. I have driven E-Z-Go carts. They just are not in the same category as a UTV. While some of Textron's holding may make a UTV, E-Z-Go isn't one of them. As for parts availability, it looks like E-Z-Go steers you towards the dealer.

My wife questioned the purchase of our first UTV, a 2015 Kawasaki Muke 4010. After a while she wondered why we didn't get on earlier. It pulled the manure spreader and a drag harrow for the arena. We traded it in on a new 2025 Kubota RTV-X. She likes it better than the Mule, as do I. I really like the fact it is diesel, filled from our fuel trailer. No more 5-gallon jugs of gas to lug around.

 

[Suburban Plowboy]

Not upset at all. I never understood any poster posting disparaging remarks.

I was raised to.. If you don't have anything good to say about a person or company other than an outright screw job, don't say (or post anything). Posting that crap just makes you look small.

You are whining about the cost of parts. Got news for you, all replacement parts that are OEM are expensive.

Yes, you were upset. You were emotional, not rational.

Your parents misled you. It's important to criticize companies that let consumers down, and doing so doesn't make anyone "look small." That's just your weird response. You must be furious with Consumer Reports. I guess they look pretty small to you.

No, all replacement parts that are OEM are not expensive. Where did you get an idea like that?

 

[Suburban Plowboy]

For the OP, as was said Textron is a holding company with diverse industries. One of which is Bell Helicopter, so they know a thing or two about engineering a quality product. I have driven E-Z-Go carts. They just are not in the same category as a UTV. While some of Textron's holding may make a UTV, E-Z-Go isn't one of them. As for parts availability, it looks like E-Z-Go steers you towards the dealer.

My wife questioned the purchase of our first UTV, a 2015 Kawasaki Muke 4010. After a while she wondered why we didn't get on earlier. It pulled the manure spreader and a drag harrow for the arena. We traded it in on a new 2025 Kubota RTV-X. She likes it better than the Mule, as do I. I really like the fact it is diesel, filled from our fuel trailer. No more 5-gallon jugs of gas to lug around.

The cart is fine, even if it's not a heavy-duty machine. The semiconscious manufacturer is the problem. The cart holds 800 pounds, does not get stuck on my property, and would be easy to work on if parts were both available and reasonably priced.

The Kubotas look great, but now that I've learned the floors rot out, I am not interested in one.

 

[Suburban Plowboy]

What stinks here is your attitude. You didnt start by asking who has what and their likes/dislikes about it. You started ranting EZgo as a whole over your vintage equipment.

I wasn't interested in their likes or dislikes, so why would I ask about them? I was asking about other companies.

Since you believe the whole bed only costs $75 to make, why havent you made one?

That's really stupid.

" You misstate the point. My main complaint is not the price of the parts, although even the ripoff artists at John Deere would have a hard time outdoing a $2300 cart bed that cost $75 to make. And I just happen to need bed repairs."

PS May want to double check your story about EZgo's status

You need to explain that.

White-knighting for big companies for unknown reasons is unfathomable to me.