RTV Muscle

[Hootie]

I hauled several loads of mixed clay and gravel yesterday. I loaded the RTV with the BX 2200, three scoops. Probably quarter mile or so over fairly rough terrain. I have had the RTV for bout 2 years and am constantly impressed by its performance. I do not know how much weight I was hauling, but it was substantial. That machine never missed a beat. The 2200 however had trouble with really full FEL's of the clay gravel mix.

 

[TWO GUNS]

Down here, we're always surprised what this machine will do. I've always said to folks, if you don't own a RTV, you don't know what you are missing !!!

 

[TOMMYHPX4X4]

yea things are under rated like cranes . when we would build a crane we would rate it for 50 tons but it was really 90 tons i am sure the rtv and hpx's are the same way they can haul the weight they say plus half of another load safely and easily. but i bet that rtv can haul alot with that transmission it has.i sure would like to see one of them 1100's hooked up a buddy is gonna send some pictures and videos when he gets back in the country of his 1100 in action i'll post them .

 

[rox]

You know what I have always wanted on an RTV? I ahve thought why don't they make the bed in the back end with a slide out, like campers have now. Whne you want to carry somthing extra long, you can slide the dump bed out for greater length, understanding there would be weight limits and tip issues on slopes etc. That bed on the RTV is just to short for carrying cases of olives. My husband can get 10 cases of olives, roughly about 200kilos to 250 kilos, on the 3PH wagon on the back of his tractor. Is it called a wagon or a carry all? It rises up and down on the 3PH and it does not have wheels.

The RTV would be a much much handier machine if it had bigger bed, but not all the time bigger, a slide out solution would be perfect. I would love to haul about 20 cases (about 800-900 kilos), you stack them 2 high, two double decker rows of five cases would be perfect. We really are against using a trailor, do to the hilly terrain and the weaving in and out of rows of trees. But surly an RTV with an extended bed would be shorter than a tractor with the 3PH, so it would be handier and could carry more than 10 cases at a time.

 

[TOMMYHPX4X4]

how much longer do you want it.??? i'm in the process of makin something like that for my hpx.i too find there just ain't enough room in the bed for hauling stuff.i load mind with everything under the sun and i run out of room quik . i even use my top rack but still need room. but i'll post a picture of that bed thing when i got it done.i was going to make it around 15" and use exspantion metal for the bottom and sides to cut down on weight with a slight little lip that i can slide some plates in so i can haul dirt if needed. my design was gonna hook into the rear hitch and the bumper i'm makin so it would be able to take the weight. anything a make can hold weight and take a beating.lol

 

[TWO GUNS]

Why couldn't a person make rails on the sides, like they have on the ends of Pop-up campers. And when you need the the extra, zip, you have a longer bed.
You can buy the slider-rails everywhere.
Something in the idea of a drawer in your kitchen or drawer in your desser in your bedroom. Now that would be the only way I'd do it. Make it out of light aluminum, or something really light. The RTV will handle it just fine.

It's no end to what you can build for any of these utility vehicles. I seen pictures of them with full-blown emergency beds & aluminum cargo boxes for haulin' out folks from mountains and hard to get places up north. Think they called it a RTV- ALL TERRAIN AMBULANCE .....

 

[avorancher]

I would be careful about putting heavy weight on an extended bed. I have carried rocks piled as high as I could get them in my RTV... so much that the bed wouldn't dump on level ground. One problem I found with such a heavy load is that the front end becomes very light. I've actually pulled a wheelie when going up an incline and hitting a rock with the front tires. Scared the ## out of me.

I think the bed height vs center of gravity is the issue.

 

[TOMMYHPX4X4]

get some old weights off a weight bench and make a rack for the front bumper ans just add weight when you need it to the fron sort of like the tractor weights. i thinkin of a better bed lock down for the hpx because with alot of weight in the rear i do notice the front of the bed will rise.

 

[MessickFarmEqu]

get some old weights off a weight bench and make a rack for the front bumper ans just add weight when you need it to the fron sort of like the tractor weights. i thinkin of a better bed lock down for the hpx because with alot of weight in the rear i do notice the front of the bed will rise.

Right.. then blame the manufacturer when you break somthing.

 

[darkday]

If you have the front hitch you could just make something that slides in there that could hold the counter weights. Oh yeah that lock down idea would be good too. I don't know if mine wasn't secured tightly or what but mine dumped by loaded 55 gallon water tank going up a hill. Cracked the tank half way up.