Grizzly 700?

[jckleewein]

I am thinking about getting a Grizzly 550 or 700. I am leaning towards the 700. I will use it for hunting, and for plowing snow off my to long of a drive way. Does anybody on here have the Grizzly 700? If so, how do you like? Any problems? What about the 550?

 

[maxaholic]

I don't have one but I have a buddy that does. All I can say is it will take alot of abuse and keep on ticking. When I say abuse I mean flipping it several different times and flip it over and ride it home. :rofl:

 

[jraymer]

Buddy of mine has one, said he loves it, plenty of power and i think he has the power steering too. Says the stock tires are not that great though. He ended up lifting his 6 inches and started doing mud bogs with it.

 

[dwax]

i have heard a lot of problems with the automatic transmission on the griz 700 and power steering problems on the ones that have it.. i personally have a prarie 650 with just over 4000 HARD miles on it and love it. I have burn up two belts in the mud but other than that, not a single issue

 

[dwax]

not knocking the griz 700 but. i have a lot of friends with the v-twin kawasakis everyone has good experience with it

 

[jc64]

I have the Kawasaki 700. TONS of power. If you have the means, go with the 700. There's no substitute for Cubic Inches.... uhhh.... CC's.

jc

 

[rcr1978]

How about the Arctic Cat ThunderCat 1000? I never been around one but I have older cat wheelers I beat the FOK out of and have been good. Anyone else have one? I'vev been looking at the Cat 1000 for a while. I have a 06 grizz 660 thats been a fairly good wheeler quite a bit different from the new ones my initial opinion is they are built light so don't roll it to hard

 

[jckleewein]

Buddy of mine has one, said he loves it, plenty of power and i think he has the power steering too. Says the stock tires are not that great though. He ended up lifting his 6 inches and started doing mud bogs with it.

Yeah, those tires didn't look that meaty. I will probably throw some skit plates on for hunting. It can get real bad back in these mountains.

 

[jckleewein]

I have the Kawasaki 700. TONS of power. If you have the means, go with the 700. There's no substitute for Cubic Inches.... uhhh.... CC's.

jc

That what I was thinking.

 

[jraymer]

I would almost look into a wheeler that has the semi manual transmission, if they even make one like that anymore. Just with plowing snow, putting all that load on the engine and a slow speed I would think it would burn up belts or clutches more often. I may be wrong though. Used to plow snow when I lived back in MN with a little 300 4x4 kawasaki and it was nice to pick your own gear.

 

[jmoods]

Brute Force

I got a 08 Brute Force 750i if you want come over and check it out. I use it for the same things you are planning on.

 

[jmoods]

Brute Force

I got a 08 Brute Force 750i if you want come over and check it out. I use it for the same things you are planning on.

 

[Durascrap02]

buy the 700 yamaha they are awsome i have 2 buddies that have them and these guys are not nice to them at all!!! they sink them, smash them, race them, and just plane old beat the snot out of them, and they keep kickin!! i also have a few buddies that have the honda 650's there are an awsome machine dont get me wrong but i no 2 of them for sure have had tranny problems from the get go. you will not regret buying the yamaha!!!! especially if your just gonna plow and pull deer or whatever it is you kill in colorado.

 

[mdbenedict06lbz]

I can say I have a 700. Don't waste your time with the 550, the only difference between the two is the cc's and price point is minimal. I ride with four other 700s, one 660, two outlander 650, Kawi 750i and a sportsman 800. Only quad to always come back under their own power are the Yammys. Mine has been under water twice and once I dried out the motor it's still as strong as new. Grizzly 700 is the most well rounded machine imo.

 

[jckleewein]

buy the 700 yamaha they are awsome i have 2 buddies that have them and these guys are not nice to them at all!!! they sink them, smash them, race them, and just plane old beat the snot out of them, and they keep kickin!! i also have a few buddies that have the honda 650's there are an awsome machine dont get me wrong but i no 2 of them for sure have had tranny problems from the get go. you will not regret buying the yamaha!!!! especially if your just gonna plow and pull deer or whatever it is you kill in colorado.

I can say I have a 700. Don't waste your time with the 550, the only difference between the two is the cc's and price point is minimal. I ride with four other 700s, one 660, two outlander 650, Kawi 750i and a sportsman 800. Only quad to always come back under their own power are the Yammys. Mine has been under water twice and once I dried out the motor it's still as strong as new. Grizzly 700 is the most well rounded machine imo.

Awesome information guys! I found a new 09 700. I am getting ready to go take a look at it. Great price, end of the month, and an older model should help them come down on the price.

 

[jckleewein]

I got a 08 Brute Force 750i if you want come over and check it out. I use it for the same things you are planning on.

I remember seeing it sitting there. Can you get to it fairly easily?

 

[custom8726]

I got an older Grizzly 600 (01) Its only got 460 miles on it since new but its all fairly hard miles, plowing the driveway and skidding/carrying whitetail out of the woods. Never had one issue with it yet. On a more relavent note my buddy just bought the 700 and that thing is nasty for a 4X4 things got twice the nut my older 600 has.. No way would I buy anything but the biggest displacement motor available (700)... :thumb:

 

[jmoods]

I remember seeing it sitting there. Can you get to it fairly easily?

LOL yes- its in the garage and the garage has been cleaned:thumb::thumb:

 

[jckleewein]

Thanks for the information guys. I went to look at it, and guess what I walked out with a another toy. I forgot how much fun these things are.

 

[Durascrap02]

nice congrats on the new ride!! i need to start looking for 1! i have an 81' honda 3 wheeler 200x that i use for ice fishin but shes got a rough ride!!lol