Which do you prefer the Honda Rancher or the Honda Foreman???? What are their differences??

I was looking at those and ended up getting a Rincon at an auction. You might look at one. Tons of power and room.

I've got an 04 rancher. Had it for years. It just keeps going and going. Never been around a Foreman, but I'd say whichever Honda you get will make you happy. If I did a lot of pulling or off road stuff, the bigger one would make sense, but mine works great for me. It's had 2 adults on it, a deer on the front rack and dragging another one and didn't struggle with it

I have a 05 foreman and they are a bigger machine than a rancher. Both are good machines. My 05 has over 18,000 miles on it, and I never walked back to the pickup.

300 four trax

Just make sure to get the FM model. My 420 rancher fm has been absolutely bullet proof and I've beat the heck out of it.

Mate of mine's got a Foreman. Had it fifteen years that I know of. Do for me.

They are great machines until you have to do some work on the transmission. You have to remove the entire powerplant and split the cases. The shifter fork is too light and you can bend it very easily by stomping on the foot shift. My Forman was about 10 years old and wasn't worth the stupid $$ they wanted to fix it. Of course no one other than a certified Honda dealer would touch it as you needed the "special " tools to fix it. You could drive it but don't get it stuck in between 1st and 2nd as it can be a real pain to get out. Otherwise great machine.

Any Honda's a good Honda!! I went with the pioneer 500 and couldn't be happier. Room for lots of gear and a sidekick with protection from the weather another plus. They are also small enough to get around in the woods quite well and climb rough terrain like a billy goat.

O5 here Rancher 350. full time all wheels. Slow but can pull like no get out......

04 Foreman here a bigger engine then the Rancher had, with in and out 4 wheel drive mine I need to shift it, not sure about the Rancher. I don’t use mine a lot mostly for spraying weeds and wet times trapping when I don’t want to rip up the roads with my truck.

Now that 450cc is considered a smaller motor compared to the newer engines. I’m looking at tracks for mine but $3,000 is spendy for a 04 machine but if handy enough it might be worth it.

My rubicon is a rancher I think, 500,. I really like hydrostatic transmission
They don't offer it anymore
Power steering helps a lot

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Small enough to get through the tight spots, light enough to get un stuck, and the best 4x4 ATV bare none.

I had a Foreman 450S which isn't a bad machine, but sold it and bought a used 300 and pocketed the difference.

I have. 18 Rubicon, I like it, and work it hard, firewood, snow plowing, horse feeding. Lots of power. If I was just going to play in woods , smaller unit is fine. I do like power steering, independent suspension.

Have an 04 foreman that has been abused it's entire life. Had to work over the carburetor a couple of years ago and have rewelded and stiffened the racks several times, other than that no issues. In the spring and summer it packs around a 35 gallon sprayer and I hung a basket off the front for fencing gear, probably the reason the racks have failed. When it wasn't working it was run hard at play. Folks around here say if my brother or I can't tear it up buy one. I think the foreman would fall into this category.

ditto, mines an 02.keeps on tickin

I bought a Rancher in 2012. The first dealership where I looked sell Polaris, Yamaha, and Honda. The sales lady, who at the time worked there for 16 years told me..."of the three brands, Polaris is in the shop by far the most, you see an occasional Yamaha in the shop, but you NEVER see a Honda in the shop."

Rancher or Foreman, you can't go wrong with either one, just depends on how much size and power you need. IMO, you're buying the right brand.

I had a rancher it was great I traded it off for a bird dog. But what a fine dog he was. 4x NSTRA field champ.

It was smaller but was big enough for me.was full time 4x4. The Forman is bigger and also a nice machine.

These days I prefer a side by side.

Not to steal the thread I have a guy wanting to sell me an 02 foreman for $1500 ATV is in great shape has around 5000 miles on it. Do you guys think this is a pretty good deal. Eric

I have a 02 foreman 400 all the time 4 wheel drive 13,000 miles just change oil brakes & bearings no problems, pleanty of power. Maybe the newer ones are better on gas since the price is going up.
I will buy a Honda again without a doubt. Jim