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How do you justify a ATV or E-Bike ? #7303450
07/11/21 12:05 AM
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martyd Offline OP
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For those folks that do NOT own their own land or lease 100’s of acres to hunt or trap on how do you justify paying $ 8000.00 to $25,000 for a ATV or $2500.00 for a E-Bike ? What am I missing here ? At 62 would like to buy one when I retire but I do not own any land to drive the darn things on. MD

Re: How do you justify a ATV or E-Bike ? [Re: martyd] #7303454
07/11/21 12:15 AM
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Minnesota
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I've owned 1
A Polaris 400 sportsman 2005 model , drove it allaround my small farm tonight filling water tanks n getting eggs

First off a 400 or 500 is all a guy needs with 4x4 power and a Good winch. Don't spare the winch

Keep it up and a $6 to 7thousand model will do all you need.

I bear hunt with mine on private land and State forest trapping.

We can now legally drive them into our town. I have never yet 8 miles is too far.


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Re: How do you justify a ATV or E-Bike ? [Re: martyd] #7303457
07/11/21 12:19 AM
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I use my 4wheeler to trap off of when its to muddy to drive my pickup into pastures. I haul from place to place on a trailer. I fire it up every month or so. I rode it about 5 miles today. On county roads. You could get a ticket for that but no one I know ever has


Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Re: How do you justify a ATV or E-Bike ? [Re: martyd] #7303458
07/11/21 12:22 AM
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I'm fat and lazy?

Re: How do you justify a ATV or E-Bike ? [Re: martyd] #7303470
07/11/21 01:12 AM
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There are thousands of miles of logging roads just north of here where you can ride 4 wheelers.One area north and west of Abitibi canyon that was logged in the 70s is larger than the province of prince edward Island.
Unlimited hunting and fishing if you have a 4 wheeler.


Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
Re: How do you justify a ATV or E-Bike ? [Re: martyd] #7303485
07/11/21 02:02 AM
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Maine, Aroostook
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There are things I'd like to do and things I'd like to buy but I can't "justify" them so I refrain. It's a matter of conscience.

Re: How do you justify a ATV or E-Bike ? [Re: martyd] #7303486
07/11/21 02:11 AM
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Old age?


Slightly used Shoes 4 sale……………
Re: How do you justify a ATV or E-Bike ? [Re: martyd] #7303506
07/11/21 06:14 AM
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I'm like Danny. I trap off of my side by side and haul it from one pasture to another. Actually checking with it is the reason for a lot of the permissions I get. Sandhill pastures are pretty fragile, a pickup can leave ruts that never heal up. We can drive them pretty much anywhere here, including in town. I use mine to get the mail, go to grocery store, or the hardware store. Leave pickup in the garage,

Re: How do you justify a ATV or E-Bike ? [Re: martyd] #7303509
07/11/21 06:29 AM
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Bought a 2005 Polaris sportsman 700 used in 2010. Still got it. Justified with snow plow as i needed something to clear long driveway. It was hard to find. I ended up sending a guy a post dated check with deposit so it wouldn't sell before i could get there on a weekend. Back then any decent used 4 wheeler that was appropriately priced went fast.

Re: How do you justify a ATV or E-Bike ? [Re: martyd] #7303511
07/11/21 06:42 AM
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We bought a used Honda foreman, an atv not a utv and got it for less than $4 thousand with low hours. We put new tires on it and had it tuned up. It is 4 wheel drive. We shopped hard to find one too. Last year they were crazy popular and not many produced when factories shut down. Everyone at home for a spell wanted toys I guess. Anyway, we found a good one at decent prices locally and it serves us well.
We only have a 3 acre yard and use it quite a bit. Pull behind weed sprayer, pull behind drop spreader for fertilizer and grass seed. We plan to put a blade on it for pushing snow off our drive lane too. Out neighbor has one and he clears his drive fairly quickly with a blade on his.
The boys like to ride ours too. Found with a ball hitch they can haul the jon boat and trailer up from behind the house to our driveway much easier too.
Looking around now for a small trailer as I would use this to trap with also when conditions warrant.
Jim

Last edited by jabNE; 07/11/21 06:46 AM.

Money cannot buy you happiness, but it can buy you a trapping license and that's pretty close.
Re: How do you justify a ATV or E-Bike ? [Re: martyd] #7303512
07/11/21 06:43 AM
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I would like to buy an e- bike someday. But I despise 4 wheelers. Gas is getting too expensive and hard to find.


wanna be goat farmer.
Re: How do you justify a ATV or E-Bike ? [Re: martyd] #7303528
07/11/21 07:18 AM
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If you hunt/trap public land and can use one then get one

Texas is mostly private but they do have public hunts that we use ATVs on

If I did not own land I would probably have no reason to own ATV

Re: How do you justify a ATV or E-Bike ? [Re: martyd] #7303540
07/11/21 08:04 AM
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Originally Posted by martyd
For those folks that do NOT own their own land or lease 100’s of acres to hunt or trap on how do you justify paying $ 8000.00 to $25,000 for a ATV or $2500.00 for a E-Bike ? What am I missing here ? At 62 would like to buy one when I retire but I do not own any land to drive the darn things on. MD

You can get a great pre owned atv for 4 grand or less.


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Re: How do you justify a ATV or E-Bike ? [Re: martyd] #7303548
07/11/21 08:17 AM
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You can get an ebike for $1200 and up. I see a lot of them in the city. Perfect for the body that can't afford a car. No licensing, insurance, all that BS. Technically anything with a motor is supposed to be licensed in NE including a boat with a little trolling motor. Nowadays with the electric wheelchairs, scooters, skateboards, segways, and now bicycles I think the Law has give up on trying to enforce it. Maybe some states/cities have legalized the electric transportation.


Life ain't supposed to be easy.
Re: How do you justify a ATV or E-Bike ? [Re: martyd] #7303558
07/11/21 08:27 AM
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We have untold numbers of people here who own a half acre or less "many live in subdivisions" who buy an ATV and expect to tresspass and ride on other peoples private property.

That plan usually doesn't work out real well for them.


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Re: How do you justify a ATV or E-Bike ? [Re: martyd] #7303560
07/11/21 08:30 AM
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Oh yeah, golf carts too. The uppity-ups like to cruise the streets in the evenings in their golf carts.

Last edited by Gary Benson; 07/11/21 08:31 AM.

Life ain't supposed to be easy.
Re: How do you justify a ATV or E-Bike ? [Re: martyd] #7303678
07/11/21 10:20 AM
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We own both ATV and UTV. Bought the ATV new in 2008 Honda foreman 500, $5000.00. Still great machine will last forever. Honda is hard to beat.
UTV wife broke her back so I started looking, she cant really ride ATV anymore with me. Usually takes me 3 years to find and buy anything, I hate spending money. Found a 2016 Honda 1000-5 with 400 miles on it, and nice trailer for 12,500. Couldn't pass it up, my wife who is my hunting partner as well can still go anywhere we want to. We have roads all open around us, and our family owns a nice sized piece of land.

Re: How do you justify a ATV or E-Bike ? [Re: martyd] #7303683
07/11/21 10:33 AM
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I do not own much land but have an ATV and a side by side. Trapped using ATV but hauling capacity was lacking. Upgraded to side by side and solved that problem. And most of the property I trap, I could not trap out of a truck so the s x s is the ticket because walking is not feasible. I have one property that I drive 7 miles of farm lanes/logging trails at one stop. I just trailer up and go. Without the ATV or S x S I would be sitting at home.

Lived most of my life without an ATV of any kind but intend to have one the rest of my days. Sort of like a 4 wheel drive truck, gonna have one of them also. The way I see it, I can not afford to NOT have them.


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Re: How do you justify a ATV or E-Bike ? [Re: martyd] #7303698
07/11/21 11:22 AM
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I justify things by the use and enjoyment I get out of them. Some things cost now but save you money long term by taking time and making things easier.
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I use my side by side daily for farm chores. Feeding, milking,hauling water to animals, getting fire wood in(heat with outdoor wood stove).
I bought it used for a song and used it every day for 4 years now. Have replaced tires 2 times breaks, starter, caliper, and it uses a little oil. It's about time to shop for another one.

Also my kids learned how to operate motor vehicles on it at a very young age

Last edited by Providence Farm; 07/11/21 11:54 AM.
Re: How do you justify a ATV or E-Bike ? [Re: martyd] #7303700
07/11/21 11:24 AM
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I have a Polaris UTV I much enjoy to trap off of. No way I can justify it financially but if I get ten more good years trapping it’s worth it to me. My neighbor has a 50,000 truck and 40,000 dollar boat and he’s never sold a fish.

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