Looking for comments, reviews, opinions on hisun UTVs. Would like to hear from some folks who have actually own/owned one. I have been looking at reviews on several forums but there seems to be a lot of "I know a guy who had a friend who had a cousin who knew a guy that has one" stories. Or "I have a Yamaha and everthing else is crap". I have a Yamaha ATV, A Polaris ATV and a Susuki ATV, Arcticat Snomobiles and few more I will leave off. I like them all.
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UTV KNOCK OFFS
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Made in china enuf said I am in ATV motorcycle snowmobile repair. and have worked on them all including Hinsu........ If you want a cheap machine that is exactly what you will get bad air filteration bad drivetrain cheap plastic/controls. spend the extra 3-4K get a real one and be happy you did not spend 3-4K on repairs
I am talking about the rhino clone. I use these things for work and will put like a 100 miles a year on it. Most of the ATVS and snowmobiles I have now are 7- 10 years old and all have 1000 miles or less on them. I just go a few miles at a time up and down a mountian. I do not ride them for fun so they get little overall use. So saving a few $K is tempting.
Hey radiOgeek, I run another forum that has a dedicated following for the Kubota RTV. The things these guys do with them are amazing. One member posted about an electric UTV that was a whole lot cheaper, and had a few advantages. You might be interested in that or a used RTV or a used Rhino. The RTV's are diesel and will out last most of us. They will carry more of a payload also. Some have the manual dump and others have a hydraulic pump for the dump bed. After reading these guys posts I'm looking for a used RTV for my place. I have lots of hills and valleys and sure could use the hauling capacity. I have about 2k miles on my Honda ATV 400 ES. It's done me a great job but the RTV would sure be nice. If interested check out:
Net Tractor Talk: http://www.nettractortalk.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=133
Takes you directly to the RTV owners forum.
Net Tractor Talk: http://www.nettractortalk.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=133
Takes you directly to the RTV owners forum.
muleman
Gone But Not Forgotten
I have the RTV 900 and it is a workhorse. Not a speed demon for sure but it goes about anywhere I want. I climb my power line and it is steep and I haul a lot of wood. They use a hydraulic pump for the dump bed and also have an option for hydraulic tools to run off the taps on the back of it.
I still am looking for some one that has one. There is a place near Augusta Maine that sells them at thier power sports dealership along with other brand name stuff. They have a demo 2006 rhino clone that has a few K Miles on it. They have video and pics of the thing doing everthing from towing a snow trail drag with a set of tracks mounted on it to mud running and gravel pit cruising. The thing is still going strong and looks grate. It is hard to see the differance to the real thing. I sure would like to hear from some who has bought one before I pass on one.
I would buy a new one. I can get a new deluxe version of the rhino for $7500. It has upgraded wheels and tires. It comes with an 800 cc honda clone motor. It has all the same features and if you put one right next to a rhino it is very hard to see any differnce. I did look at some older hisuns from a few years ago and they were no where near as good as they seem to be now. I am also curios how this is possable? How can hisun build these if they are not in kahoots with Yamaha? I am not trying to sing praise for these things, dont get me wrong. I would just like to find some people who actually own one and hear whay they have to say.
snow dog
New member
muleman
Gone But Not Forgotten
Smartass! My line comes straight up a steep hill. The power line boys spanned 680 ft. between poles rather than have to bring in a tracked pole digger. I know it was steep enough when I cleared it with a D5 Cat that it was hard to keep from sliding. When they ran the gas line the first operator on the trackhoe went for a slide and would not come back. The last 100 ft. is really tough to get up over even with good grousers on the dozer.Muley, you can balance that thing on a power line. WOW I bow to your greatness.
They can buy one and take it apart and copy it. Much like they do with purses, clothes etc.
From the way you describe them i suspect the early versions were not so good, which falls in line with what another poster said who has worked on them. Might be hard to find someone who has one of the newer models, and if the model is that new their impressions won't be worth a lot as they have not put it through years of use.
I saw a used Kubota RTV go for 8k on ebay. for that kind of money I'd be going for the tried and true RTV over an unknown, but that's just me.
grizzer
New member
I bought a used diesel Gator 6 wheeler years ago. Seems to run all summer on one tank of fuel, and taught 4 Nieces how to drive over the years. It is not fast but with young kids you dont want fast anyway. I use it as a truck for servicing field eq, wood, dirt, rocks, whatever hauling and once pulled a Taurus that high centered in a ditch out after 3 days of pounding rains.
Mine is old style low slung so 3" of snow will get the drive belt wet & stop it.
Mine is old style low slung so 3" of snow will get the drive belt wet & stop it.
I have a Bennche 500 made by Hisun 300 + miles and runs graeat. Looks identical to the Rhino and sold by my local Yamaha dealer. Has a one year warantee came stock with wench roof windshield mirrors horn and lights at $7'000
I have done the CJ thing. Owned 7 at one time. Thay were grate in their day. Wont go where the UTV's goe.
Which one is American made ??
AAUTOFAB1
Bronze Member
i have never seen a UTV make it up any of the 4x4 trails where i live,oh they try
, but are not built for real 4-wheelin,but i really don't think they are designed for it
fun to run around the ranch in
Snowtrac Nome
member formerly known as dds
i have to disagree i have a cj-5 stock 258 33 x1450 it follows a new polaris 6x6 any place and in some cases pulled it through the polaris has it's place if narrow is what you need also has a better ride quality the cj5 will haul more and pull more weight also has better brakes. when loaded i also find parts to be more in expensive
Dargo
Like a bad penny...
I've probably had 8 or 10 neighbors go the 'knock-off' Chinese route with the sellers telling them that the engines were "Honda clones" and the transmissions were "Made by a Yamaha supplier" and all sorts of other obvious bullshit. Not one of the cheap Chinese knock-offs are still running and they have zero resale value. They are a lose-lose proposition. I would not touch one with a ten foot pole using someone else's money.
I've taken the "Honda knock-off" engines apart to fix them since I've worked on Honda engines since 1974. Honda my ass!!! The ONLY thing to do with Honda is the word Honda the salesman used in a lie to sell the disposable POS. Most were leaking fluids (contaminated fluids at that) on the showroom floor. "Since they are clones, parts are interchangeable". Again, my ass! It would be like putting a 15 yard dump bed on an S10 pickup; it's a clone of the original bed, same thing.
Before you light your hard earned money on fire and burn it, look and see how many of those dealers are still in business, have a full service shop, have a fully stocked parts department (because you WON'T find the parts!) and see if they sing the same tune they sang only a few years ago. I know it sounds rude, but it's the way I grew up and it's served me well; if you can't afford to buy the actual item you want, NEVER, under any circumstances buy one that's "just like" what you want according to the person selling the knock-off.
I've taken the "Honda knock-off" engines apart to fix them since I've worked on Honda engines since 1974. Honda my ass!!! The ONLY thing to do with Honda is the word Honda the salesman used in a lie to sell the disposable POS. Most were leaking fluids (contaminated fluids at that) on the showroom floor. "Since they are clones, parts are interchangeable". Again, my ass! It would be like putting a 15 yard dump bed on an S10 pickup; it's a clone of the original bed, same thing.
Before you light your hard earned money on fire and burn it, look and see how many of those dealers are still in business, have a full service shop, have a fully stocked parts department (because you WON'T find the parts!) and see if they sing the same tune they sang only a few years ago. I know it sounds rude, but it's the way I grew up and it's served me well; if you can't afford to buy the actual item you want, NEVER, under any circumstances buy one that's "just like" what you want according to the person selling the knock-off.
Snowtrac Nome
member formerly known as dds
i have to agree with you Dargo even some of the brand name stuff can be hard to get parts for now days so i can imagine the off brand can be impossable. if you need something on the cheep by a small jeep or 4wd mini tuck strip it and put on some big tires
If your looking for a great UTV, don't look at a Bennche. I purchased the 700 Big Horn Crew last December. It spent the first two months in the shop with over heating. After getting it out and having it for 6 months, it is over heating again. Bennche will not respond to the issues. They want you to deal with the dealer and not them.
I don't have any respect for them at all. My wife will not drive the UTV because she does not feel the vehicle will get her where she wants to go and back with out over heating. I have contacted them several times and I can not get a response from them. I would like to have the $13,000.00 back I spent on it to get a Polaris Crew but I can't get a response. Today I hired an attorney to handle this issue.
Be ware and if you have to have a small vehicle to drive on the street, get a jeep.
I don't have any respect for them at all. My wife will not drive the UTV because she does not feel the vehicle will get her where she wants to go and back with out over heating. I have contacted them several times and I can not get a response from them. I would like to have the $13,000.00 back I spent on it to get a Polaris Crew but I can't get a response. Today I hired an attorney to handle this issue.
Be ware and if you have to have a small vehicle to drive on the street, get a jeep.
Snowtrac Nome
member formerly known as dds
just what I said if I were to do it again I think I would get a cj-7 may look at replacing my wifes broom with a wrangler.
SORRY TO HEAR OF YOUR MISFORTUNE . I HAV HAD MY BENNCHE 500 FOR ABOUT A YEAR. I HAD SOME HEATING PROBLEMS WHEN IT WAS NEW. THERE ARE 2 TEMP. SENDING UNITS THAT CONTROLE THE FAN . ONE ON THE THERMOSTAT HOUSING AND ONE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE RADIATOR. THE SENSOR ON THE RADIATOR WAS BAD FROM THE FACTORY. AS FOR MY DEALER (CLARION CYCLE) OR THE MFR.(HISUN) I HAVE NO COMPLAINTS WITH EITHER . IF THE HEATING PROBLEM SHOULD BE THE SENSOR ON THE RADIATOR THERE IS A PROTECTIVE BOOT OVER THE PLUG THAT NEEDS TO BE SECURED TO THE SENDING UNIT WITH A ZIP TIE. THE DEALER STRESSED THE FACT THAT IT WAS NOT A RHINO WHEN I BOUGHT IT WHICH IS HIS MAIN BRAND. I TESTED BOTH AND BOUGHT THE BENNCHE
I bought a Hisun from Cara Powersports in Toronto. I bought it new in 2012, its a hisun 500cc ATV, I've taken it riding and hunting with my buddies through some pretty serious trails and it kept up to there Yamaha and Polaris no problem. Plus I got the plow kit for it and have been doing my driveway all winter. No problems yet. just make sure wherever you buy it carries the parts and does service if you ever need it and you'll be fine. Besides its half the price of almost any decent brand name machine out there, I would rather buy anything new then some used machine that you dont know what its been used for, at least you have warranty with these.
Dargo
Like a bad penny...
I would buy a used name brand 100% of the time. The UTV knockoffs have had a terrible track record based on all the forums I've visited and everyone I've have seen has broken. The worst part is they have basically zero resale value. I'd never consider throwing $7000 or more on something that will be worth less than $2000 when you get it home and, as mentioned, about zero if it breaks. A Yamaha, Kawasaki or Honda will likely give decades of service and still be worth money after all that use.