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bennieb30

bennieb30

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Y wife and I are about to buy a 2012 rtv 1100 with mag was bed liner that has 155 hrs for 14500 with I feel is good but could be wrong. But is is camo with is a dip coating or what ever you call it. I've seen some start come off over time. A little unshore about it. We keep the rtv we have now in a shed with the rest of the equipment. Is there any thing I can do to protect the camo coating? I also like to keep my equipment waxed can I wax a camo coating?
 
bennieb30 said:
Y wife and I are about to buy a 2012 rtv 1100 with mag was bed liner that has 155 hrs for 14500 with I feel is good but could be wrong. But is is camo with is a dip coating or what ever you call it. I've seen some start come off over time. A little unshore about it. We keep the rtv we have now in a shed with the rest of the equipment. Is there any thing I can do to protect the camo coating? I also like to keep my equipment waxed can I wax a camo coating?
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I meant mag wheels
 
Sorry Bennie, I can't help you. The first RTV we bought was a Camo model and the first time I parked it in our forest I lost it and replaced it with a bright orange one.:pat:
 
I have an 06 camo that I bought used two years ago. It had 600 hours on it but the camo was in good shape. It had spent part of it's life outside or in a 3 sided shed. Still no worse for the wear. I am able to store it inside now an have no issues with the camo wearing off. It appears to be ingrained. I'm guessing you can wax it, though I have to admit I never have waxed mine. Probably something else I should get around to doing.

Have all you other RTV owners waxed your RTV? If so, how often have you waxed it?
 
Doc said:
I have an 06 camo that I bought used two years ago. It had 600 hours on it but the camo was in good shape. It had spent part of it's life outside or in a 3 sided shed. Still no worse for the wear. I am able to store it inside now an have no issues with the camo wearing off. It appears to be ingrained. I'm guessing you can wax it, though I have to admit I never have waxed mine. Probably something else I should get around to doing. Have all you other RTV owners waxed your RTV? If so, how often have you waxed it?
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Thanks for the info I guess really the only way the camo coating comes off if it is driven throw a brier patch. That's good to know wasn't shore how durable it was. I try to wax in spring and fall like I go with my vehicles but last year I just waxed my 900 once. But we are trading in the 900 for the 1100 this weekend. Pretty excited can't what to have a 1100
 
Really, I don't even think it comes off in Briar patches. I driive through places were it can't help but touch the side nose of my RTV and not a sign of any coming off. I do think you'll like it. Just be careful not to lose it in the woods like some members have. LOL
 
Doc said:
Really, I don't even think it comes off in Briar patches. I driive through places were it can't help but touch the side nose of my RTV and not a sign of any coming off. I do think you'll like it. Just be careful not to lose it in the woods like some members have. LOL
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?? hahah I'll try not to lose it. That's even better news that hard to scratch off. I'm starting to like it all ready thanks
 
Will you guys stop talking about waxing? My '04 RTV hasn't been waxed in almost 11 years. I don't want it to feel neglected and pout. Or worse.

I give it a blast with the pressure washer a couple of times a year, but it's never been waxed. That would be like waxing a manure cart. The thing is used every single day around the barn. This time of year it has mud all over it. It will get washed in April when mud season is about over. I bet I wash fifty pounds of mud off it.

If we see a camo RTVs are we supposed to run into them so they know we can't see them?

Fitch (Who wanted a camo one but they didn't make them then)
 
Have not ever waxed mine yet either. It sits outside in the elements all the time. The camo seems to be doing fine cause it is in the mud,briars,woods, limbs ect. with not scratches or fading yet. Had it since last august. Could not do without the buggie around here. One of the handiest machines on the place.
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Fitch said:
Will you guys stop talking about waxing? My '04 RTV hasn't been waxed in almost 11 years. I don't want it to feel neglected and pout. Or worse. I give it a blast with the pressure washer a couple of times a year, but it's never been waxed. That would be like waxing a manure cart. The thing is used every single day around the barn. This time of year it has mud all over it. It will get washed in April when mud season is about over. I bet I wash fifty pounds of mud off it. If we see a camo RTVs are we supposed to run into them so they know we can't see them? Fitch (Who wanted a camo one but they didn't make them then)
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I use mine daily on the farm. I wax is so the mud and manor and what ever else will slide off. I d pressure was mine as well when it gets really bad but the wax does help to keep stuff from sticking. Well for the most part it does
 
thunderdome said:
Have not ever waxed mine yet either. It sits outside in the elements all the time. The camo seems to be doing fine cause it is in the mud,briars,woods, limbs ect. with not scratches or fading yet. Had it since last august. Could not do without the buggie around here. One of the handiest machines on the place.
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I use our rtv more than my tractors. Can't live without it.
 
They are amazing machines. Years ago when I was getting ready to retire, I started looking for a skid steer. I already had an old tractor but wanted something more manoeuvrable and quicker for everything from building our final house, moving hay and clearing the long driveway. One salesman tried to sell me the bobcat ToolCat saying it would do what I needed and was better than the skid steers. Almost $70,000 out the door! So I got a little JD skid and later found the RTV.
With the snowplough on the front, the RTV does 80% of the clearing, the rest, heavy windrows, are moved and stacked by the Skidder.
With around 50 acres to mow in the summer, the RTV comes to the rescue again towing a 60" mower. Firewood hauling, landscaping, gardening, water management, wild fire suppression, fence fixing, construction, livestock feeding are all done with the RTV. Couldn't and wouldn't live without it.
Probably the single best purchase Iv'e made to prepare for retirement in the country side.
 
Could you elaborate on the wildfire suppression bit?
I loaded a 55gal tank and a pressure washer... turns out the pressure washer mostly blows the fire all over the place so I'll have to use another pump.
 
(a bit O.T.) CPS, we used to be almost neighbors. We lived in Northern Montana (1977-84), less than 20 miles from the U.S./Canada border. We went to Calgary by car or bus every time we traveled to Europe and flew from there. We lived first in Joplin and then in Gildford, on the "Hi-line" (Hwy. 2). I had a friend who farmed right on the border, which was (at least in those days) just a long fence with two strands of wire (not even barbed) strung between concrete posts. I must confess to having often committed an armed invasion of Canada when a flock of Hungarian partridges or a couple of sharptail grouse, flushed in the U.S. and landed in Canada. In a way I was working as a volunteer Canadian border patrolman, "arresting" birds that had entered Alberta illegally and transporting them, having duly tried and executed them, back to the States. I'll bet there is great hunting in your neck of the woods.
 
Doc said:
Really, I don't even think it comes off in Briar patches. I driive through places were it can't help but touch the side nose of my RTV and not a sign of any coming off. I do think you'll like it. Just be careful not to lose it in the woods like some members have. LOL
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Could the camo be some sort of vehicle wrap product?
 
poke said:
Could you elaborate on the wildfire suppression bit?
I loaded a 55gal tank and a pressure washer... turns out the pressure washer mostly blows the fire all over the place so I'll have to use another pump.
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Sure , I purchased the RTV from an oil service company that had rigged it up to fight well fires. So the blade was intended for clearing bush for fire lines and smothering grass fires. It came with all optional lights including an amber flasher and two different spare tires mounted on rims for the front and back. I've added a trailer with a 1000 Ltr (245 gallon) and about 2200 lbs tank, 1 .5 hp fire pump and forestry hose and adjustable nozzle. I can fill the tank from the well, a 25000 gallon steel in-ground rain tank or one of our ponds or streams.
I'm a paid on-call fire fighter for the county and I'm confident that I can knock back or down any flame that starts by the time my bother and sister fire fighters get here.

Kinda big on being prepared.

A pressure washer puts out as much air as it does water so in a moderate to larger fire it may feed more than extinguish.
Princess Auto, in Canada, sells a proper and portable fire pump. Up here it's about $699.00.
 

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(a bit O.T.) CPS, we used to be almost neighbors. We lived in Northern Montana (1977-84), less than 20 miles from the U.S./Canada border.
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Very true. I just retired from the City of Calgary and moved up north to God's country almost 3 years ago.
My wife and I used to motorcycle ride down to Montana often. Have good friends in Billings. It's a great State! So good that it's almost Canadian! LOL
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