Welcome from the coast of Oregon only 5mins. to the dunes..Hello all - new to this forum but though I would add my 2cents
My forey into SxS was born from getting older and being tired of dragging deer out of the fields and forests in the middle of the night. As I recall I had to drag a deer out about 1/2 mile and it nearly killed me - while huffing and puffing back at the car I decided I had dragged my last deer - with two weeks I had purchased a Rhino - that was back in 2005. At the time I didn't think there was anything that Rhino could not do - 3-4 deer and 4-5 guys - no problem. Beat up my Rhino pretty good but that was why I bought it. Life was good!!!
As spring rolled around it seems a waste to have this industructable 4 wheeler sitting around so I started going up to the Adirondacks to Lewis County and around Lake George where I could really hurt the Rhino and myself - great fun. My girlfriend really liked the Rhino and loved to drive it into the mud and rocks. Seems the Rhino was a little wide for many of the trails and was broken regularly on the BIG rocks. Solution - got a Can Am 800 Max XT thinking we could both still ride together and would be able to go where we could not take the Rhino easily. Problem - the 800 was/is way to scary for my girlfriend to drive so she is always in back struggling to see whats happening.
Soooo the moral of this story is that a side by side will do work and fun things that a quad will not do well, anyone can get behind the wheel and have a great time safely and you don't have to rag deer.
Why the Commander? Heard about them from friend who fixes my Rhino, did a little reserarch, went to one of the Can Am rides, and called my dealer the second I got out (after the second ride) and ordered an X. It is just to fast, too cool, to much fun not to have one. My girl friend is calling me crazy (they are not giving them away) but she will absolutely love it - I'm sure. Can't wait for delivery day.
Welcome to the forum...looking forward to hearing about more of your adventures!Hello all - new to this forum but though I would add my 2cents
My forey into SxS was born from getting older and being tired of dragging deer out of the fields and forests in the middle of the night. As I recall I had to drag a deer out about 1/2 mile and it nearly killed me - while huffing and puffing back at the car I decided I had dragged my last deer - with two weeks I had purchased a Rhino - that was back in 2005. At the time I didn't think there was anything that Rhino could not do - 3-4 deer and 4-5 guys - no problem. Beat up my Rhino pretty good but that was why I bought it. Life was good!!!
As spring rolled around it seems a waste to have this industructable 4 wheeler sitting around so I started going up to the Adirondacks to Lewis County and around Lake George where I could really hurt the Rhino and myself - great fun. My girlfriend really liked the Rhino and loved to drive it into the mud and rocks. Seems the Rhino was a little wide for many of the trails and was broken regularly on the BIG rocks. Solution - got a Can Am 800 Max XT thinking we could both still ride together and would be able to go where we could not take the Rhino easily. Problem - the 800 was/is way to scary for my girlfriend to drive so she is always in back struggling to see whats happening.
Soooo the moral of this story is that a side by side will do work and fun things that a quad will not do well, anyone can get behind the wheel and have a great time safely and you don't have to rag deer.
Why the Commander? Heard about them from friend who fixes my Rhino, did a little reserarch, went to one of the Can Am rides, and called my dealer the second I got out (after the second ride) and ordered an X. It is just to fast, too cool, to much fun not to have one. My girl friend is calling me crazy (they are not giving them away) but she will absolutely love it - I'm sure. Can't wait for delivery day.