2024 Polaris Ranger XD 1500: Is It Really A Pickup Truck Killer?

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@cattleguy 7 ай бұрын

To everyone who says “I’d rather have a truck”, you obviously don’t own a ranch. We have trucks. I have a few. However, I also have trails where my trucks can’t go. None of my trucks have dump beds. None of my trucks have front and rear lockers. None of my trucks have 15” of ground clearance with full underbody protection. My trucks are also very heavy and will rut up a wet pasture quickly. These machines are built and marketed to ranchers, farmers and hunters for a reason. They are purpose built machines to go and do what our trucks can’t.

@theMacGyvercom 2 ай бұрын

Finally a smart and sensible person in the comments. Trucks have their place and tools like this has its place. Yes it’s expensive but it’s purposely built to be in the woods and pasture all of its life. It’s the same as someone saying “my truck can tow 20,000lbs” well yeah an f250 is designed to do that. Now can my f250 cruise through a sloppy/muddy field with ease and not get stuck or rut up my pastures?

@leevijohn4207 2 ай бұрын

JAPAN MAKES MINI TRUCKS WITH ALL COMPONENTS YOU LISTED…FOR 20k

@SuperWooba 11 ай бұрын

You could use the bottom cupholders for hot drinks, top cupholders for cold drinks. It's too bad they don't offer a two door with a longer bed. Wait ... 50,000 freaking dollars?!

@rickreese5794 11 ай бұрын

Bwaaaa Haaa🤡🌎🤪😩🥵🤷🏿‍♂️

@XceedDriver 11 ай бұрын

Definitely too expensive for me, but I can see the use case for this. Something that has amenities, is nimble, rugged, lightweight and can be towed from site to site with a midsize or half ton is beneficial for some. You can still buy the cheaper ones so I’m not upset that this exists

@truckstractorsandmore3608 11 ай бұрын

Instead of spending 50’000 dollars on a Polaris ranger, I would spend 6’000 dollars on an old ford ranger

@MaxHolombo1234 10 ай бұрын

It’s not meant for broke people

@dirtbeard108 10 ай бұрын

@@MaxHolombo1234 its meant for fools

@AHH24219 10 ай бұрын

there are a lot of very smart people on here

@motorcyclestig8539 10 ай бұрын

This thing would destroy a ford ranger in everything. Plus you would look like a fool. All of my friends had ford rangers growing up I spent half of my life driving around in them they wouldn't hold a candle to this thing. Some of them even put long travel and it still wouldn't hold a candle to this polaris ranger. Put the pipe down

@mrtannermann 9 ай бұрын

@@motorcyclestig8539ranger has better tow capacity and bed capacity. It also can go down the highway with ease. Polaris rangers are not great for actual work, only play.

@whitehorse1961 10 ай бұрын

Got an older Bobcat with Kubota diesel. Paid about 3k and it will pull, plow, haul hay and do pretty much everything I ask. Not particularly stylish and fast but good and steady.

@jurgbalt 11 ай бұрын

45k for two door ands not even maxed out? get 2 door half-ton with 4wd and pocket the change (yes a short half ton is also small and nimble)

@bertraminc9412 11 ай бұрын

You gotta love when you look at a cutaway of the engine and you can see rust spots on components of the motor. Cheap metal alloys rust.

@motowipeout5670 11 ай бұрын

No thanks. For the money, I'd rather have a truck

@jameshurd4815 11 ай бұрын

I agree 100%

@dennissmith7214 11 ай бұрын

Oh course!! 😂

@mingomane1 11 ай бұрын

Can’t take a truck down a atv trail though. They both have their pros and cons.

@motowipeout5670 11 ай бұрын

For that price, you could buy a new mid sized 4x4 truck AND an ATV of your choice to put in the back of your new truck. I'm sure there will plenty of people with more money than common sense lining up to buy these though

@charliehas2braincells393 10 ай бұрын

@@mingomane1 a 1992 ford ranger is 68 inches wide the ranger XD is 65

@LouieSmithSenior 11 ай бұрын

This is what we used to buy a Bronco or a Jeep for.

@447Film 11 ай бұрын

I love the way the new powertrain sounds. It reminds me of a man talking nonstop

@cnelson3225 11 ай бұрын

We had a Polaris ranger that we used on the cattle ranch for about 400 hours, overall it was trash. The engine had great power in the suspension was really good off-road, but it was super hard starting in the winter and all of the plastic exterior cab stuff got sunfated and cracked. The plastic roof cracked and leaked and the side doors were falling apart due to all the plastic clips. Most of what held that cab together over time was zip ties. We just traded it in on our first gator, and man what a world of difference in quality! The gator is not an off-road monster like the Polaris was but it's way better rig for work

@MotorsportsX 10 ай бұрын

sounds about right.

@ElanTuna69 10 ай бұрын

Hard starting in winter? Were you running premium fuel or standard 87. Standard 87 all day every day especially in cold weather

@cnelson3225 10 ай бұрын

@@ElanTuna69 always 85, that's what we got here in CO

@ElanTuna69 10 ай бұрын

@cnelson3225 ok that would be best option at elevation

@findingxeno3285 10 ай бұрын

@@ElanTuna69maybe 40 years ago. I bet this thing should not run on any thing less than 87.

@motorcyclestig8539 10 ай бұрын

That was nice of the Duttons to let you drive polaris rangers around. Did they take you to the train station 😂

@dmytromural 11 ай бұрын

Great video! Honest and passionate!

@mikerowland1701 11 ай бұрын

For that price I’d rather have a Tacoma TRD PRO

@joseramos7476 11 ай бұрын

love it, wish it was more affordable.

@CaneCorsoZeus Ай бұрын

Three Forks Ranch is incredible!! Appreciate the review

@paulpryor850 10 ай бұрын

For the money, I'd buy a Toyota Tacoma TRDPro. Also, a friend of the family owns a Honda, Polaris, and Suzuki dealership. He told me to stick with a Honda, Kawasaki or Yamaha. Since Articat, CanAm and Polaris moved manufacturing to Mexico. He's trying to become a Kawasaki or Yamaha dealer. Then drop Polaris with all their repair issues.....

@sppeders1 11 ай бұрын

Does it have cruise control? $50K trucks do.

@pajamatime5750 11 ай бұрын

Sure they do. Because they often are used on a highway where you may travel a certain speed for hours. That doesn’t typically happen with a SxS. Cruise control on one of them is stupid. I see what you’re trying to say but this is a bad comparison.

@rockymountainjazzfan1822 11 ай бұрын

It costs like a 4WD pickup truck, it will carry a load like a light duty pickup, it has the comfort features of a pickup truck, but IT IS ILLEGAL TO DRIVE ON MOST PUBLIC ROADS IN MOST STATES. If you are a rancher or farmer in Wyoming or South Dakota (where ATV's can be licensed as street legal), this thing might be handy--if one is willing to spend $50K for an ATV! Too bad they don't put a 3-cyl Kubota diesel in it--then the thing would get about triple the fuel economy. As this one sits, I doubt that it gets much better fuel economy than a 1/2-ton 4WD truck.

@whitehorse1961 10 ай бұрын

Funny, just wrote a comment about my old Bobcat with 3 banger Kubota diesel that cost me about 15 times less than this rig.

@messagesystem333 11 ай бұрын

Just get an F150 4x4 XL regular cab and have something street legal.

@theMacGyvercom 2 ай бұрын

Bring it down to my pasture. It just rained the other day and let me see how it turns out. I’m not talking trash about your F150 because I own several Fords including F150 F250 but I do realize that these vehicles do have their place.

@ram2500rt 7 ай бұрын

Looks like the cab is taking in a lot of dust. Something that Polaris is known for. The bed is also filling with dirt as you drive. I wont put things in the bed that you don't want full of dirt.

@lukesmith8547 8 ай бұрын

They are also great for zipping up and down the logging roads here in British Columbia Canada as you would not be doing those kind of speeds in a regular pickup truck either

@lastminuteman 11 ай бұрын

I’m still not convinced a cvt is good for pulling… I like it, but would like to see a standard shift model

@Synic08 11 ай бұрын

The belt only had issues if it slips…. Its fully locked on all cvt machines at about 2-3mph… the reliability of cvt has come leaps and bounds from the 90s….

@MotorsportsX 10 ай бұрын

@@Synic08 idk..belt breakage is a REGULAR occurence on the trails near me. severl hundred sxs's and at least a dozen or so every week. and thats just rock climbing and trail riding. I want a Pioneer, but with the accessories of a defender

@kingrider75 10 ай бұрын

@@MotorsportsXsame! Hands down the pioneer for me everytime but accessories oem and aftermarket suck!

@kingrider75 10 ай бұрын

@@Jacob-kl2mxstill a CVT just a steel belt. First year for that and could be potential nightmare. No thanks

@jenozanetti6664 8 ай бұрын

Nissan cars have had steel cvt belt transmissions for years, this is not new technology

@reallyemptypockets6509 11 ай бұрын

I’m going start wearing my helmet and riding gear when I drive my truck too?

@brandonm6052 10 ай бұрын

0:30 "going to be very impressed with the numbers", my first thought is I can't wait to hear the price stated. Recently at a farm show I saw them and didn't walk over to look, would it be handy on our small farm yes but like everything it's a more more more game and with it goes the price. To the guys that say i'll buy a little pickup, in our area we have a lot of irrigation and a pickup unless it has super swamper boggers and lockers it's likely not getting in and out of many places we use our atvs and sxs's

@richfarfugnuven6308 11 ай бұрын

The heated cab would be nice in the winter...

@shumann1605 11 ай бұрын

Same size a some vehicles you can get in Japan right now. I'm sure Japan has some very similar in off road performance. About the same as a small truck I drove while stationed in Japan. I think they are pricing themselves out of large piece of their demographic that would or could actually use this. However as long as they are selling, the price is not change. If 90% of the ones they sell are for the base unit, I could see them adjust the prices in the future. Polaris is making a killing profit on these rigs with the price points they have set though. Great video.

@kingrider75 10 ай бұрын

They won’t keep this model long because it just won’t sell well enough at that price to keep it in production. I’d give it 3 years and that motor and tranny will make its way into a ranger for around 28 grand.

@dmegahan 11 ай бұрын

I would love to see the premium vs a gator.

@armyranger9346 10 ай бұрын

Hard to believe driving down a dry dirt road was a "test" for any side by side. You could have taken a Smart Car the same places you took this $45,000 side by side. How about taking it off road? Will it climb steep hills with no low range? Can you crawl over rocks without riding the brakes? How about mud, snow or sand? If you're going to "test" a side by side, TEST IT.

@jackthibodeau6810 11 ай бұрын

I live on an island year round in Maine that is usually only a summer residence. I have a 2004 ranger that I am going to have to retire because it’s nearly rusted in half. I might buy one of those

@jackthibodeau6810 11 ай бұрын

ANd I routinely have driven the 2004 on the beach and even in the water pulling boats in and out.

@brianhale6176 11 ай бұрын

100 times better then truck. Run this a couple of years and you still have a $35k ranger. Buy truck run it like this and you have scrap iron. This will go places and do things that will kill your cheap trucks.

@kingrider75 10 ай бұрын

You have obviously never owned a Polaris 😂 run it a couple years and it’s a yard decoration

@jmyd83 11 ай бұрын

the A pillar blindspot is massive

@boris2873 11 ай бұрын

Lol I caught that to

@aarons307 11 ай бұрын

What kind of grade can this Polaris pull that 3500# up? Is that only on flat ground? Will it pull that up a boat ramp? Not convinced yet, just because its rated for it, and it looks like when payload is over a certain limit, your speed is limited.

@full_charge 10 ай бұрын

A 2 door jeep wrangler does a lot of what this does and it’s street legal.

@tigerhawk84 11 ай бұрын

I really don't understand the price of something like this. You can get a REALLY nice used truck for half the cost and it would be usable outside of just the trail/farm duty.....who are these for?

@pajamatime5750 11 ай бұрын

Not you obviously. Polaris will sell everyone of these they build so someone’s buying em!

@mitchstein288 11 ай бұрын

These are becoming more and more like an automobile. Heated seats, A/C, heat, power windows, wiper. I guess in super specialized situations, these work out well. I like riding ATVs because of the connection with nature. I think all these features would detract from that.

@JamesSmullins 11 ай бұрын

No it's not. Most of the ranchers around here go to the feed store then straight to their cattle to feed. No need to unload from one truck into a side by side creating twice the work. Same goes for mending fences and other ranch work. Most ranchers don't have barns full of hay and even the few that do around here they use their trucks to haul it out to the fields. The only time I see sxs used are small lots five or ten acres and even then it's usually just to check on things.

@paulbugden7708 11 ай бұрын

Not for me! $30000 buys a handful of F150 or similar short box 4x4's with same or better capabilities

@robb8773 10 ай бұрын

At a starting price of $45k for the 3 seat and $50K for the 6 seat version, that's CRAZY! I would just buy a Pick up or a Wrangler and I could drive it on the street!

@findingxeno3285 10 ай бұрын

Starts at 30k lol

@ElanTuna69 10 ай бұрын

What is the top speed electronically limited?

@justincloward3362 2 ай бұрын

I think a lot of people don’t understand the payload ratings. A lot of people saying they’d rather by a Ford Ranger for next to nothing. The thing is, nothing new for this price is going to have these payload numbers for cheaper.

@nuskidooer-es5do 9 ай бұрын

What is the fuel capacity? Also fuel mileage?

@FlameClone 11 ай бұрын

For that price, just but a Ford Ranger with the FX4 package.

@hummyhero1484 10 ай бұрын

Now test it towing up the Ike gauntlet 😂

@JarmelSingsKaraoke 11 ай бұрын

👏👏👏 ALEX 😊

@engir63 11 ай бұрын

The problem with this you cannot drive it on the street in the states so there is no information as to if someone would want one for driving on the street, as an around town vehicle and for the money I would get a truck.

@mazwibrilliantsimelane236 9 ай бұрын

I heard it cost more than a rubicon but I can take it. But I don't see it in South Africa

@DigitalYojimbo 9 ай бұрын

Isnt this ranger raptor price ?

@richardedwards8648 11 ай бұрын

Is it street legal in colorado?

@michaeldeahr2321 10 ай бұрын

has to have a auto lisence. so No. Thats why i want a Jeep or like auto.

@johnwayne6778 8 ай бұрын

John deere gator 835 works for me

@snowmobiesnowman 11 ай бұрын

Will it have a plow kit?

@jackthibodeau6810 11 ай бұрын

My 2004 has a plow on it so I would assume you can get one

@dirtbeard108 10 ай бұрын

not at all. some trucks are cheaper. Just saw a Chevy 2500HD work truck with msrp of $51k yesterday.

@robertsn6584 4 ай бұрын

It's 40 grand for the north star premium . A new pickup is 55 thousand and up

@tackleberry293 6 ай бұрын

Absolutely absurd price. All the companies making SXSs are going to run most people out of the market.

@richfarfugnuven6308 11 ай бұрын

For this price, I am guessing wealthy ranchers and farmers?

@WW-wf8tu 11 ай бұрын

Think Yellowstone. lol

@robervin9107 11 ай бұрын

For that money tommy can get the jeep back lol 😂

@evanleo7633 9 ай бұрын

for 1/10th of the price you can find a import Japanese/Chinese mini truck that is street legal and more comfortable and safer

@Synic08 11 ай бұрын

Yea… its cool, but there too much… if you got money to blow maybe.. but if you need to “use” this for what its made for, i think you’d get more done spending 30k and paying a guy to help you with the remaining 20k.

@WW-wf8tu 11 ай бұрын

1st off, I hope you got the better of the person that punched you in the eye! lol. Hope that is not a common occurrence in your life Alex. On that ranch, hope you asked for a meat patty to cover it. lol. As for this expensive machine, well, the biggest pro/improvement is that steel belt. Curious if current owners with a CVT belt system could upgrade theirs to the steel. A lot of people are not loving their experiences with Polaris. But at this price point, I would think the well off rancher/hunters would not care about the maintenance as much as the luxury/comfort this offers. I know I would! Then again, I would have to have a LOT of land to justify it. I won't be buying 1. But it almost makes me wish I would. :)

@Z-S-H 11 ай бұрын

I love the capability but like all things polaris WAY TOO EXPENSIVE. Definetly catering to the larger scale commercial market because no small operator could ever afford something like that

@findingxeno3285 10 ай бұрын

Want to bet that they’ll sell?

@user-md6qp9mp4g 2 ай бұрын

So many heavy duty off road vehicles for this price

@roycemccarthy5771 10 ай бұрын

You pointed out that you couldn't go fast towing a load with a $ 50,000 dollar truck. That's BS. Work was and still is done on a farm without sxs's.

@Wyoming_Gramps 11 ай бұрын

Polaris can not keep production up with sales and they keep bringing out new models in three trim levels. I wanted to replace my Polaris XP1000 with a new one in Premium level trim. Dealers can not get them, so what is the point. I went to another brand. That being said, a really nice review.

@findingxeno3285 10 ай бұрын

Nothing any other brand has even compares to this. Wow! There’s demand for a brand new released model and the dealers don’t have hundreds of them immediately? What a dumb comment.

@einfeldt777 11 ай бұрын

Nice to have all the creature comforts but that’s a lot of dough 💸💸💸💸💸

@dirtbeard108 10 ай бұрын

same price as a brand new Jeep Rubicon 2 door Wrangler.

@fakeappellation7343 11 ай бұрын

$45,000 LOL

@bread-gz3rl 11 ай бұрын

8th gen F250 custom 4x4 supremacy

@ericreid8111 10 ай бұрын

Servicing a transmission every 6000 miles seems very terrible to me.

@RydenLarsen Ай бұрын

Movie name?

@kennyphelps1160 9 ай бұрын

220,000 acres? So you mean the entire state lol

@albertatundra 11 ай бұрын

Good grief, $50,000 ... you would have to be touched to buy that.

@rickreese5794 11 ай бұрын

Ol jo, has a fleet ! 💯🤙🏻🤡🌎

@valleyviewacres9120 10 ай бұрын

in short no it won't replace my truck......, my 1000 is meant to take the punishment that I don't want to put my truck through checking fences for example. And since if I dropped my 27 goose neck cattle trailer on that Id fold it in half. It is in fact a toy. I don't spend that kind of money on a toy

@ordaichtepoileas80 11 ай бұрын

That's for rich Glover type people.

@Ram-re5em 8 ай бұрын

I only buy Can-Am period. Only buy 6x6

@tyrannyterminator4179 5 ай бұрын

The price point is off the charts, still better off with a used truck….

@Jaun2Three 11 ай бұрын

shoulda gone zr2

@BikerForJustice 9 ай бұрын

This has gotten so out of hand - how about a 500 - 700cc SxS the regular people can enjoy !!

@infernoking7504 11 ай бұрын

Just get a old ford rangee there small enough and reliable and can take a beating.

@HASSON454 Ай бұрын

buy 2015 xlt single cab for $15k spend 10k upgrading and put the rest into stocks lmao

@thelongdaysofwheeling124 9 ай бұрын

Way too much money for a decided off road, non street legal vehicle. Buy a Jeep Gladiator and go from Trail/farm field to the feed store and back. Much more versatile. But they will sell a tone of these I betting.

@mtnman3MTA3 11 ай бұрын

Of course it’s a pickup killer; it’s not better in a lot of ways and circumstances.

@JOEFACE4216 10 ай бұрын

Ya'll sound ridiculous 😂😂 nope I'd rather have a truck as if brand new trucks Aren't 70k yeah an old truck is cheap so is an old side by side you can get a 7 year old Polaris ranger with 1000 hours on it for a super reasonable price and put in work but a brand new heavy duty use commercial farm/work vehicle thats going to last 10 years at least well yes its pricier so is life these days also you really look ridiculous complaining because you clicked on video !

@Adam_Newman 10 ай бұрын

Way too expensive !!!

@justincottingham1296 10 ай бұрын

If Honda or Yamaha would build a comparable rig I’d pay 60k for it. I live in the middle of nowhere Montana and our community lives off of our sxs’s. You’d beat a Tacoma to death trying to do with it like we do with sxs’s. Yes 50k is a hard pill to swallow, but a Polaris pill is even harder to swallow. Aside from their sleds, They’re yuppie junk.

@cindiwinters9979 5 ай бұрын

Calling bull shit on the trailer weight of 3,500 lbs no way!

@jonsimone3111 6 ай бұрын

Get the F out of here at 50 grand are they smoking crack?

@Girth.Brooks11 Ай бұрын

“ID rAthEr HaVe A TrUcK”. Sit down. This video isn’t for you. This is a purpose built vehicle. It is not meant to be used as a truck.

@1607rosie 8 ай бұрын

Way over priced ud rather have a 4x4 ranger and you can drive it o the freeway. Plus AC and heat power windows etc .

@nickgibb4687 11 ай бұрын

45k and its a polaris...nah ill pass

@davidkallstrom4349 11 ай бұрын

POLÄRIS?

@hahaadventures4838 11 ай бұрын

Nice try Polaris, but that’s a total rip off! A suckers born every day! No thank you!

@dommm111 11 ай бұрын

The tomboy barbie "truck"

@bertraminc9412 11 ай бұрын

Dude! Why would you grind dust into a windshield? Do you not have a kindergarten understanding of life?

@Captndarty 11 ай бұрын

Those front grill nostrils look terrible and an after the fact addition. The designer should be remanded the lead janitor.

@findingxeno3285 10 ай бұрын

Lmao ok chief engineer. I bet you couldn’t design a napkin

@the_patriot7 11 ай бұрын

Polaris is a good company but this is too much money for something in this size

@roastingpeanuts 11 ай бұрын

Solution..... buy a kei truck, suzuki carry, hijet, sanbar ect.

@findingxeno3285 10 ай бұрын

Those hunks of shit will fold in half within the first inch on the trail