4 pages of this, nope, read some of the first, didn't go farther. You want the highlights, Can Am, I hunt and work in mine a lot here in Alabama. It's quiet. I've gotten a lot of positive reviews from our club members about the smoothness and quietness of this machine.
SXS, I've owned a Can Am Defender 10 Max, that's the one with the second row of seats, since 2020, before Covid, yep bought in January, Covid hit March. I love that thing! I tested Polaris, Honda, and Yamaha, I'm not going into why I didn't go the other routes. I will if you PM me. The Can Am, Honda and Yamaha were all at the same dealer at the same two (yeah different days) test drives, so it wasn't the dealer.
The Can Am is quiet, rides well, handles any trail or deep gumbo mud we've had it on, handles a bunch of passengers. I use it hunting about close to 70-80 days a year just hunting, then you have off season work, then work around the land, ie., I use that thing a lot. I've had to replace the fuel pump, once, I run nonethanol gas exclusively, you don't have to, I do. I've replaced the two spark plugs, the battery and changed the oil. I'm not hard on my equipment, I buy what I want, then I make it last. My truck will be 28 years old on November 11. Take care of equipment, they will take care of you.
It has plenty of power, trust me! 1000cc is plenty for this big vehicle, and that is my only complaint. I need a smaller one for deer hunting so I can get through the woods to a deer. Shoot fire, I hate dragging a deer. I have had to call a buddy that is hunting too, more often, had to drive back to camp, get on one of the 4wheelers left there, and go get a deer out of some place "I just had to hunt." Did I mention I hate dragging a deer? I hate dragging one up hill worse! Now that thing is awesome on work days, most every day, I love it. You get in it, crank it up, let it warm up, go!!!!
My suggestion, buy two --- a very small one, very small one, can get through the woods better. That small one can't haul feed, fertilizer, lime, seed, all kinds of tools, the way that Can Am can. I know what I'm talking about, a buddy has one, that small bed can barely handle a deer, much less all the equipment I keep in one.
I keep in it at all times, a tool bag in the underseat box and a machete beside me, plus a charger and cables for the phone. In the bed, a large tool box, a half gallon bucket of screws and nails, a 5 gallon bucket of straps/bug dope/foam spray/wasp spray/rope/ratchet straps/etc., a milk crate filled with gallons of water (3-4), a bush axe, sledge hammer, shovel, a small mini shovel, T posts and post driver. In the back seat, a large carrier for game cameras, batteries, extra antennas, zip ties, bungees, more rope, extra sd cards, microfiber towels, extra gloves, extra orange hat, boxes of 2 & 3" screws, drill, you get the picture. I work, the club doesn't have to tell me about work days, I go on them, but there is so much more to be done for a hunting club, I'm prepared.
One thing I left out, my double bladed axe, I've carried that thing with me since 1978 when I started in the logging woods at 13. That axe and I became good friends that summer cutting off knots and limbs on the loading ground while measuring. Riding trails, you may not always have a chainsaw, between the bush axe, the machete, and the double blade, there isn't much that's going to stop me.
