I know when your buying a used car you can determine the amount of use and life expectancy of a car by the year of the car and the miles on it. But what about a Rhino, how many miles/hours are to much for the 660 motor? What is a a good hours/miles range for a 2004, 2005, 2006 Rhino? Also will a stock rhino drive right in to a 2006 WW FSC 3200 with the rear single manual bed?

Not sure about the hours, but make sure the frame is not bent. The way of checking is lay on the ground and put a straight edge on the bottom of main frame, front to rear, and make sure there is no gap!

Thanks will check on that ^^^

To give you an idea.....

I have had my Rhino for close to a year now .... I have about 1300 miles on it. Mine still runs like new. I havent had any problems other than I had to change my fuel filter..... I am pretty hard on mine too.

I have had mine since June 06 and have 1200 miles.

Also, if they install a new digidash doesnt that reset the miles to zero OR if they installed one about 3 months ago isnt it going to get the reading from the time they installed it?

Here is my shopping secret when I buy or sell ATVs ...

Look at the underside of the Rhino... the a-arms, the skid plates, etc... if they are al BASHED TO HECK that means the guy was pretty hard on the Rhino.

For instance, I had a Raptor that I sold in 2004, the first guy that came to look at it thought it was nice looking but he said he had a bunch of others to look at and my price wasnt the cheapest. I told him thats cool,... but before he left I asked him to look at my undercarriage. So we stood the Raptor up... no where underneath was there a scratch, crack, chip etc... even my skid plate on the swing-arm was clean. I told him to do the same to any ATV he looks at, no matter how clean it is on top. Well, by dinner time that day he came back from looking at 4 quads and he pretty much paid me what I wanted for my Raptor ... he told me all the other quads were trashed compared to mine.

You dont want to buy someones beat down Rhino, so be sure to look at the a-arms, where the a-arms mount to the frame (esp on the front), ask if the steering rack has been replaced, check to see if the spindles are bent by standing at the front of the Rhino and looking directly at it.. the tires should straight up not tilted, see if the front skid plate is cracked or bashed up, and rear one too.

This will give you an idea about how to avoid buying a Rhino that was driven like it was stolen.

P.S.

Since you cant stand a Rhino up like an ATV(unless you have Ken Shamrock and Arnold Sharzenegger going with you) then you are going to have to crawl under it (get a flash light too) or have him use a floor jack to lift it up... just be careful when looking under.

Im not sure if thats a great rule of thumb with a rhino. That will depend where they drove it the most. Dunes? yeah no chit there wont be any dents, chips, mashed skid plates, etc... desert? whole different ball game. I dont "drive mine like i stole it" and i can tell you, front of the rear A arms have no paint, outter rear CV's have no green left on them, underneath on most of the leading edges of the frame there isnt much paint left, and a bunch of dings. Thats the name of the game when your in the desert, sorry. I think there is alot else to look at on a rhino other than under it. I have 1400+ miles on mine, i got it memorial day last year. And about 1300 of those miles are in the rocky gnarly terrain we call Desert. Chit is gonna get banged up, unless you drive like Fred & Alice down the effin freeway at 35mph, its gonna be banged, chipped, and have a few dents.

Precisely... then i wouldnt be buying from you with all that damage, esp if your price is on the high side. Why pay a high price for a Rhino that has been beat on in the desert as opposed to a Rhino mostly used in the sand. You can ride a Rhino hard in the sand and not get any dents just like you mentioned. Only thing you need to look for is paint cracks along the chassis where the a-arms mount to the frame.

After this last weekend, I dont think I would even buy my Rhino, I unfortunately rode it pretty hard in the desert. But if you NEVER look underneath you wont know how hard the person rode his Rhino or ATV.

I have to agree with Crip on this one when it comes the the bottom side of the Rhino. My Rhino is about 10 months old with 113 hours and 673 miles on it. I have had it out in the woods about 3-4 times and the bottom side has dents/dings along with alot of scratches. Most of the time and miles are from the Oregon dunes.


Some good points. Just use your better judgement and defintely look at the under side and ask questions.

cant say mine looks like that!

I know what you mean thou, but also take into consideration how hard sand is on the rhino. If thats all someone does with it, i guarantee more parts are wore out than if you drove it in the desert. Sand is really hard on stuff, especially a rhino dragging its ass through it all the time. I feel like mine is gonna melt down every time I drive it in G, motor is pissed off at me.

[quote]Mr. Off-Road... After this last weekend, I dont think I would even buy my Rhino, I unfortunately rode it pretty hard in the desert. But if you NEVER look underneath you wont know how hard the person rode his Rhino or ATV.[quote]
I agree... Nice job on the skid plate.

Its all matter of opinion. Just use your eyes, and best judgment when buying a used rhino. And take a look at how the owner takes care of other things he/she owns. Usually thats a pretty good sign how well the rhino was taken care of.

My truck is 5 years old, looks better than it did when it rolled off the showroom floor 5 years ago. Spotless, i take care of shiat i own. Same with the rhino.

I think both of them make great points. If I personally was buying used I would be following both of their advice. Obviously if two guys are asking the same price and you crawl under one rhino that looks beat to hell and another one isnt, you are going to buy the better looking one. Both of those guys make great points.