About the only practical option would be to increase the size of the tire.

 

after some quick measuring it'd be tight using a tire with a +2" OD especially the front and rear ya's be splittn hairs all for aa 1" rise

 

Are you talking about a lift kit?

 

yea sumptn like that or anything to make them a bit more "off Roadish" in general

 

Just my opinion but I don't believe the 6x4 is the correct unit for severe off road stuff. As for mods for the workhorse that it is I like the idea of a turbo for the Yanmar. Also a track kit for the rears - kind of like the tracks over the wheels like on a skid steer. We use the heck out of ours for chores and those tracks could be left on year around for our location. But the wife bought it and would never allow the mods. She has told me straight out when she doesn't like what I'm doing to buy my own 6x4.

 

our farm is not severe anything but we do have a creek that has to be crossed to get to the other 1/2 of the property so 2 inch lift would be nice. I do like that track idea tho sure would help with the back tires and the wife's lack of being able to stay out of the blackberry bushes lol.

 

Aftermarket OTT tracks are available for the 6x4 Gator. I inquired. Iirc, they cost $3,800.

 

When the snow is too high to get the feed bags from the pickup to the barn guess who would get called? I could say that MY gator is busy. Then I could go to town for supper. A guy can't win.

 

If I could imagine a way to make a 6x4 turn any harder with a little weight in the back the tracks should do it.

 

I have saved the email notification to this thread and keep coming back to it. Somehow, someday this may happen in my life. For the current time I have V-Block chains for both sets of rears (plus on the front). They clear just barely between the rears and have to be strapped tightly or they will hit one another. But tight is good. Also I have a 32# cap block strapped on the front brush guard to help keep the front down when climbing and turning.

 

Having owned three 6x4's over the last 25 years and used the heck out of them around the farm and some woods ... I agree with those above who say the 6x4 is not at all suitable or even adaptable to "severe off-road" use. They are great machines for chore work and light woods work. They are strictly utility vehicles, not ATV's. My best analogy is that they are motorized wheel barrows.

And why on earth anyone would want to spend $3,800 on tracks for a 6x4 ... It is true that they steer hard enough as it is. On soft or wet ground, or in snow, especially with weight in the back, I doubt you would have any directional control over a tracked 6x4.

For about 10 years, my wife and I did have his and hers 6x4 Gators (both diesels). Around our farm (a choose and cut christmas tree farm) we had enough need for two Gators. But still, she had the one she liked, and I had the one I liked. They may look identical, but they're not. They develop personalities. And for some reason, hers was faster.

 

My best analogy is that they are motorized wheel barrows.

My wife calls the 6x4, side-by-sides and ATVs "Motorized Couches". The 6x4 is hers, though. She uses it to off load 8 to 10 50# bags of feed to the barn. She won't go for a joy ride on it. Ever. She walks everywhere she needs or wants to go. In her mid 60s she's not wanting to carry feed 75 yards from the truck. And no, if I come up to help she sends me away. It's her back saving tool, nothing more. I have to agree as a walk into the forest outside of home base is much more interesting when you can see, hear and smell everything going on around you. Even stopping to pick up a stone that looks like it was moved from another spot on the planet. But that's her approach on things. When she takes a tree down is with an axe, hatchet and bow saw. She could grab a chainsaw but no way....

I'm a bit older and I appreciate the motorized aids as I'm a bit worn out from years previous.