I just joined this forum, and hoping to get some advise from Experienced Can Am Outlander Owners. I live in Southern California, and am looking to buy my first 4 x 4 Quad (I have driven quads on an off for several years, but have never owned one before). I am sold on Cam Am after watching and reading articles online.
My needs are the following:
1) Climb fairly steep hills in Mohave Desert (1,500 to 2,000 ft elevation climbs)
2) Terrain is always rocky, and sometimes steep
3) Looking to haul Quick Crete (fast setting cement) and water to make watering devices on private property...so need to haul about 150 pounds plus me....I am approx 220 lbs.
4) Quad with good ground clearance and DPS for slow rock climbs is super important.
5) I do NOT care about the speed of the Quad on flat ground...0 to 60 times, etc.
I am considering 3 Local Options that are available for me to purchase, based on my limited budget of about $7,500 to a high of 8,000.00. But have concerns about low speed power on hills...
1) New, 2018 Outlander 450 DPS. Quoted out the door price of $7,250.00 (after all fees, taxes, etc). Because 2018 model, they claim to be offering extra off the total price...
Concerns: Cannot find anything online that states that the transmission is geared lower on the 450 than what is included with the larger Outander 570. Also, the 450 has less horse power; and I worry about power when starting from dead stop, on a steep hill. Also, don't want to burn out transmission as I will doing a lot of hills. Any thoughts on this?
2) Used 2015 Outlander 500 L DPS with 513 original miles, and still has just over a year of left on the original 5-year warranty. Cost is $7,500.00 out the door (including all fees/taxes/etc).
Concerns: Several videos and articles that I reviewed stated that the 2015 500 L DPS; when starting from a dead stop, to climb a hill with just the rider; was lacking....and was a short coming for this quad....I wonder if they (article authors) are over stating this issue, or if it is a true short coming of the 500 L DPS ???
3) Or try to buy 2019 Outlander 570 DPS? Have read a few articles stating that Can Am has added another gear to the low setting to help with low speed gearing, and torque has increased to 9%. But this quad, though my preferred choice, has an out the door price (after taxes, dealer fees, etc) of about $9,300.00 (price includes Cam-Am Current March Savings offer). Which I currently cannot afford...my only choice would be to wait another year to buy this quad, and get started on the project in 2020 instead.
Sorry for long post, but any input/thoughts would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance....