Looking for small atv suggestions

The recon would fit the job pending the weight of the trailer and round pens. Rancher 420 with a solid rear axle may be better in 4wd if it can get wet. Both are smaller frames and a small woman could handle them fine. They can be had in foot shift or es but the rancher is offered in auto, too. The rancher auto is independent rear suspension only.

I’d look for a used Rancher.

I’ve got a 2001 Fourtrax that I use around my farm for roading dogs and light chores. I think I bought it in 2004. Probably the best ATV purchase I ever made. Runs like a top.

Moving your round pen is probably your limiting factor. Depends on the size of your panels.

It won’t take the place of a larger unit, but for small chores it’s dependable.

I have a 2000 450 Foreman I’ll sell you for $2500. Low miles and still has the original tires on it with plenty of tread left.

When I used to duck hunt, I bought myself a 2014 Honda Recon. For about 6 years I took that thing through flooded rice fields regularly, and we would ride two grown men and sometimes three depending on the morning on that lil summbitch to the blind. I put a front and rear basket so we had a lil more sitting room. Never had a single problem with it. Eventually I got out of the blind lease, but kept it for a couple more years before finally selling it because I just wasnt using it enough. I loved that thing. It was so light, that if it got stuck, I could just get off, and lift up the back end out of the problem, hop back on, and go. It was great!

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Any experience with the automatics from Suzuki or kawasaki?

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The newer ones, no. I wouldn’t recommend them although everyone has their own opinion.