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good point, perfect is hard to find in anything, especially UTV's.

If you are not happy with a Kubota RTV-XG850 as a work UTV I doubt if you would be happy with any of the others.

ebay & Amazon, it's a crapshoot, certainily no dealer support.

Another way to look at a Massiamte warranty is "there is no warranty" and most Massimo products are very poor quality

So here is my dilemma, I bought a 2014 Massimo MSU500 eleven years ago from TSC, its never been off the farm, had my share of ups and downs with it but never walked back to the house. I have bought a Kubota Sidewinder and it is a fine machine.Problem is I just dont need the Massimo and would like to sell it but the last thing want to do is sell it (cheap) to someone who doesn't realize what a POS a Massimo can be and can't afford to maintain it. I plan to put it of Craigslist with pictures and description, not sure how to warn potiential buyers without scaring them away. I feel like it could be a great buy for the right person or a terrible buy for the wrong person. I'm thinking $2500.

my Massimo had a bad secondary clutch seal which leaked oil onto the drive belt shortly after I bought it, you might want to check yours.

Better save your money for repairs not accessories.

please explain how or why the rear wheels almost fell off, not that I doubt you but sounds a little hoky

Doubt this will help but you have a pretty much typical Massimo. I don't understand why Tractor Supply, Lowes and others continue to carry them. .

Yes, they want no contact with their customers, just their money.

does sound like kind of an asshole don't he.

Not being disrespectful to this form but is there another more active Kubota 850 Sidekick form? Never hurts to have more than one source.

Suck it up but look for another job, maybe during your travel time.

Battery properly good, Massimo bad.

what happens when you jump the starter solenoid?

bad ignition switch?

https://motorcycledoctor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/ECU-Reset-3.pdf

Its hard to talk about the best without mentioning the worse.

Dealer is the main thing and prepare to spend a lot of money. Beware of the Chinese junk.

I really believe that the design of the Hisun 500/700 is very good but the people building them are very bad. They apparently know nothing (or just don't care) about quality control and customer support. If a good company were to buy them out and fire everyone that ever had anything to do with building them and replace with good engineers, QC, customer support people, they could corner the market. As it is now don't buy one unless you are fully ready to maintain it on your own because you will have problems.

Don't have much good to say about Massimo but my 2014 MSU500 still has the original battery.

1. No not reliable. Yes, bad seal that leaked oil on drive belt, replaced seal and belt and misc clutch parts. Shift ball detent, both when new. Actually parts have not been the problem, quality is the problem. 2. Have not got rid of it, no one wants it. 3. Kubota Sidekick 4. Damm near impossible, some parts are on ebay. Mine is a MSU500 bought new from Tractor Supply.

I am beginning to wonder if anyone has had good results from the Chinese crap (Hison, Massimo, Axis, Odes and others) mostly coming out of Texas. By good results I mean a good reliable two to five year basically trouble free experience. I have a Massimo and have managed to get almost 10 years out of it (farm use) but certainly not trouble free. I would not buy another one.

Be sure to keep in touch, would like to know how this turns out.