Mark in Colorado

Not a typo: my driveway is 318 ft. long and all I do is plow and haul wood. No real joy rides (well, I LOVE plowing snow…). Just over 1000 miles and an oil change every 250 miles. This rig is my lifeline.

1000 miles, and still going strong.

What mine does pretty much all summer…

Hey Wallace - check my thread history. I made a post and recommendation there. Good luck! - Mark

Thanks, RossO - local wrap shop insisted that I leave the panels ON too, for that very reason. Going dark red! Will post a few pics when it’s back. - Mark

Anyone else with a Hunting Edition (Mossy Oak camo) Defender getting fading? May take off the front clip and bed side panels and have them wrapped. - Mark

I picked them up at what was once our local dealership…. Gone! I now drive 60 miles to Denver…. But, dealerships tend to carry EBC pads. Really does stop the squeal. - Mark

I like that headache rack, ToddG.

Hey there – I just read this and had a similar problem about a month ago with my snow blade relay system. I know that sounds odd, but the point is that when I crawled under the dash I managed to tighten the main bus nuts on the main power strip - Due to all my tinkering they had worked loose. I simply tighten them, and all of the gremlins went away. There are 3 - And you have to remove a small plastic cover to access them. This is where you would tie in accessory lighting, etc. and things that you want to add to the vehicle. One post is a common, One is a constant power, and one is a key-on power. Good luck. I hate this stuff, but it seems like it was my own fault and I was lucky to find it. – Mark

DefenderDB - I went with the 72” Can Am Super Duty plow w/hydraulic angling. Works great. -Mark

DefenderDB, I bought my new machine in 2019 and had a lot of the same concerns that you did because of a burn with a Polaris 800. All in all, the Defender has worked out very well for me, and this group knows that I work my machine very hard plowing snow etc. Since October 2019 my machine has never been back to the dealership. I do all my own maintenance and upgrades and find it to be fairly easy and straightforward. Knock on wood, but I have not had any catastrophic failures other than snow blade related bends and wear. I chase down rattles and broken switches from time to time. Right now I have a slight pull to the right when I’m in four-wheel-drive but hope to attribute it to an air pressure issue. Stuff like that. I keep the oil changed religiously in the engine has never not started– even in 7° below zero weather. Good luck to you and enjoy the machine. -Mark

Coachgun - got them on Amazon.com -Mark

Texas22 - yes, hi and lo beam lamps were same slots, same bulbs (just angled differently - nothing for you to be concerned with). The GTMOTO box came with 4 LEDs in size H11 and you just install them randomly in the 4 headlights. Twist then about 90 deg. and the old bulbs slide right out. -Mark

Bad Daddy - they fit perfectly. No rattling around at all.

1.) GTMOTO LED light bulbs to replace those dim stock headlights. Size H11. Amazon.com. Nice machine!