My Pioneer 1000 3 has been great. Lots of power and top speed. Some of you guys scare me with some of the clutch failures but I know for most failures it takes a lot of slipping to heat it up enough for clutch plate damage. I'm careful to avoid clutch wear and get going right away. I keep the RPM above 3000 most of the time. It looks like the clutch is not slipping above 1800 rpm. I keep the speed at or above 4 mph in low and 6 mph in high for a good safety margin. I go to remote areas and need good reliability. Occasionally its necessary to stop or nearly stop to avoid banging the frame and brief low rpm clutch slipping is no problem. I don't mind donating a minute amount of clutch material to get through some difficult areas. I use my Pioneer 700 for super low speed rock crawling. Inching along at 1 mph is no problem with the torque converter plus I use my left foot on the brake a bit to avoid bouncing.
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