P1000 Ranch/Hunting buggy

[ArtHilfiker]

Hey long time reader first time poster. I have a 2021 P1000-5 delux I picked up new in 2022 with a factory roof and glass wind shield

 

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[ArtHilfiker]

The first day i had it i went ahead and did the door storage mod since i already had a bunch of ideas from the club

 

[ArtHilfiker]

After getting the door storage done I took it to the ranch for the first time while towing my excavator and thing did not go as planned 3 different times my straps broke and need to be pushed back onto the flat bed

 

[ArtHilfiker]

After hunting for the weekend and getting the first hog blood in the pioneer it was finally time to build gun racks like my dad designed for his polaris Rangers over the last 20 years

 

[ArtHilfiker]

The next thing I needed was lighting for a dune trip while running at night. I started with mounting pods mounted to the hood then down the line ended up removing them and mounting them to the roll bar

 

[TxDoc]

Great machine and getting your mods to customize it for your needs. Please post some gun rack photos


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[ArtHilfiker]

Picture of a couple blacktail hitch hikers it's picked up over the last 3 hunting seasons

 

[ArtHilfiker]

Found out that if you thro the winch cable over the roof and back up a hill you can easily load a 350lb black bear by yourself

 

[ArtHilfiker]

After 2200 miles it was time to replace the rear tires but decided that I wanted to be able to rotate tire so order new wheels and tire along with 1.5" forward offset arms to help clear 30" tires

 

[ArtHilfiker]

While shopping for wheels and tire I was debating on building or building skid plates when I stumbled upon a set of aluminum skidplates for 290$ (I can't even buy a sheet of 3/8s aluminum for this as a steel manufacturer)

 

[ArtHilfiker]

After installing the skid plates along with the new wheels and tires I decided it was time for more lighting I ordered rough country bumper lights and some pods for the roll cage and ordered 4 small pods to mount at the b pillar for better side lighting

 

[TxDoc]

Just idea below. Great custom mods. . Great deer. Sorry if this overloads the post.

SB Bed Winch-Honda Pioneer, Polaris Ranger, and Can-Am Defender Preview

Rural king performance 550 utv/Hisun 550 utv bed winch install. Sb wood and weld bed winch's

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[ArtHilfiker]

After about a week with the lower bumper light mounts I realized that the 30" tires did not clear so the tire would lock up while flexed so I decided since I already cut the bumper for the mounts it was finally time to build a full brush guard style bumper out of a wire stand we have at work that all our 9 and 11ga wire comes on

 

[ArtHilfiker]

Just ideas. Great deer.

Sorry if this overloads the post.

SB Bed Winch-Honda Pioneer, Polaris Ranger, and Can-Am Defender Preview

Rural king performance 550 utv/Hisun 550 utv bed winch install. Sb wood and weld bed winch's

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Here in northern California it's generally to steep to get the buggy to the deer so I have to pack them and these blacktail generally are around 110 pounds gutted so not much work for me to pick them up since I'm only 28 years old

 

[ArtHilfiker]

This is how it looks as of today after pushing cows with the bumper for the last week and running over small trees I need to redesign the barrel box part of the gun rack for the new bumper and right now the rear mount of the gun rack on the dash bolts in where my windshield mounts but I want to figure out away to have it on all the time instead of having to swap back and forth. I did forget to mention i did the dual battery setup at the same time i did the door storage mod

 

[ArtHilfiker]

Great machine and getting your mods to customize it for your needs. Please post some gun rack photos


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What would you like to see I don't have any pictures of when I made it since normally I don't post build things just afters lol

 

[TxDoc]

What would you like to see I don't have any pictures of when I made it since normally I don't post build things just afters lol

Your photos and documentation are great. Just meant I wanted to see the gun rack empty and in use. Like how it looks with the guns secured.

Very nice work on your machine

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[TxDoc]

Here in northern California it's generally to steep to get the buggy to the deer so I have to pack them and these blacktail generally are around 110 pounds gutted so not much work for me to pick them up since I'm only 28 years old

I understand. We have huge Texas whitetail that people think are"whitetail Elk" Just kidding.

I bet where you hunt is beautiful territory Thanks for sharing all the custom ideas and photos.

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[ArtHilfiker]

Your photos and documentation are great. Just meant I wanted to see the gun rack empty and in use. Like how it looks with the guns secured.

Very nice work on your machine

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I'll look thru my photos and see if I can find any of it loaded down👌

 

[TxDoc]

I'll look thru my photos and see if I can find any of it loaded down

Thank you. Not meant to be defending. No rush. Just if you run across any. Thanks

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