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#17 2007-09-14 19:44:45
- Ramrod
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- From: Louisiana
- Registered: 2007-08-14
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Re: New Polaris Ranger XP Limited Edition
I order the "Lock and Ride" cab system for my Ranger yesterday. It should be into the dealer by Wednesday of next week.
I built a rack system on the rear bed of my Ranger using 1"PVC. It gives me additional tie down locations and a place to hang my storage bags and a rifle bag. I think it looks nice too. I'll post some pictures of the rack tomorrow and will post the pictures of the lock and ride cab and my opinion of it when it arrives next week.
So far, I like the Ranger. I'll give my overall opinion of it after this coming hunting season where it will be used in the hill country around Ozona, TX.
One thing I will say now is that it cruises at around 25 mph very smoothly with no loud engine noise or sounding like it is over reving.
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#18 2007-09-17 12:04:29
- Ramrod
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- From: Louisiana
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Re: New Polaris Ranger XP Limited Edition
Attached two pictures of my latest updates, including a 1" Sch 40 PVC rack that I built to go into the lock and ride holes in the cargo bed. Since I'm installing the "Lock and Ride" Cab enclosure, I was losing the ability to attach bags to the frame cage, so I designed and made this PVC cage for the cargo box. The gun case is attached by bolts and fender washers to pieces of 1" PVC which then slips into the holes in the cargo bed side walls.
The picture of the dash board shows the location of the winch remote that I installed and the toggle switch to energize the winch contactor on the bottom right of the switch panel. I also installed some running lights on the brush guard the switch for those can be seen in the lower left side of the switch panel. (red illuminated rocker switch)
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#19 2007-10-29 15:44:42
- Ramrod
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- From: Louisiana
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Re: New Polaris Ranger XP Limited Edition
I finally got my lock and ride cab system installed. It was not as easy as they make it appear on the Polaris Web site. After installing the rear, top, and windshield, the first sentence in the instructions to install the doors reads, " First remove the rear panel, top, and windshield. Needless to say, I wanted to strangle somebody. Once I got the door hinge brackets attached to the roll cage bars, installing the doors and removing them is very easy and takes no time at all. Overall, I am pleased with the cab system. It will do what I want it to do and that is keep me out of the wind on those cold west Texas mornings.
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#21 2007-10-30 08:24:57
- Badley
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- From: Spanish Fork, Utah
- Registered: 2007-02-14
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Re: New Polaris Ranger XP Limited Edition
...cold west Texas mornings.
Cold? 
Lookin good Ramrod 
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#22 2007-11-02 19:13:15
- Ramrod
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- From: Louisiana
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Re: New Polaris Ranger XP Limited Edition
Yep, last year, after Christmas, it got down to 9 degrees for 3 mornings in a row...! To me that's cold enough. 
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#23 2007-11-02 19:22:14
- Ramrod
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- From: Louisiana
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Re: New Polaris Ranger XP Limited Edition
I've been trying to think of a way to hold a rifle in the cab so that it is easily accessible. The distance between the front of the seat and the dash board, doesn't allow much room for a scoped rifle without banging it around when trying to put it in place or remove it. I came up with this devise, which is part of a virtical rifle mount sold at Sports Academy. The butt of the rifle sits on the seat on some foam rubber to keep it from moving around and the barrel goes into the pictured mount. It's secured to the roll bar with stainless hose clamps. I use different foam inserts to secure the barrel of different rifles.
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#24 2007-11-04 17:39:22
- MR. KRYPTONITE
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- From: UTAH
- Registered: 2007-01-21
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Re: New Polaris Ranger XP Limited Edition
Nice job Ramrod! Thanks for sharing with all of us your progress and how you are making things suit your needs.
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