Ok I need some help. I am in a position to buy an ATV type of vehicle. I really need to get something like a Rhino, but my son wants a 4 wheeler so we will have to wait and see what happens on that. I don’t see paying the extra for a new one so I am looking at used ones. I have never owned an ATV so I really don’t know what to look out for when looking at used ones. Each of the ads I have looked at say the unit has like 50 hours or 100 hours or what ever. I know that the fewer hours the better but what is a really high number of hours that I should just stay away from? I know on cars when you hit about 100K miles you start putting money into the thing to keep it going. Any help would really be appreciated as I am just starting out on this.

ATV's, according to my Insurance guy, depreciate about 50% when they roll off the showroom floor.

My Yamaha's don't have an hour meter so I don't know much about that. I think a better idea is to look at the owner and try to figure out how it has been treated. Adult owned/ridden makes a difference. Like a lot of other things, most abuse seems to come from those who aren't making the payments and are under 25 YOA.

not sure how old your son is, but you could buy 2 great conditioned ATV's for the price of 1 rhino or etc...

Yea I have seen that, which is one reason that i am asking form members for help when looking at used ones. My son is 18 which is why he wants the 4 wheeler to play on. Me I am more intrested in something that will get me were i need to go with the least amount of damage to my old body. I am open at thid point but also need as much info as I can get

If you are going to get a used ATV, ask for the maintenance logs. I bought a new Yamaha 450 last year and the big thing they pushed was to make sure you change your break in oils after 20 hours/200 miles. If you don't, the warranty will be void. Personally, I would buy a new one because then you know what you are getting.