Huntve

[cwink]

I have to agree, the silent beast was very impressive. I have not experienced the Huntve but cannot imagine it being better than the SB, plus you will have the experience of meeting BIGWATER and thats an experience itself

No doubt. Check out the Silent Beast.. If it can haul Bigwater around it can haul anything..

[Pittfall]

Where is the silent beast made? Is it American made or china etc. Sounds interesting.

[donia]

I know that BBB is paying a price to have CAVS completly rethink, rebuild, an retool their product, Look for the 2011 model to be bad !@#.

cavs at msu? ....that's pretty strong, but i guess with the electric cart for road use incentive it makes sense-they are pretty advanced in that areana....

[gator]

whole lotta dammit in this post.

gator

[swamprooter]

Pitfall...My 2006 BBB has the Trojan 145 batteries. Later BBB went to Crown which is cheaper lessor battery. New BBB i heard are going back to the Trojan 145 which are the best and longest lasting 6volt according to those in the business. So lenght of ride really boils down to how much electricity your pulling and those electric carts that stay in constant 4 wheel drive use up more than the ones you can switch over to 2 wheel drive. Steath claims to go 45 miles+ with their closed cell batterys...i do not know .. My BBB will go 36+ miles on dry camp roads.....but it will go about 6 miles in constant muddy camp road. ( tires spin too much).....as far as power...the BBB 2006 and older have 180 lbs of torque.........no one else has that..it was too much power and they started twisting axles especially those with spacers......OK with this said............i'm going to do a 180 degree turn on you............DO NOT BUY a BAD BOY BUGGIE............the company is the WORST about takin care of their customer based on my personal experience....If you own or work for BBB and do not like this statement ,please PM me and i can go further with this...The problems i had with BBB were finally answered by a guy off another forum in Monroe ,La who works on them everyday. .........ok i'm off subject...if you want range...buy a cart that can switch from 4 wheel to 2 wheel drive and with Trojan 145 batteries..BUT muddy roads will sux range.

[crow]

I wasn't much interested in this post untill someone mentioned a 6 volt Trojan! That has to get an ole girl jumpstarted!

crow

[Pittfall]

Thanks for the advice. The huntve I am looking at has exide batteries. I do not like that. I may look closer at the stealth.

[swamprooter]

Another thing Pittfall, look at the wheel wells on all models. You want a battery storage completely separated from tires slinging mudd and water back onto batteries.make sure wheel wells are not open into battery storage..This will short you out occasionally. Also check out the electrical system and if the Realy can handle the voltage in case of a surge?!.....I would buy one with definitely independant suspesion and DISC brakes....I almost lost my BBB in a blue hole because brakes do not hold while launching a light john boat on a trailer.

[randywallace]

We had a demo Huntv at the camp last weekend. I wasn't impressed with its pulling ability. For some reason it had problems going from 2 to 4wheel drive. Long story short, it got stuck and wouldn't turn the wheels. Battery life sucked. It is made pretty sturdy though.

[manning]

I know that BBB is paying a price to have CAVS completly rethink, rebuild, an retool their product, Look for the 2011 model to be bad !@#.

cavs at msu? ....that's pretty strong, but i guess with the electric cart for road use incentive it makes sense-they are pretty advanced in that areana....

Yep, Mississippi States CAVS is working on it as we speak, reworking it all. I cant wait to see what they change.

[Pittfall]

randywallace I have experienced the same results with the standard huntve that I tried. I have heard that the gamechanger has twice the power and the only one to own, but never been on one. The battery life on the standard model sucked though. The stealth I tried had good range, but wouldn't turn the tires in the mud. It just seemed weak and not built anywhere near the huntve. Do you know if the model that you tried was a gamechanger?