the biggest advantage would be that you could sneak up on anything. You could get up close to your stand early in the morning and not have to worry about scaring off whatever you're hunting. But if you don't have electricity, it's not very useful. But something that's gas or diesel powered will last a while on a tank and you can cover more ground but they make so much noise.

Let me start my first post on the forums by admitting that I am a Bad Boy Buggie dealer. In fact, my wife and I were Bad Boy's top dealer for 2006 and we're working very hard to stay that way for 2007. Wehave been with Bad Boy since 03 and have seen the buggies evolve from a converted E-ZGo to whatIconsider to be the finest ATV/UTV on the market. I have been lurking around the forums here because I saw the site on Gettin Close with Lee and Tiffany and I thought it would be an interesting place to learn about all the products hunters use. You see, Im looking to expand my buggie dealership to include other hunting and outdoor products. I will be a regular here and would be perfectly willing to answer any questions or concerns anyone has about Bad Boy buggies.

Mr Longbeard: You obviously have never turkey hunting off of a Bad Boy. It should be illegal in all states to do so. I can't imagine taking a Rhino or Ranger to the turkey woods after the success I have had with our buggies.

Avalanche: With the absence of a deafening gas motor like the Rhino and Ranger have, you can hear every little squeak and rattle on a Bad Boy. Usually if you torque down a few nuts you can get them almost totally quiet. I have not experienced the roof rack squeek on one but I would recommend him taking it back to the dealer and give them a chance to work it out. We have gotten pretty good here at diagnosing squeeks and eliminating them. I would also suspect that the deer at 300 yards spooked from seeing movement as opposed to hearinga buggie squeek. If you had been riding on a motorized buggie you most likely wouldn't have seen the deer at all. Most of the time a loud squeek to you riding in the buggie can't be heard even a few steps away.

For the most part my customers (and I have a bunch of them) are tickled to death with their buggies. Are they perfect? No. But I owned a Ranger and it was so loud it caused me to seek out a company who produced a 4wd electric and my relationship with Bad Boy was born. It seems with every model Bad Boy improves the capability and range of the machines. As I stated above, if I can assist anyone with questions or concerns about Bad Boy Buggies, please just let me know.

i dont think its the same battery you have in your truck. with hybrid car technology the batteries are only gonna get better. i like the idea. wonder what they go for?

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The buggies start out at $8450. Depending on what part of the country you live in most dealers charge freight on top of that. There are several accessories to choose from and most customers buy a gun rack and a winch at a minimum. With those two options it is usually about 9 grand plus tax. There are different factors involved of course, but thats a good ballpark to look at.

Just from reading some of the post, I think if you're looking for staying time you're better off with a gas job. Someone mentioned using his duck hunting and having 1/4 battery left after 15 miles. WEll heck, there's club up the road from me that has over 100 miles of trails. You could get maybe 20 miles out before your battery died. LOL You can always strap on some extra gas tanks and travel tanks. Hard to plug that battery in. No way can they have the power or mobility of something like say a 500 c.c. engine. I'm sure they're fine in the south where most things are flat. Not only are they under powered, they're too high to go where I went riding today. I would have stranded a bad boy buggie about 100 yards into the woods. Farm work, flat ground, open country... I'm sure it would be fine. Don't expect it to be a cross country go anywhere powerful thing. Not only that... most are too darn confined to seat people comfortably like they say if one happens to weigh 200 pounds. 2 of those guys and you have a sardine holder.

I agree, if your looking to ride 100 miles in a day, the Bad Boy is not for you...YET. The new 08 model we are selling now has a range of 30 miles where the previous models had approx a 20 mile range. As the technology evolves, the buggies will get better and better. If a customer has 5000 to 6000 acres he should be okay with the buggie, but over that he would be pushing the range capability.
Bad Boys have just as much torque as the 500cc engines, but do not have near the top end speed. They have, however, been able to step up the top end from 18 to 21 mph. Now, 3 mph doesn't seem like much, but on the Bad Boy, 21 mph is cookin.
The Bad Boy is also NOT a converted golf cart. The buggies are a little longer and a little wider, so two lard butts like myself can ride comfortably in the front or rear seats...or both. I've never had a customer complain about room or feeling like a sardine can. Heck, down here in the South 200 lbs is a skinny man.
Obviously the buggies have limitations that a conventional gas powered ATV doesn't, but the advantages are clear. I have also found that once my customers start hunting in silence, they never want to crank a motorized ATV in the woods again.

Another major disadvantage that hasn't been covered is manuverabilitly. We took a trail ride Saturday and off on some not so open trails. Well really the whole thing was through the woods. There isn't anyway a Badboy buggie or any of the big Utility wagons from any of the manufacturerscould keep up. They would have been stopped by trees, and obstructions a bunch. Flat open ground around the farm I'm sure I would have considered one, but not in the woods where I live.

I have 2007Yamaha Grizzly 700 in camo and LOVE it but don't love the noise. I was considering getting one of these until I heard that Bad Boy Buggies gives such terrible customer service and all of the problems that people are having with them. Have they corrected these problems? I would pay $7,000 but not $8500. That is rediculous!

davidmil, I guess you have never ridden in an off road golf cart before. I have a 2wd golf cart with a 4" lift and 22" tires and it will go almost anywhere in the woods, so the 4x4 should be able to go anywhere that you are going. Maybe not as fast but you don't need to be fast in the woods. And I don't care how much faster, stronger, longer lasting, or manuverable your atv/utv is, I would rather have a 2wd golf cart than a gas powered vehicle just because gas makes way too much noise. And what good is it to be able to go farther into the woods with your gas power if you're going to scare everything away? I think your gas job will be better for flat open ground around the farm so you can go fast and you will not be getting close to were game lives so you won't scare them too bad, a bad boy buggy would be better for the woods because you can quietly ease far into the woods and not worry about running everything off, and a bad boy buggy will go through just as much mud and over just as big a tree as a gas job.

Bad Boy the company is currently experiencing growing pains. I wont deny that. The demandfor their buggies has exceeded their ability to produce and it didn't get that way by having many problems and poor customerservice. They have outgrown their staff and their facility, but they are currently working on upgrading both.I will say that I personally have sold as many of these buggies (if not more) than any other dealer in the US and I have had very few heat cases in my store. Have I seen problems and had buggies in my service dept? sure...but you can check any shop in the country of any brand of ATV UTV and they are full of repair work. We built our business around our service dept. We can currently perform any repairs they can do in Natchez at the factory. Because of that fact if a person has problems, at least in the Southeast, there is a good chance his buggie will wind up in front of me.
In the beginning of Bad Boy, all you had to do to become a dealer was buy 3 buggies. This established a dealer body consisting of many dealers who simply are not set up to provide adequate service. I have heard many horror stories and have taken care of buggie issues that had been repeat repairs at other stores.
Im not dodging your initial question. Bad Boy has worked out many of the issues the buggies have had. They continue to improve as do the buggies. As far as $8500 being ridiculous, what is impressive to me is the lack of greed that has been displayed at Bad Boy. They have not gone up in price since the 2005 model was introduced. Not one penny. Even though their sales have gone up several hundred percent they have kept their pricing structure the same. Not one of our competitors is priced close today on a 08 model as to the pricing of a 05 model. Which makes our buggie not only the best available, but in many cases the lowest price available. You may find a nice 05 or possibly even a 06 for $7000 and that is a testament itself to the resale value these machines are holding. Sorry...Im know Im starting to sound like a commercial, but I can't help it I am a badboybuggieman all the way.