Ways to Use a UTV on Your Farm

Utility terrain vehicles, also known as UTVs or side-by-sides, are popular for both work and recreational riding purposes. One work environment where owning a UTV can be particularly helpful is on a farm or ranch. Often, farmers need reliable and compact transportation that has off-road capabilities, so that they can traverse their property quickly and safely with workers or equipment and tools in tow. Here are just a few of the many ways that a side-by-side can be useful to you on your agricultural operation.

Planting Preparation

Hitch up a harrow to your UTV to drag behind you as you drive across your fields so that you can break up dry and compacted soil to get it ready for planting. You can make another pass with a plow as well to further cultivate your soil.

Sowing Seeds

Once you’ve used your UTV for getting the land ready, you can use it to sow those seeds! Attach a spreader to your side-by-side and distribute your seeds quickly and efficiently throughout your fields or even your garden plot. You can also use this attachment to add fertilizer to provide nutrition to your plants.

Attending to Animals

Farm animals require a lot of care and attention, which means transporting fresh hay, straw bedding, feed, and other supplies between your truck or house or storage shed and your barn. Your UTV can carry a lot in its cargo box, so you can load it up or even hitch up a trailer to carry whatever you need to in order to keep your animals healthy and happy. A UTV is a lot easier to drive into a barn than a big truck.

Mending Fences

Your UTV can also be a real boon when you need to repair a fence on your property that’s quite distant from your house and barn, where all your tools are stored. You can haul all of your equipment and wood to the broken beams and repair it quickly.

Surveying Your Property

Finally, a side-by-side is just a good option for efficiently taking a good look at all of your property to make sure that everything seems to be in order. Look for signs of theft or instances of damage to your structures that needs repairing. Figure out where you could build a shed or plow a new field. Whatever it is, your UTV will help you survey your lands easily in no time.

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