Seems like a fair amount of brand haters throwing mud against CFMoto, with a few horror stories thrown in for good measure. One of the other ATV forums, did not even surface up a reply on the CFMoto topic I posted for feedback.
So if anyone is here and watching the forum. Try to talk me into (or out of) buying one of these.
Right now my favorites are: the CFORCE 800EPS and the UFORCE 800. I like the idea of a V-Twin motor, although I have not ruled out the smaller 500 ATV.
Of course, my concerns are quality, parts availability.
Mark
I wouldn't worry too much about brand-haters. You can google whatever brand name you want, followed by the word "problems", and you'll get pages full of people telling you how awful that brand is, and how they'll never buy one again. Literally every brand. I can't think of a single one I haven't heard people hate on before.
The question is, is the company invested in the future of their product? Have they spent a lot of money to make sure that they'll be around for the long haul? CF Moto has spent a lot of money on their factory, and they own their US distributor, it's not some flaky third party with nothing to lose if the US market doesn't pan out.
The build quality seems to be as good as a Polaris or Arctic Cat, I've got nearly 1200 miles on my machine, and it runs fine. It could do with some tweaks to the filtering, but nothing's perfect.
I think the biggest thing to worry about is your dealer. A quality dealer will make or break the experience, regardless of who built the machine. Check around, see what people's experience has been with the dealer you're thinking about buying from. Do they stand behind their work? Do they get to it in a timely manner? Or do they have sleazy salespeople and incompetent mechanics?
For the work you're describing, I'd probably go with the U Force if I went the CF Moto route, just for the tilting cargo bed. They're coming out with a 500 option in that chassis as well, so that may be something to look at.