I bought the very last Ruff n Tuff Camo 4x4 hunter brand spanking new in Blythewood at the factory for 6K...because they were going out of business...because of one very unfortunate flaw in the earlier buggies...and that flaw, not your motor, might be your issue. My understanding of the rise and fall of R&T:
Bad Boy Buggies were all the rage, and everyone did indeed want a capable 4x4 electric buggie. Bad Boys were freaking horrible handling, horrible riding hunks in the early days. R&T comes out with a better buggy that did 26mph with a 25+ mile range that rode like a dream. People were snapping them up, and they were great...until people started getting stranded 5 miles deep in the woods after a nice evening of hunting. Folks would arrive back to their buggys and they would not go. Turns out that there was a flaw in the parking brake design. They used a non-golf-cart type emergency brake and coupled it with a kill-switch so that you would not burn you emergency brake up if you forgot to disengage it before driving. After a few uses, the kill-switch would eventually fail to disengage when the emergency brake was disengaged, so people were getting stranded with no clue why they buggy would not run. From my understanding, it was an easy fix if you brought the buggy in, but by the time they got on top of the problem and either fixed the issue or did away with that feature in the new carts, the damage to their reputation was done....R&T got to be known quickly as an unreliable buggy that would strand you without warning in the middle of no-where.
The buggy you have most likely has that feature that was either repaired or never had the problem before. Regardless, you might want to check into that before dropping a bunch of money on a new motor. That buggy is the best money Ive ever spent. I bought mine in 2011...still on my first batteries but need to get new ones. I've flipped it twice (not the buggy's fault) and absolutely beaten it senseless while leaving it out in the rain/snow heat and frigid cold...and it still hauls the mail when I hit go. I don't know any particulars on how to check to see if it is the problem I'm describing, but if you call GKU (golf karts unlimited), there are a couple of guys who know that cart very well, They are a company in...I think...Oklahoma or Missouri??? Anyhoo, they bought up all the parts for R&Ts, have just about any part for them you need (at least they did two years ago), and Richard knows and can talk you through the workings of that buggy. GKU...405-495-8440. Even if it's the motor...call this place and talk to them about it...they may have a good solution to keep you in a great hunting vehicle.
Good luck, and I hope you get it figured out. Keep us posted on the progress.
Last edited by WhitewaterDuck; 06-29-2018 at 09:05 PM.
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