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    Customised Polaris Sportsman for Alba Deer Stalking

    22nd February, 2022
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    • Gamekeeping and Shooting

    Over the years, Highlands Polaris dealer, McLaren Tractors, has made various modifications to Polaris’ range of off-road vehicles to make them more suitable for specialised customer requirements; including a recent Sportsman 6×6 570 EPS build for their customer Alba Deer Stalking.

    Alba Deer Stalking has been a long time user of Polaris vehicles due to their off-road capabilities and dependability year-round.

    “In 2015, Robert HcHardy of Alba Deer Stalking came to us looking for a budget side by side ORV, and bought his first Polaris Ranger – a Ranger ETX with a basic semi-cab. He then upgraded in 2017 to the Ranger XP 900 with full cab heater, Polaris multi-mount winch system and shooting lamp on the roof.”
    George McLaren, Owner of McLaren Tractors

    In 2020, Alba Deer Stalking realised it also required a sit-on off-road ATV. The Polaris Sportsman was the obvious solution for Alba Deer Stalking thanks to its reliability, as they knew the machine was going to have to take on treacherous terrain with heavy loads.

    “We supplied Alba Deer Stalking with a Polaris Big Boss 570 6x6 as they needed a sit-on machine with additional capacity and for carrying the stalker & a guest. As it was to be working in felled forestry areas, we fitted this machine up with a full aluminium belly, an A-arm skid pan and fabricated a front hitch receiver for mounting a multi-mount winch system.”
    George McLaren, Owner of McLaren Tractors

    The vehicle boasts the powerful ProStar 567cc engine as well as technology like all-wheel drive for more forward traction when it is needed most. 

     

    By the end of last year, Alba Deer Stalking has purchased two specialised Sportsman 6×6 570 EPS machines from McLaren Tractors; further-developing the winch system to enable the multi-mount winch to load the rear box.

    “This has proved a game changer in allowing one person loading of carcasses. We are now fitting Alba’s 2020 machine with the same capability.”
    George McLaren, Owner of McLaren Tractors

    McLaren Tractors are now developing a similar system for the Polaris Ranger to help future customers with similar needs.

     

    For information on the Sportsman and Ranger, please visit www.polarisbritain.com

     

    McLaren Tractors has been a Polaris Off Road Vehicles dealer in the Highlands of Scotland since 2003, specialising in Polaris vehicles due to the suitability of the area to the extreme off-road capabilities of the Polaris ATVs and side-by-sides. For more information visit their website here.

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