Hi all, I have been reading this forum for awhile and placed my order for a new Viking yesterday. I had been looking for a 2022 base model but given how hard they were to find decided to jump when a dealer in PA (I'm in MD) assured me a 2023 Ranch edition would be arriving in January and they would deliver it no matter how far away I was. Hopefully it's true!
While I wait, they'll get whatever accessories I want and install them on the unit when it arrives. To that end, anyone want to offer what accessories they find to be the most useful/routinely used? A bit of background:
A winch is the only accessory I know for certain I will get. This is mostly in case I get to the bottom of the hill and discover I can't make it back. I could probably be convinced to get the cargo box for the bed, and maybe even the plow. I haven't really considered enclosures, windshields, or anything else. What does the forum think? Thanks in advance for any thoughts on what you have/can't live without/wished you had/wished you hadn't wasted the money on.
While I wait, they'll get whatever accessories I want and install them on the unit when it arrives. To that end, anyone want to offer what accessories they find to be the most useful/routinely used? A bit of background:
- I have 9 acres of mostly wooded, some swampy, property. In 4 years living here I have never made it to the back property line due to how overgrown it is. There's a creek back there somewhere.
- I have very steep hills in those woods -- going from 100 ft above see level to 5 in a fairly short distance.
- My goal is to clear various areas of the property (downed trees, etc.) and put in some trails through the areas I have yet to discover.
- I don't hunt so don't need gun/bow racks or anything like that.
- I have a 100 yard long driveway that in theory could be plowed, but it rarely snows and the driveway is straight/flat so usually when it does snow I just drive over it and wait for it to melt.
A winch is the only accessory I know for certain I will get. This is mostly in case I get to the bottom of the hill and discover I can't make it back. I could probably be convinced to get the cargo box for the bed, and maybe even the plow. I haven't really considered enclosures, windshields, or anything else. What does the forum think? Thanks in advance for any thoughts on what you have/can't live without/wished you had/wished you hadn't wasted the money on.