DTV Shredder Review

A little while back I was offered a chance to ride a very unique off-road vehicle called the DTV Shredder. You can be forgiven if you ve never heard of this machine, as it is fairly new and isn t readily available just yet. The team at DTV Motor Corporation are hoping to change that. Since this is unlike any other off-road vehicle I ve ever had the pleasure of riding, it s a bit difficult to describe. It s definitely not a traditional ATV or UTV. In fact, it looks and feels much more like a stand-up Jet Ski outfitted with dual tracks for use on land. And while there is a handle to hold onto and operate the throttle and brakes, you don t actually use it to steer. Instead, you control the DTV Shredder s direction by leaning left or right on the deck you stand on. The deck has some movement left to right that controls the tracks. If you lean to the left, it slows down the left track and speeds up the right track. The opposite happens if you lean to the right. Weighing just 270 pounds, the Shredder is light enough for a single person to turn it around if they happen to get stuck. And so long as you have one or two friends with you, you can easily lift it into and out of the bed of a pickup truck without having to deal with a ramp. In fact, we were able to put three DTV Shredder models into the bed of a truck with the tailgate down. Other specs include a fuel capacity of 1.0 gallons and 500-pound towing capacity via a 1 ¼-inch receiver. MSRP is US$6,299. We had a big snow storm on the day of our test ride, so there was plenty of fresh powder to play in. However, just because we were riding in the snow, doesn t mean this is a winter-only machine. DTV designed the Shredder to be a four-season machine that can handle hard pack trails and mud just as easily as it can snow. Subscribe http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=ATVdotcom YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/ATVdotcom Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/ATVcom Twitter - http://twitter.com/atvcom Web - http://www.ATV.com No one covers the world of ATVs and UTVs like ATV.com. With dozens of high quality, detailed video reviews of off-road vehicles from Polaris, Yamaha, Honda, Can-Am, Kawasaki and just about everybody else, this is the best place to learn about the latest and greatest four wheelers. Whether you re planning on buying or just want to see the best ATV and UTV videos anywhere, this is the place to be.