I had a chance this weekend to play in the snow with my DS. I have 20" Kenda Dominators on the back, that's what came on there when I bought it a few months ago. I couldn't get good traction to save my life! I rode with a few others who have a raptor, 400EX, and a couple of Blasters. They were all running circles around me. The guy with the raptor can ride his *** off so I let him try it and the same with him on it. He said he was keeping it in the higher gears and it was moving a little better. My question is do the DS's just suck in the snow or do I need different/better tires?

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Thanks,
Steve

 

It's the tires, the stock ones suck!

 

Thanks for the reply.

Any suggestions for good all around tires, or are there too many to choose from? I do a lot of back woods riding with a good mix of mud and water crossings.

 

the doms are junk, toss them , Ive had the stock baja Ohtsu 501s and now Kenda Klaws and love them they do awsome in all conditions , well I havent tried sand yet.

 

We got 16 inches of snow here in Southern NJ this weekend. I have the ITP 22 back 23 front. Blasted through the snow with ease. Pulled my kid around town on his sled. It was a fun day.

 

Mrneg9, what ITP tires are you running?

 

Holeshots

 

i have always had trouble riding in snow more then 3 inchs

 

These tires did well in the snow. Don't get me wrong in 16 inches of snow the snow did get piled up in front of the quad and I did get stuck once in a while. Most of the time I was able to blast my way out. I mainly rode where there was 3 to 6 inches and had no problems.

 

the biggest problem is the 20" tires. no ground clearance and also the kenda's do suck. we do alot of snow riding on the snowmobile trails and my razor's work good. but still in the loose snow it isn't to hard to get stuck. let out some air ( run about 3-4lbs) and run in a higher gear to keep wheel spin down.