Hi, this may be a worthless question, but im still curious. My dad, uncle and I just rode all day at the deer camp with 49 degee temps and a foot and a half of snow on the ground, PERFECT! My question is has anybody ridden in a group with both sra and irs machines and compared how they do in a lot of snow? I went from a honda trx 300 4x4 to a prarie 650 and just having an auto tranny makes a huge diff. But then I was thinking with all the gc the irs machines have they too would have a big advantage. anybody experience this? thanks.

 

weight also makes a diffrence. in three feet of snow my lakota out climbed a grizzly

 

3 feet? must have been fresh powder, as soon as the snow gets real wet, you won't be going anywhere, ground clearance helps alot but not allways, i got stuck today in 4 inches, cus the ground was frozen, sure my tires are shot but you still can't dig into ice

 

no the snow had been there for about a 6 weeks. it was because some sleds had gone over it before.

 

Went throught 2 feet of snow 2 days ago and was no sled going on it before, was breaking the trail and assure you my P700 was screaming... Drove around and around stuck Polaris 700EFI and Grizz... Haulled them out and stuck myself but got out without help which they couldn't...

 

lol, that must have been fun driving around those other two. I suppose the more ground clearance you have the worse you'll get stuck. Its amazing what they go through though. thanks for the replies.

 

I use a periscope whenever I drive in snow any higher than 8 feet.

 

Coyotechaser,
You say 8 feet of snow, so watch me coming with through that snow.
Here for the extremist who want the venture through many feet of snow, we buy:

http://www.atvtrack.com/flash/index.html

Look under product for Traction+:

 

not to dis your company but most of those tracks conversions cost just as much as a good used sled would and you can go more places with a sled.

 

Newduck,

Sorry, but I don't agree with you on that one with the tracks on the four corners offering a greater traction and flotation surface. In areas where we find 12 feet of snow, you will see the difference between both machines. Both machines will manage 12 feet of snow, but now try pulling a complete load of lumber or any type of equipment through the same 12 feet of snow with both machines, I guarantee you only the quad with the traction in the four corners is going to make it. I have seen it many time. Yes, the sled can be faster, but go in more places, no way.