whats the best rear tire for the snow????????

 

I know that guys are going to go crazy, but I have seen quite a few guys using paddles....... They tow their sleds and everything... I couldn't believe it. Some of the guys here in Utah actually get these skis that mount on the front tires.

 

The best snow tire for deep deep snow and hard packed snow that we get up here in Canada is the bearclaws.....have ridden with guys with paddles, realtors and 4snows and nothing could keep up with me and my friends ex with 22 inch bearclaws. The paddles worked pretty good on hard packed...but in the fluff they dont do nothing sept put on a good show then get down to the ice and spin...My mudlites work alright but arent as good as the bearclaws. This is on sport quads, not 4bys..

 

The paddles make sense... thats what a sleds track is composed of.

 

I am in no way bashing.

A track and tires have no comparison. The contact patch and floatation of a track is allot bigger than any tire could ever produce.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

I have 22 inch realitors and after buying my 22 inch Mud Machine A/Ts I don't even switch to the realitors in the winter because the Mud muchines go through the snow 10times better than the realitors ever did. The realitors seem to float well, almost to well, you would just spin on the snow and not get down to good traction. The Mud machines bite really hard on loose snow and actually push you through it, and if not they will dig down and go. I could never get any speed up with the realitors and with the mud machines they take off almost like you are on dirt. The realitors are still good, but the mud machines make them seem like a crap snow tire.

 

yep i agree. I have the Mud Machines now and they are my fav tire so far, i've tried the realtors, they just dug a hole, i've tried the mud sharks, they were good but once they wore down a lil bit they slipped alot, my other tires were just knobby's like the holeshots, razr II's types. I run the mud machines all year, great in dirt, water, mud, snow, ice, swamps (yea i made it thro 1 with them, water was up to my engine lol), sand, clay (good self cleaners), and rocky terain. After i run these into the ground i might try the Dirt Devils, they seem good

 

thanx for the info guys.... anybody try the maxxis mud bugs??? thay look good..
who sells the mud machine and has the best price??? i found one site that sells um,
but 90 bucks a tire, kinda high........

 

What you also have to consider is the rubber compound. You want a softer tire for the colder temps. Not everything works great for everybody. I used bearclaws for a few years and hated them, I thought the rubber was to hard. They were ok for deep snow but terrible for ice.

I have been useing the Maxxis 4-Snows for the past few years. First these tires were to cheap not to try. I think I paid $32.00 bucks each. The other thing this tires does is it grows by 30% with wheel speed which gives you more ground clearance. The tire has a nice soft tread compound, so the hook up is great in cold weather.

I was ridding last weekend in -10c on hard pack and ice and i can still pull the front wheels over crap on the trail.

Try them you will love them.

My 2 cents !!!

 

Yep...ice bearclaws suck as do most mud tires...since only a very small portion of there lug is making contact with the ice all they do is spin. Something better for the ice would be a flat tire like a racing tire such as a holeshot or razr....but then they arent good in deep snow...i wasnt impressed with the 4snows but was mostly powder and tiny bit of hard packed so maybe they werent best suited...another option would be to buy a less agressive mud tires which is more flat and stud the heck out of it for the glare ice...then it would be good for everything there is.