I had the chance to try different tires on a 99 warrior and 99 banshee in the fresh snow we got here in the midwest.
Banshee...
Factory tires. They don't grip the snow at all and barely grip the frozen ground underneath the snow once they spin all of the snow out of the way.
Banshee/ Warrior...
Bear Claws. Grip the semi fluffy snow a little. They work slightly better running backwards (the wide part of the "V" touching the snow first).
Bear Claws. When running the correct direction (the point of the "V" touching the snow first) they tend to dig thru the snow and grip pretty good on the frozen ground.
Warrior...
Holeshots. They don't grip as well as the Bear Claws but their not much worse in semi fluffy snow.
I have the holeshots on the Banshee now but the results will probably not be different than those of the warrior.
So far I think in semi fluffy snow the taller the tire the better. I plan on putting the tallest tires I can find on the banshee with ice spikes and gearing it low. The biggest problem I had in this snow is the rear skid getting hung up on the snow.
I'll post again once I find out how the holeshots work and when the snow starts to pack.

 

You should try Super Swamper TSL's. I saw them on this nice Banshee for sale. I think you can get them in 22" or 23"(either one) heights. They would be good to buy just for the winter, looks like they would pull through alot, plus they made the quad sit like high in the back. I have their Super Swamper Vampire tires (more aggressive super swamper, but only in 25" and above) on my utility honda 300 2wd and they pulled through almost all the snow I tryed to get it through. It was amazing what those tires did for it, it was so weak with the stock ones, and unstoppable with those mud tires.

Try out those TSL's, they are amost alike to the Vampires, made my the same company, and alittle less agressive which would be good for a sport quad. I'm sure it would get you 3x as far as holeshots would, and furthur than the bear claw's. Only problem would be their weight, but I'm considering giving them a try.

Sorry for the long post.

 

H300F, I'm thinking of Mud sharks or Dirt devils in 25" tall. The Excavators looked good because of the 13.5" width. I've alreay got my set of stock tires and rims I can use in the summer and I bought a set of rims I'll mount my winter tires on.
Let me know what you think.

 

How much can you go through?
My shee is in the garage for repairs at the moment, so I haven't had the chance to test it in the powder. We have almost a foot of fresh snow, and 6" are about to fall.
Seems to me I won't go very far!
Your opinion on this? Will I be stopped after 10 meters? or will I continue blasting through snow?

 

I think that unless the snow is ultra fluffy powder that will blow away when you hit it, you'll be doing good to get 10 meters. The rear skid is probably the biggest problem. If you kneel on the seat near the grab bar and bounce you're able to get thru about 8" of the semi fluffy snow, and if you go in the same place over and over again you will eventually get the snow in the middle worn down enough to get some speed.
What kind of tires do you have again?

 

I have 22" Bearclaws. I can reverse them if you say they're better...but we have 1 foot of snow...way past the 8"!! I guess I'll jump on the snowmobile (<--that's SWEEEEET)

 

If it will pack at all, I'd give it a try. You'll never keep up with the sled tho.

 

ooopps double post.

 

Update...
I tried the 22" holeshots on the Banshee this afternoon in the packing snow we have here.

They suck! I think they did worse than the factory 20" tires. We tried to keep on the snowmobile trails where they had the snow packed down but even there they did terribly. And once you got thru the 3" of packed stuff on top, forget it. If you strayed off of the packed stuff you disappear. The wifes Tblazer with half bald tires did better than the banshee. I think if I had some 25" triclaws or some 25" 589's at least I could get back down to the ground where i could get some traction. Otherwise it's spin and lift spin and lift. So far the Tblazer with it's no brainer transmission and factory Titan 489's did better than the warrior with Bearclaws.

 

I'm just wandering how a Pure Sports Realter tire would do?