What sport quad is the best in snow? What kinda tires would be good on the quad? Thank you in advance.

<Nick>

 

i dunno about what quad would be the best, if i had i choice id take a 700r..
but tires i say maxxis sur-traks....i got them on the shee and they eat up snow pretty well....

 

What do you like about the 700r? Does the narrow wheelbase mean anything?

 

Probably the Polaris Outlaw......... all that extra ground clearance makes a big difference with things like snow and mud..........

 

if i got an outlaw i would always be afraid of bottoming out on a jump and stapping my rear a-amrs.

 

Mudlite SP's would probably make good snow tires on a sport quad...........

 

I agree with ss97. If you are in more than 5" of snow you will be dragging the rear end through everything on a SRA. You cannot beat the Outlaw IRS for ground clearance on a sport quad.

I do not understand your comment about being afraid to bottom out the Outlaw. How is bottoming out a solid rear axle quad any different from bottoming out an IRS quad?

We have AMS Zipper's on our 350 Raptor for snow. It is unreal how good these things do in the snow.

 

Mudlites do excellent on my 250 trailblazer.The best sport quad would be to me a 400/500 scrambler(4x4).Kfx 700.My ds sure rips the snow up when i put my AMS v-paddles on....[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

 

Evasiveone,
the outlaw has independent rear suspenson so if i ever got hungup on sumtin i would mess up the rear a-arms right... i mean i don't know this to be fact

 

The a-arms on the Outlaw are quite a bit higher off of the ground than the axle is on a straight axle quad. If you hit something hard enough to do damage to the a-arms on an Outlaw it would more than likely also do damage to the axle on a straight axle quad. A recent review of an Outlaw the writer told how he misjudge a corner and bounced the rear off of the tree. He stated he was sure that if it was an sra quad he would of bent something but did no damage to the Outlaw.

Also if you are concerned about protecting the rear a-arms they sell skid plates for the rear a-arms of the Outlaw just like they do for the front a-arms of other quads.