snow is like mud, but better
happy holidays!

 

One time a neighbor and I took turns pulling each other around the neighborhood on a toboggan. We didn't do it very much because I didn't want to get caught. I used to ride a lot in the winter but my friends aren't into it and I don't ride alone anymore. At least once I even rode my Trailblazer on a trail that was packed down. That was a lot of fun.

 

we had a sheriff ride by earlier and he/she put the brakes on and turned but never came back, had my heart beating lol..

id rather play in the snow than grind everything up in mud..plus with the quad sitting out there melting the snow off, its cleaning itself haha

 

Well it sure would be a waste to let my new plow just rust away lol. And the kids love wearing out the cheap plastic sleds behind the atv ! Not to mention I plan on using mine to pull my otter resort. Fact is most of the work I have for it is winter work. Not really planning on much summer work really.

 

I think a lot of people who live in colder climates also have snowmobiles so they see the bulk of the winter action. Snow is fun though on a quad as long as you can keep yourself from freezing. If you get enough snow, I think most local police depts kinda let stuff like this slide unless they're a (insert word here) and you're on a road with little traffic. The worst they would probably do is just tell you to go home.

 

yeah snowmobile factor plays a lot around here i guess

 

We put them away because the snow up here is just to deep. They will never replace the snowmobile up here.

You can buy the ATV snow tracks but they are slow and cost as much as a good used sled that will do 70mph across a lake.


This guy is not having fun. LOL

 

One thing I noticed is the trails seem smoother in winter when all the holes are filled and the roots are buried. I was the first on on a lot of trails after a new snow and some days had a whole trail all to myself. I also got stuck really bad a couple of times and the winch only pulled me in deeper. That's why I quit riding by myself but I used to go about every other weekend year round. Most of my friends have snowmobiles and if there's enough snow to ride one they will.

 

I'm a new atv owner. (My first one) but some of my most memorable times stuck were On a snowmobile ! They have also left me stranded a few times to. Granted I've never had a newer sled but I do agree when the snow gets to a certain point the sleds do rule.

 

Even when the sled trails are hard packed the problem with a ATV is they seem to be ditch magnets and just get sucked into the soft deep trail sides.
I have been on some hard packed wind swept big lakes like lake Superior where I have seen more people ice fishing on ATVs then snowmobiles.

When the conditions are like a ice rink there is not enough snow for the sleds track sliders and the motor's heat exchangers for the track to throw snow onto . Fan cooled sleds do fine but most sleds are ligiud cooled with heat exchangers.
ATVs use rads rather then exchangers that rely on snow and can go all day on snowless wind sweep frozen big lakes.

Even the fan cooled sleds will melt/wear down the track sliders if there is not enough snow on the ice.