im thinking about getting some paddles for my 02 polaris trailblazer for when i go to the dunes and was looking at the Skat~Trak Hauler and noticed they come in 7,8,or,10 paddle options. what differances does a few paddles make?i just need a good tire to get me going because last year when i went without any paddles it kinda sucked. do they really make that big of a differance? do most people just buy a seperate pair of rims or can i just take my regular wheels off and put my paddles on my stock rims? is that difficult to do?, i only go up once a year so i think i'd rather spend an hour switching wheels than 70 bucks on rims.

 

I don't know anything about your particular quad, but the more horsepower a machine has, generally the more paddles you want to run. More paddles will make the tire heavier and give it more traction, making it harder to get it truning (thus the need for more horsepower).

I run 6-paddle Skat-Trak Edges on the 250's, 7-paddle on the 400's, and 8-paddle on the 450. I have a set of 10-paddles laying around, and they are pretty much useless....

I highly recommend the old school buffed down Skat Traks, vs the new generation of molded paddle tires. They are way lighter, and quite a bit wider for better flotation. I like the Edges (V-shaped) for general riding, and would leave the Haulers for drag racing.

And just as important...Skat Trak buffed down Mohawks in front!

Get a seperate set of ultralight rims for your sand tires! Minimal weight is everything in the sand....

 

you think steel rims are good/ light or should i get aluminum .125? are front wheels that big of a deal cause i only go up for a few days once a year and dont really wanna spend to much if i dont have to

 

i went and talked to the guy at my local shop and he told me that .125 rims are the worst thing i could possibly get he told me that they bend like butter, he kept insisting that i get .190 rims, and ITP sand stars, i dunno if he was just trying to get money out of me or what, he also said that skat-trak wheels are nearly impossible to find. but rockymount atv has them so thats where im prob going to get them, he had no advice on the whole number of paddle thing tho, im thinking im gonna get the 7 paddle edge's since my machine isnt the most powerful and rockymountain doest have 6 like reconranger said he was running in his 250's

 

Light weight is a huge advantage in the sand!

The .125's will do if you are on a lighter machine and don't do a lot of jumping. I run them on the front of the 250s...that's the only place. All my other sand rims are ITP T9.