I WAS WONDERING IF A ATC WILL GO THRUE SNOW?

 

It depends how deep and what kind of snow but
basically a 2 wheel drive 4-wheeler is worthless
in snow. I don't have any experience with a 4 wheel drive but they should be somewhat better.
When the snow is hard, I can drive over the top
but usually a wheel falls through and then you
walk. It doesn't take much snow to pile up in front of the front wheels and then the rear wheels spin. Real soft fluffy snow, say 3 or 4 inches is fun as it just flys out of the way. Mostly snow is more trouble than fun. Try it, maybe your machine goes better in the snow than my Recon.

 

it you cant spell "thue" then you shouldnt be on an atc

 

If the snow is over 4 inches I can't go through it, plus going through the snow is very hard on your clutch, I had a freind burn up his quad because he was trying too hard to go through the snow. But today I was just out because the snow started to melt yesterday, but it was cold today so the snow froze, so I had 2 inches of frozen hard snow to ride on with no problem. The only thing is if the snow gives way on one tire you can flip, beleive me that's dangerous so I wouldn't go over third gear. it just depends on what your quad is capable of....

 

4x4 will go ok in about 8-10" 12 and above you start to high center on the snow

 

a stock atc 200x will transverse through around 12 inches of wet loose snow. this is what i ride in here in buffalo ny. i have stock tires with chains on em. you cannot stop this trike. i do wheelies on sheer ice.

 

Sure it will to a point. Once you get high centered its all over when blazing new trails.

 

To go in snow the first thing is four wheel drive. I've never used chains, mainly because of the old truck driver adage about if you need chains, maybe you shouldn't be out there in the first place. Several tricks about snow riding: If there are several of you try the train trick with the machines pushing each other, this can help if the snow isn't real deep. The trick here is to get the first machines's front wheels to sorta float on top of the snow and use the rear wheels to do the work, and from experience I know it is always good if the front machine is a Polaris. The combination of high ground clearance and their transmission make them good snow machines. (It also helps is someone else owns the first machine if you get what I am saying.) There is the brush and rock trick. If you have brush and rocks that you can ride over, that can help. The trick here is to be careful and not get in a hole, always try for elevation, cause this brings me to another trick, and that is it is a lot easier to go down hill in snow. Rather obivious, but have seen some ignore this fact. Always be on the lookout for open areas in the snow, or areas where there is less snow that will offer the oppurtunity to gain some elevation. Game trails, old fourwheeler or old snowmobile tracks offer packed snow under the fresh powder, anything to keep from getting bogged down. Snow riding can be different with conditions being so variable. There was one day clear back in '97, just before thanksgiving, that we had lots and lots of powder. It was just pure fluff stuff. I took my Polairs at the time, and could get around in the stuff. At times coming down hill, you couldn't even see the machine under you for all the powder you were going thru. I've never seen those kind of condiditons since, and if I hadn't taken advantage of the conditions I wouldn't of known about them, and missed the experience. And now for the disclaimers: Never do it alone, always dress for the elements, and make sure you machine is in top notch shape. This is tough on them, but not terminal. After all they are tough.

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