yea because the roller cage breaking is so common.. gotta love message boards. everything gets blown out of proportion

 

Thank's for all of the feedback!! We had Two Feet of snow in ohio over the weekend and I was SHOCKED haw well my Polaris plowed my driveway. Especially since I was skiing all weekend and didn't get a chance to plow until Sunday afternoon! As far I am concern after all that plowing, AWD is as good as anything else......it's nice to get soo much usage out of my quad!!

 

Ive got an 06" hawkeye 4x4 and an 08" prairie 360 4x4.Im not crazy about polaris but I have ridden all of the other brands and I think polaris has the best 4x4 system. When 4x4 engages, all 4 wheels turn at the same speed. My prairie on the other hand has a diff. lock lever that tries to engage all 4 wheels but there is still some diff. slippage. Ive made sure the cable is adjusted properly, it just isnt as good as the polaris system.

 

thats becuase polaris is an awd system where the kaw is only the 4x4 w/a differ. lock. whenit works great traction, but hard to steer when it's locked in vs the polaris system. imo

 

I had a Yamaha big bear and 450 foreman 3x4 and you really do notice a true awd with all 4 wheels involved has much more traction.

 

AWD is the way to go. In my opinion, it's the best. I have always owned a polaris for that very reason.