Now that I think of it, the shifter/speed control on my old hydrostatic JD175 mower is on the right side, so I steer with my left hand. I'm a righty, but this seems completely natural to me. Like I said anyhow, snowplowing won't be the primary use. That guy just kind of freaked me out about burning up belts if I ever tried to plow with it. While the Grizz' transmission setup might(?) have advantages, he probably exaggerated the potential problems with the Brute's. Doesn't sound like you guys have had these problems with the limited amount of plowing you do. Thanks again!

 

Nope, I havent had any problems with the belt at all. The quad plows a few small country driveways (read dirt/gravel), our very long driveway, and our pond out back. It seems like you have to find a mountain of snow to stop it, even with the 60" blade on it. I'm very happy with the plowing performance of the atv.

 

Thanks. You can probably tell I'm leaning toward the Kaw, probably just to be different more than any other reason - I just don't want to make a $7K bad choice and also don't want to hear "I told you to buy a Yamaha" a thousand times from my buddies!