You don't really need tall tires on a 250 2 wheel drive. I had 22" Maxxis Sur-tracs on the rear, and 22" Carlisle Trail Wolfs on the front and it was a very well balanced combination. They're lightweight, durable, hook up good when you need them to, and slide pretty easy when you need them to also. You'd be surprised what a 2 wheel drive can go through especially when you have some good tires on it.

If you want tires that will give you maximum traction, check out Interco Swamplites. I have those on the rear of my warrior, and they're totally amazing for mud and traction. There are times when I would like to have less traction though, because even with my warrior it's hard to make them slide. It would probably be impossible to spin with a little 250.

 

why do need them to slide

 

For one thing, it's just plain and simple fun to kick the tail end around and powerslide a corner (like drifting a car). There are also times when you're going through a tricky trail, that it can help you make a corner tighter and stuff like that.

 

i woulsd put 23 or 24 inc gators or mudlightes. mudlights might be better less weight but go bigger so you have more ground clearense and you can still slide!

 

howmany pound winch will be good to have for this. whats a good cheap brand.

 

Big tires are really overrated. They do more harm than good in most cases. They rob power, add weight, make the center of gravity higher so it flips over easier, make the steering heavier (more effort to turn the bars) and don't really give you enough of an advantage in ground clearance to justify it. I have like 5 inches of ground clearance on my warrior, and with some good tires it's enough to go through just about anything within reason. A bear tracker will have even more than that with 22's because my warrior's big brake rotor, sprocket, and thick skid plate really take away from my ground clearance.

 

Will you be riding by yourself or with other quads? A winch usually isn't worth the money if you ride with other quads. It's quicker and easier to just have someone pull you out with a rope when it's possible.

My buddy has a winch on his suzuki eiger 4x4 and when we use it, we use it more like a retractable tow cable than a winch. It's kinda time consuming to spool that cable all the way out to a tree (if there even is one within reach) and then you have to wait for the winch to slowly pull you out, and then slowly pull all that cable back in again. And then you have to be careful about the winch killing your battery, because they draw a lot of power, and will drain the battery down quicker than it recharges. It's so much quicker and easier to just tie a rope between 2 quads and yank it out.

 

thats true. ill probly always have someone with me. if not a quad than bro in his truck.