I'm looking at buying my first atv. It is a toss up between the Kodiak and Honda450es. I will be using it mostly for hunting and mild trail riding. I would also like to use it to plow snow. I am partially disabled and I am a bit on the large side(601-240lb) I have concerns that the Kodiak will be lacking power to plow with my weight on the machine. I am also limited now in upper body strength and have concerns that the Honda being 4wd all the time will be too much for me. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

 

I read a post where it was reported that the new Kodiak accerates just as quickly as the Grizzly. If this is true then the Kodiak should be plently powerful enough. The limited slip differential on both models makes for easy steering on all surfaces. Only the full 4wd of the Polaris would be too difficult to steer on pavement (while plowing snow etc). The Hondas are better built than Yamaha. I say this even though I own a Yamaha Grizzly.