I tried to take the 400ex around the backyard in about 4" to 9" of snow (drifts) and it couldnt get out of its own way... I have shredders on it right now... (basic MX style tire) and they seem hopeless.... is there a set of tires that would make riding in that much snow feasable... I thought about sand paddles, has any one tried them in the snow? Thanks!

 

I've used Geckos in the snow before and they worked pretty good.

 

Sand Tires

 

My holeshots on my EX seemed to work pretty good..those are basically the same as shredders right?

What size do you have? Mine are 20"....if you have 18's, that would explain it.

Anyway, my suggestion would be some 22" Kenda Vipers. There are many other tires out there, and probably a lot that are better...but I had those Vipers on one of my previous quads and they hooked up really well in the snow. I hated the overall looks of them on the quad, but I guess function is more important. I think overall it's good to stick with a balloon type tire for deep snow riding.

-Josh

 

my warrior was going through drifts over 1 foot and regular snow over 8 inches with 20" kenda klaws i couldn't beleive it..

 

sand tired would be the best but i have razrs n the worked good

 

a snow plow works best, or you could ask barry if you could use a pair of chains I guess

 

well 9 inches is pretty deep for a quad , its bottoming out , i dont have any problem with the stock tires on my 400ex in up to at least 6 inches , but im looking into getting a set of 22 inch blackwaters for the snow ,

 

How about some tracks

 

Blackwaters on Snow = Good

Blackwaters on Ice or Packed snow = not so good

hehehe...from what I've seen at least.

As for tracks...Jordan from our crew rocks them on his 4x4....those things are so nasty!

 

thats insane

 

i was thinking of getting tracks for my warrior and some skis up front. but then i realized that $1200 is to much to spend when i am barily gonna use em.. man i wish i woulda bough them.

 

i hav a set of sand geckos on my blaster n they work really good i dunno about any other paddles but i say go with the sand geckos.

 

or for 1200 you could buy a snowmobile and use that it comes standard with a track and skis

 

yea but its on more thing to store, and maintain...ect... although I rode a Skidoo rev and it was great... worlds ahead of my old formula plus....so I may just do that anyway.... but you still cant wheelie a sled like you can a quad.... :YEAH

 

not true one of the kids I went to school got drunk at his graduation party and decided to take his sled out he was throwing up high chairs on a 800 skidoo in his front yard I'll see if I can dig up the pictures

 

I would llove to see those pics , but I bet they were powa wheelies....I was just saying that I've never seen a sled do a BP wheelie ( BTW is it still a wheelie if there are no wheels? )

 

ohh no way That would be sick tho if you could maybe i'll take up a new profession

 

I tried to do em on a mx380 but even though the sled is light its just too front heavy, to balance a sled you would need a mid or rear engine design

 

I run blackwaters on my ex and they pull like crazy in the sand and mud. I've never been near snow or ice with them. They're heavier that stock tires cause they're 4ply, and mine are taller than stock even though they are both 20's.