12-23-10 Chase Mnt Snow Ride

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12-23-10 Chase Mnt Snow Ride

Postby ACLakey » Fri Dec 24, 2010 10:08 am

A small group of us decided to brave the temperatures in the teens and go for a snow ride.

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Only the third trip out on the new quad....need to break it in right. :)

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The group shot.

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The views did not disappoint

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We went up the mountain until the snow just got too deep to continue and headed down. Dave busting trail for a while, the Polaris 850 Snow Machine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT3SYc5L97o

The Can-Am Renegade 800 with the ATR radials performed very well in the snow.

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On a short steep hill we did a little tire comparison. Polaris 850 stock tires.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnnAeVt-Jqc

Same rider 850XP with ITP Bajacross tires....big difference.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIqSR-6zwJQ

Usually my ITP MudLites prove very effective in the snow but he was able to run circles around us with those tires. The Mudlites do well but when you loose momentum you dig, the Bajacross kept him moving forward.

It was a great trip, good powder, good friends and great views.

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Re: 12-23-10 Chase Mnt Snow Ride

Postby Kodiak » Fri Dec 24, 2010 11:57 am

that is sooo much fun!!
looks like a great ride
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Re: 12-23-10 Chase Mnt Snow Ride

Postby hemingray » Fri Dec 24, 2010 3:13 pm

You're not kidding about the views! Looks like a great ride! Thanks for the pics!!
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Re: 12-23-10 Chase Mnt Snow Ride

Postby EigerMike » Fri Dec 24, 2010 5:27 pm

beautiful shots! looks like some fun thanks for the pics!
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Re: 12-23-10 Chase Mnt Snow Ride

Postby GrizzlyGuy » Mon Dec 27, 2010 8:15 am

Nice tire comparison. Looks like the stock tires on a Polaris suck as much as the stock tires on a Grizzly. My Bighorns sound like your MudLites: OK in the snow until you go slow, then they decide you are trying to ride to China and just start digging. I guess the Bajacross tread design is better for soft stuff(?).
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Re: 12-23-10 Chase Mnt Snow Ride

Postby BruteForce » Mon Dec 27, 2010 5:28 pm

Nice! Thanks for the excellent photos and tire comparison. How about comparing BigHorns to those Mudlites?
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Re: 12-23-10 Chase Mnt Snow Ride

Postby hemingray » Mon Dec 27, 2010 6:15 pm

GrizzlyGuy wrote:Nice tire comparison. Looks like the stock tires on a Polaris suck as much as the stock tires on a Grizzly. My Bighorns sound like your MudLites: OK in the snow until you go slow, then they decide you are trying to ride to China and just start digging. I guess the Bajacross tread design is better for soft stuff(?).
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It was quite the difference in snow with the Bighorn 26s vs. the 25s. I took the Grizz 700 up on FR-19 a year ago November and trying to climb a hill just made them dig in - the 25s. With the 26s on the Grizz 660, it was totally different - gas on and they just start shooting snow and start climbing. I was impressed.
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Re: 12-23-10 Chase Mnt Snow Ride

Postby auendave » Mon Dec 27, 2010 9:41 pm

nice pis looks like a great time
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Re: 12-23-10 Chase Mnt Snow Ride

Postby Ken » Tue Dec 28, 2010 10:00 am

hemingray wrote:[quote="GrizzlyGuy"It was quite the difference in snow with the Bighorn 26s vs. the 25s. I took the Grizz 700 up on FR-19 a year ago November and trying to climb a hill just made them dig in - the 25s. With the 26s on the Grizz 660, it was totally different - gas on and they just start shooting snow and start climbing. I was impressed.
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Re: 12-23-10 Chase Mnt Snow Ride

Postby Mr. Green » Tue Dec 28, 2010 2:25 pm

also theres a HUGE diff in the foot print as well, 25/10 for the 25''s vs 26/12 for the backs and 25/8 vs 26/9 for the front. Thats 6 inches more in width for flowtation = 16-17% more foot print to spread the weight.
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Re: 12-23-10 Chase Mnt Snow Ride

Postby hemingray » Tue Dec 28, 2010 2:38 pm

I agree - I think it was the better floating that worked for me. The height would definitely help in a deeper base though.
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