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If you have a quad, you know that it becomes almost useless in winter in deep snow.
And it so hard to do without your favorite toy till spring.
But there is a special kit which can turn your atv in a real winter beast.
It is tracks!
And some people say that quad on tracks can even cope with a snowmobile!
Is it really so?
Today we will find out it!
Stay tuned guys it is going to be interesting!
First of all It is worth saying that the price of the kit of tracks is about 3 thousands
dollars.
Of course its big money, but on the other hand it is a good deal!
If the kit is really able to turn your quad in all season transport which may compete
with snowmobiles in winter so it is a really good deal.
Do you remember how much the snowmobiles are?
Much more than 3000 dollars!
By the way the kit can be used with any quad, there are some special plates to install the
tracks at any model of quad.
It takes about two hours to install the full kit, and you will not require some special
tools…no just two people and two hours of your time!
Well I think it is enough of theory, lets see what these tracks can do in practice!
We start our test on the snowy field.
The snow is quite deep and loose – that is the most difficult for any atv to move
on such snow.
As you can see the the snow is knee deep.
By the way we wanted to test also a usual quad on wheels, but it got stuck before coming
to this field.
When the road ended the quad immediately sank in the snow!
And that was the first test for the tracked quad.
It can easily move around and moreover it dragged out wheeled atv from the snow trap!
Well lets clarify some details!
Undoubtedly on a filed the snowmobile can beat the tracked quad.
It is much faster!
Snowy field it is the best conditions for any snowmobile and there are no machines that
can do better there.
Nevertheless the tracks greatly improve the capability of the quad to move on snow, we
saw that from the very beginning of our test.
Where you can’t even think to move on wheels, on tracks you can move without any difficulties.
The traction is much better, the quad doesn’t fall through snow, even if snow is deep and
loose.
But the flip side is that the maximum speed is significantly reduced.
On tracks your quad can’t move with the speed more than 35 miles per hour.
On the other hand a tracked quad is more stable and the ground clearance is bigger.
By the way this kit of the tracks can be used not only in winter, it is all season equipment
and you can ride a tracked quad whenever you want.
Well it is clear that a snowmobile moves much faster than a quad on field.
But we still don’t know how they do in the deepest snow that is the most complicated
condition for any atv.
And we will test is by all means but a bit later.
And now I want to mention that a tracked quad is very stable in any maneuvers.
Well it may be possible to turn it upside down, but it is much more difficult than to
roll over a sled.
If you once ride a sled, you should know that you always have to keep a balance while riding
If we compare a tracked quad with a wheeled one the first thing we notice that quad becomes
significantly higher.
It is about 5 inches higher that ordinary quad on wheels.
Though the gravity center also becomes higher, the vehicle still is very stable as I’ve
already mentioned.
Also a tracked quad is bigger and the turning radius is more, so it takes some time to get
the feel of it.
On the whole it is still the same quad, but more capable to go through rough terrain,
it doesn’t take much effort to ride it.
Maybe in summer it is more difficult to drive a tracked quad, but in winter it is very easy
and provides a lot of fun.
Then we found a place where there was a very deep snow.
It was almost impossible to walk there.
But as you can see our quad on tracks doesn’t have any problems here, it can move on such
snow quite successfully.
So of course a tracked quad is not so fast as a sled, but on the very deep snow it looks
better!
And it was rather hard for the snowmobile to move in these conditions.
We wanted to find the limits of capabilities of the tracks so we decided to climb these
quite steep hill!
Frankly speaking I didn’t believe that the quad can get up to the hill.
But to my great surprise it managed to do that!
Of course it was rather hard and the quad moved slowly, but anyway it moved…moved
slow and sure.
It is difficult to realize from the video how steep was this hill, but you can take
it from me it was very steep, and the quad really impressed me here.
And what about our sled?
Well the snowmobile was far from being successful here.
It was very hard to move fast at that place, and the snow was very deep, so the sled was
constantly getting stuck and falling on its side!
So the tracked quad was definitely better in these conditions that snowmobile.
Four drive tracks of the quad were better than one track of the sled!
Moreover the tracked quad managed even to pull out the sled from the snow and this situation
tells us about the performance of these vehicles on deep snow better that any words.
Finally we found a place where it was much more snow that we could even imagine.
It was almost unreal to go there on foot, you can see it on your screens.
Sled’s rider didn’t want to even try to go here, but our quad seemed to feel quite
comfortably in this conditions.
It was moving on these hills like a snow cat – a graceful and powerful snow beast.
So you see it yourself I think it doesn’t require any comments here.
So what conclusion can we make out of our review?
If you really like your quad and you miss it so much in winter, you may buy this tracks
kit and enjoy a snow riding!
A tracked quad is not so fast as sled, but it can successfully move on any kind of snow.
No matter what the deep is just few inches or 5 feet – your quad will be able to cut
his way in any conditions!
But if you have a snowmobile, I think you don’t need these tracks.
A snowmobile is much faster on a snowy fields and it can provide much more fun!
Guys leave a comment what you think which is better – a snow mobile or a tracked quad?
And now lets call it a day.
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