Sand paddles in snow?

[squirrel1182]

Anyone have experience with doing this? There has been a pair at the local flea market for the past few weeks and haven't sold. I'm thinking about buying them for just snow because im not sure how my will work in the snow. In my opinion i think it would work pretty good but i want someone smarter than a dumass 15 y/o lol.

[hang&rattle]

I wanna know too. Have 3 sets of these for this winter that alot of guys use & are o.k., but 22's. Don't want to spend another winter diggin' kids out while I could be crashin' through snow drifts.

[Yamaha_Rules69]

Yes, they work awesome in snow! They deffinatly get through more than the average knobbie. I had 2 200x's to try this last winter, one wth paddles, and one with knobbies. I tried a pretty big drift, and the 200x without the paddles got stuck! Will it go through the snow like a snowmobile? No, but it will beat most any 2 wheel drive 4 wheeler for sure! I say go for it, is is worth it!

[TrailerRider]

Yes, they work awesome in snow! They deffinatly get through more than the average knobbie. I had 2 200x's to try this last winter, one wth paddles, and one with knobbies. I tried a pretty big drift, and the 200x without the paddles got stuck! Will it go through the snow like a snowmobile? No, but it will beat most any 2 wheel drive 4 wheeler for sure! I say go for it, is is worth it!

Awesome! I have been trying to get up to the snow to try the 200x out and was wondering the same thing about paddles. I always thought in theory they would work. Now I can get another set of rims and be ready to roll.

[juggaloclownz18]

i thought about it last year, but my mud tires on the 200m and the 200s where more then enough to go through the snow around here, i drove all over the woods no problem, unless it was super warm, then the snow would be too soft, main thing is you need something to break trail first then your good to go, if you have to make your own trail, you have to stand with your weight as far back as you can, and slide your ass side to side up and down and it will break a trail, but takes a long time the first time, but once you get up moving it goes good...

Another tip, if it gets really deep, set the trike up in the snow as far as you can out of your hole then walk next too it and it will go good till you get into a more managable spot in the snow, wish i had not lost most of my videos when my PC crashed, i would show you the fun we had last winter with our trikes, get a TON of snow up north here in NY!!

Cant wait to try it with paddles though, have a spot on some on rims for my 250r, should be fun ;-)

[juggaloclownz18]

yeah my 200m would break trails in waist deep snow with the 25" calisle strykers

Oh yeah sorry to run on and on, but dont just on the throttle like these kids on youtube do, thats not the best, feather it a bit as you shift around, helps keep the traction

[oldskool83]

i would think they would work, i have a set of realtor tires and they are kinda like paddels, says snow and mud one way, sand the other. they did work good in the snow last year. im putting them on my 250sx and planing on buying more, they are not made anymore.

[Yamada]

Just buy Maxxis 4-snow... They are the best and very cheap...

[squirrel1182]

This past winter i had a quad and it had some really worn out knobbies on it. only ran it till sled got goin. But this winter if i can get a new feul pump for trike now i think ima be on it most cuz its alot better on gas and oil. lol. If the tires are there this weekend im going to ask the fella how much exactly he wants for them.

[squirrel1182]

i thought about it last year, but my mud tires on the 200m and the 200s where more then enough to go through the snow around here, i drove all over the woods no problem, unless it was super warm, then the snow would be too soft, main thing is you need something to break trail first then your good to go, if you have to make your own trail, you have to stand with your weight as far back as you can, and slide your ass side to side up and down and it will break a trail, but takes a long time the first time, but once you get up moving it goes good...

Another tip, if it gets really deep, set the trike up in the snow as far as you can out of your hole then walk next too it and it will go good till you get into a more managable spot in the snow, wish i had not lost most of my videos when my PC crashed, i would show you the fun we had last winter with our trikes, get a TON of snow up north here in NY!!

Cant wait to try it with paddles though, have a spot on some on rims for my 250r, should be fun ;-)

When i would get sled stuck id "walk" down a path in front of it so its packed and youcan get really good traction on it and it should work the same with a trike.

[juggaloclownz18]

Yeah def. but once you make that first pass through the trail, it was golden to go on its own through there the rest of the winter! Winter is fun on a trike, mine went places in the woods the 4x4's got stuck in, they all said i was crazy and they wouldnt help me get unstuck, but guess what, NEVER needed them once to help me :-)

[mike1979]

LOL my Turf Tamers did really well in the sonw too. The only issues I had we the snow banks made by the plows and that was only because I kept burying it to the frame. It makes it hard to move when the tire wont ride up the back and the snow is just below the headlight.

[down4thakrown]

mine worked great in the snow. but not a good idea to use on thin ice....