What Quad to get

[WACATHUNTER]

Love my Kawasaki Brute Force 750!

[Mudman]

Yamaha has 4x4 honda 3x4 open front diffs on most.  Lightweight important.  Reliable?  No on Polaris for those reasons alone imop.  Kawasaki maybe?  Suzuki?  No mudders in snow either, terrible.  Bighorn low psi works great.  Grizzly is top quad in market for long time now.  Not fastest but fast enough.

[2MANY]

Good luck.

Right now the good ones are mostly presold.

[n_mathews13]

I currently have a Yamaha 660 that I like but it gets warm easy
I’d buy used
I feel like the sportsman might be heavy for spring snow?

The 660 versions were prone to get their radiator plugged with grass seeds, leaves sticks and stuff.  Pull that all put and thoroughly clean the radiator.   Its also probably running a bit rich causing heat buildup in the pipe.

Newer models run cooler due to EFI, I'll never buy a carb engine again unless its a lawn mower or something

That was my plan this last weekend, did t get to it

[HooknoseHunter]

I’ve had a 2000 Yamaha Big Bear 400 4x4 for quite a few years. It’s a 5-speed manual shift (no clutch) and will go anywhere. It plows snow with ease as well, especially in low gear. It still has the factory battery and I just replaced the factory tires last year. If I was buying a new quad it would be a Yamaha. Avoid anything with the shift buttons on the handle bars, if you are shifting with your left hand and running the throttle with your right hand, how are you holding your beer???

[Igor]

if you are shifting with your left hand and running the throttle with your right hand, how are you holding your beer???

[KFhunter]

Shifting with your left, throttle with the right = fast snowplow

I also like my brakes seperate, no single brake bs for me