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50 inch SXS and Tracks?

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luvmystang67:
I'm trying to decide which SXS model to get.  I'm really tying to optimize function for myself.  This really isn't about joyriding.

My thought is that I can drive my truck on any open forest road, with the kids, and its pretty easy to get from point A to point B.  The times this breaks down is on dedicated quad roads, and in the winter.  So I kind of back myself into a 50" sxs for access to 50" roads on private timber land in Idaho and some national forest land.  Additionally, I'd like something powerful enough to put tracks on so that I can get out during the 6 months of snow and enjoy the national forests.  I have two young kids and my wife probably won't really want to come.  I'm also a cheap SOB.

It seems like the only two things that are powerful enough to pull tracks at any kind of reasonable speed are the RZR 900 Trail, or the Maverick 1000 trail.  The RZR Trail S models (in 900 or 1000) are actually 60" units, and while they can be converted to 50" units, that is expensive and a little dumb when you can just buy a regular trail.  The only real advantage would be you could buy a RZR 1000 Trail S, convert it to a 50" unit, and have the larger engine, which doesn't seem to be available in any RZR 50" model, which might be a lot nicer for the tracks.  I see that some places sell a bench seat for these units, which might be nice for hauling the kids around.  My high level assumption is that something like the Honda 500/520 in 50" is really not going to have the power I need to pull tracks and travel over 5mph.  I wish they put their 1000 engine in a 50" model and then I'd go that way.

Am I missing anything big here?  Suggestions/thoughts?  Should I just buy a used RZR 900 trail and be done with it and use it until I outgrow it?

elkslayer069:
I have a 60” 1000s with around 9,000 miles on it and have never been hassled with the 50” rule in Idaho. A lot of ground i hunt got “locked up” a few years ago and no one follows the new road rules. Which drives me crazy when i park and walk in ground  that’s supposed to be closed to everything. I imagine in the next 5 years all of that ground will be closed to everything motorized. I don’t think id want a 50” rzr. I know I would’ve tipped a 50” by now just trail riding. If your wife and kids wont be going in the winter id think you could buy 2 pretty nice used 4 stroke sleds with reverse for the price of tracks.  :twocents:

Feathernfurr:
Tracked SXS get wide. USFS has been cracking down in Idaho and installing width restriction gates at the entrances to lots of trails to combat the 64” and 72” machines that’s have been creating a lot of trail damage. Depending on what you can find I’m always a vote for Canam over Polaris. Their product really is superior in many ways. Regardless of the route you go, a machine on tracks is going to be pretty restricted in where you can legally take it.

follow maggie:
Is being restricted on where you can go with a tracked machine because the tracks make it too wide? Or are they not good in the mountains?

Feathernfurr:
Tracks make it too wide. A capable tracked machine can physically go some crazy places. If you get it stuck, you can count on it being there until the snow melts or you get access to a second tracked machine 😂

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