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50 inch SXS and Tracks?
actionshooter:
I don't know about the 50" models, but figure on a full size there is more than enough power with a RZR 1000, your top speed is about half and the fuel use is about double.. :chuckle: BUT you can go almost anywhere, until you can't.... then you wait for the snow to melt. :chuckle:
Happy Gilmore:
Tracks suck a lot of power. Narrow machines tip really easy. Buy a cheap sled for snow. Save money. Way safer and more reliable
bearpaw:
--- Quote from: Happy Gilmore on May 20, 2025, 10:42:21 PM ---Tracks suck a lot of power. Narrow machines tip really easy. Buy a cheap sled for snow. Save money. Way safer and more reliable
--- End quote ---
:yeah: and a snowmobile is a lot faster than tracks and they go better in deeper snow. For the same price as the tracks you can find a very good used snowmobile. I have tracks and snowmobiles, I use the snowmobiles way more often.
Caseknife:
RZR 900's handle tracks just fine, not tippy at all especially with tracks. They are a bit cramped for two adults and when tracked up stuff in the back has to be sealed up to stay dry and not a lot of room in the back. Track systems are about a 40% gear reduction, you will go through a tank of fuel in about 60 miles. Definitely need upper doors, heater and wiper system. Can put in little center seat for tykes, but will drastically impede arm movement for the driver.
luvmystang67:
On the sleds vs tracks debate, I totally get it, but I'm trying to take my tots out with me. I don't really feel comfortable hauling them in a snowmobile trailer, and I really dont want them between my legs or behind me. This is not really intended to be a "play in the snow" rig, its more a "get outside with the kids in the winter months" rig.
My buddy has a japanese mini truck, which is 52", and also a bit cramped, but we aren't big people and I'm kind of used to it. I'd be going that way, except that with the manual transmission and the low power, that thing on tracks really isn't very practical. Its not really possible to shift gears with a manual transmission and maintain momentum at low speeds and then get back to the necessary power band. Honestly, a kei truck with a CVT transmission would make a lot more sense for trying to run tracks. Without tracks that thing does great, but I'm hoping to find something that I can lock the kids down in and still get out in the snow, while finding an additional use case behind the gates. I think from the sounds of it the RZR 900 is probably the ticket for someone like me who is trying to cost optimize.
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