4WHEELERS ATV
Hello Kind of a crazy question! As we plan on heading up to Alaska next year and then south during the winter into the AZ region. I am considering purchasing a 4 wheel atv. But because I am t...
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Ok, gotta weigh in on this one; ADF&G had the wisdom (???) this year to open the hunting in my unit (where the cabin is at) to a pretty generous draw tag season for cow moose, so I spent the past 10 days watching 1/3 of the slob hunters in Los Anchorage and 1/2 of them in Palmer drive by my cabin in every conceivable ATV or SxS setup. So some thoughts:
- Not everyone who hunts off an ATV is a slob hunter, but many are
- Rant Over
- I've got both an ATV and a SxS with a cab. Have used them over most of the road accessible areas of the state (and I've used the SxS in snow with tracks)
- If you're getting something for a one-time trip to Alaska, obviously get what works best for your home location...either SxS or ATV will work more than adequately for 1 trip up here.
- A good portion of the people with SxS rigs put cabs on them: great for staying a bit cleaner, drier, warmer, etc. Cabs do cut back on the accessibility of some brush-choked paths
- I'd generally agree with the previous poster.....almost any defined or existing TRAIL can be driven by both SxS or ATV
- That being said if I had to drive from A to B where there was not a known trail, I'd use my ATV: a bit narrower, a bit lighter, a bit easier to maneuver in tight spaces, etc.
- Regular SxS rigs are orders of magnitude better than ATV's if you're trying to carry either lots of gear or bulky stuff. That being said, I've carried gear and food for a two week camping trip on my ATV.
- If going off trail and burying the rig in a bog is a possibility, might want to consider an ATV. Getting truly "bogged down" is no fun nohow major-league PITA...but just slightly better if the rig that is stuck is a few hundred lbs. lighter.
- For incidental riding, it won't matter, but possibly consider how extra gas will be carried on the rig.
- Not everyone who hunts off an ATV is a slob hunter, but many are
- Rant Over
- I've got both an ATV and a SxS with a cab. Have used them over most of the road accessible areas of the state (and I've used the SxS in snow with tracks)
- If you're getting something for a one-time trip to Alaska, obviously get what works best for your home location...either SxS or ATV will work more than adequately for 1 trip up here.
- A good portion of the people with SxS rigs put cabs on them: great for staying a bit cleaner, drier, warmer, etc. Cabs do cut back on the accessibility of some brush-choked paths
- I'd generally agree with the previous poster.....almost any defined or existing TRAIL can be driven by both SxS or ATV
- That being said if I had to drive from A to B where there was not a known trail, I'd use my ATV: a bit narrower, a bit lighter, a bit easier to maneuver in tight spaces, etc.
- Regular SxS rigs are orders of magnitude better than ATV's if you're trying to carry either lots of gear or bulky stuff. That being said, I've carried gear and food for a two week camping trip on my ATV.
- If going off trail and burying the rig in a bog is a possibility, might want to consider an ATV. Getting truly "bogged down" is no fun nohow major-league PITA...but just slightly better if the rig that is stuck is a few hundred lbs. lighter.
- For incidental riding, it won't matter, but possibly consider how extra gas will be carried on the rig.
