Hello everyone. I look forward to talking to you all.
I am need of an atv for snow plowing our gravel driveway (maybe a 100 yards long). Then pulling small deadfall trees and some loads of chopped wood out from the treed part of our property. I’ve narrowed my choices to the Kodiak 450 EPS and 700 EPS.
From everything that I’ve read or talked to people about the 450 will get the job done. However, a lot of people have also told me to get the 700. The three reasons they point to are 1) The power is there if you need it. And you might. 2) The 700 EPS has the locking differential. 3) The Kodiak is still a newish release and it might take a few years to work out the bugs.
I’m up in Northern Alberta and of the dealerships that I talked to, the 2020 700 EPS costs about $3300 ($2500 USD) more than the brand new 2019 450 EPS one place offered. That’s a third of the price of another 450 and over a quarter the price of a 700.
I’d still probably lean towards the 700 then just be done with it but there’s one more wrinkle, the missus is also going to be using the machine for these activities. The 450 is a bit smaller and (I assume) a bit more forgiving if the throttle is overworked (intentionally or accidentally).
Sorry for the essay. I look forward to hearing from you all.
I am need of an atv for snow plowing our gravel driveway (maybe a 100 yards long). Then pulling small deadfall trees and some loads of chopped wood out from the treed part of our property. I’ve narrowed my choices to the Kodiak 450 EPS and 700 EPS.
From everything that I’ve read or talked to people about the 450 will get the job done. However, a lot of people have also told me to get the 700. The three reasons they point to are 1) The power is there if you need it. And you might. 2) The 700 EPS has the locking differential. 3) The Kodiak is still a newish release and it might take a few years to work out the bugs.
I’m up in Northern Alberta and of the dealerships that I talked to, the 2020 700 EPS costs about $3300 ($2500 USD) more than the brand new 2019 450 EPS one place offered. That’s a third of the price of another 450 and over a quarter the price of a 700.
I’d still probably lean towards the 700 then just be done with it but there’s one more wrinkle, the missus is also going to be using the machine for these activities. The 450 is a bit smaller and (I assume) a bit more forgiving if the throttle is overworked (intentionally or accidentally).
Sorry for the essay. I look forward to hearing from you all.