so I went to the dealer and decided to negotiate between scramber 1000 and sportsman 1000 – I would go witht he 850 but knowing me, im going to be like "darn I want more power" unless the weight ratio to HP is different – which I know the can am 800 vs 1000 was like that (not sure about now) the 800 would do better in mud because it was lighter.

so..I need your guys opinion and real life experiences with these machines. I live in Colorado, so mostly long trail rides. Mostly high speeds (where safe) I loveeeeee riding in the snow, so idea machine would be good in snow.

however, I do rock crawling as well. some are technical where I need to shift my body; at time, I have to stand on one side of the atv to promote even balance.

so between scrambler and sportsman 1000 which has best and safest balance for technical climbs (descending and ascending) also can handle powering through the deep snow
People were saying the scrambler 1000 is a much different beast than the sportsman 1000. What worries me is how small the scrambler is when doing technical climbs; how stable would it be.