This is my second year with the dog ice fishing. Overall I’m happy with the purchase. Its handled deep snow surprising well and so far the slush pockets with heavy snow I’ve encountered I was able to float over the top and not get stuck. Slush with no snow pack on top I’m guessing it won’t do well, but I haven’t encountered it. There is a learning curve to driving it. Very different deep snow verses hard pack. In deep snow you basically tilt the machine to turn and mine seems to want to tilt to the right so I weight the left side down more and shifting my weight in the sled actually helps as well. I buried it off a trail one time and thought there is no way it’s coming out. I have reverse and it backed right out, very impressed. Bare ice is the worst for me because my track isn’t studded, but I just ordered some to make it handle that situation as well. It will go on bare ice but it’s slow going and no control. I had 4 sleds, 3 with gear, and 4 guys on it this past weekend with no problems. It will pull if you have the traction, another reason for studs. The biggest complaint I have is my throttle freezes up. When it gets really cold it sticks wide open so when you start it, it wants to take off. It’s something I have to constantly check before starting. I just have to make sure I can move the throttle lever before starting. I’ve lubed it up and it still froze once, but overall much better. I use a otter sled and boat seat behind mine. You have to do a few easy mods to the tow bar but I like it much better. You can haul more gear than the snow dog sled and I like that it’s deeper, plus a better seat. I usually use the snow dog sled behind the otter when hauling more guys.