Some of the replies to the OP's question come across as smug and condescending. He didn't even say he was planning to use his ATV off road.
Where I hunt, in the foothills of the Sierra Madres near the Wyoming/Colorado line, there are awful roads. I have a four wheel drive truck with all terrain tires so I don't need an ATV, but not everyone does. Lot's of people use ATVs on those roads and I don't blame them. If you get stuck out there, you're in for a long day.
And to say that ATV abuse on public land is exclusively a problem of out-of-state flatlanders is laughable. But I guess I'm not surprised that someone would say that.
Used to be that people could come here and ask honest questions without getting piled on by know-it-alls. I wish that hadn't changed.
