I guess it's more what you become used to Morton, plus the quality of the equipment. I had an LX200GPS 8" with the smaller 8" wedge. I found it a right royal pita to try to polar align simply because the wedge wasn't up to it. I have also used a 10" LX200R with the Ultra wedge and that was much easier and much more successful.
Having said that the same thing applies to EQs. Trying to accurately polar align and EQ1/2 is far more difficult than an HEQ5 or EQ6, simply from a mechanical standpoint.
I guess the one thing to remember is that there is no polar alignment scope with an sct so if you move to an unknown site there is no plonk down, rought align and then fine tune with the polar scope.... its all drift aligning with an SCT (which isn't really a problem once you get comfortable with it.
I use it all the time as I don't have a polar scope and wouldn't know how to use one to it's best).
Personal preference; I would go for the EQ every time. Not just because I find it much easier to setup, but because I have one less piece of awkward heavy equipment to muck around with.
EQ: tripod and mount and counterweights
Fork mount: tripod, wedge (they are fairly heavy), mount and counterweights (yes you will most likely need them.)