This post inspired by this statement over at Eaton Rapids Joe:

"I would rather be driving a $5000 vehicle riding on $250 tires than driving a $150k vehicle on $100 tires. But that is just me."

Not just him ...

First item "fixed". Just like hiking/work boots, the foundation is important.
Actually, the 4 tires that replaced these came to just shy of $1200. And it was a $4000 vehicle (was ...)

Procedure for passing through a gate:

Put truck in granny gear
Get out of truck and go open gate (often barbed wire with wooden stick spacer and two wire loops)
Wait for truck to pass by. Wait some more ...
Close gate
Walk back to truck, get in, shift gears
Drive on

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