I think we'll stay in eastern Washington...at least for now. Maybe finding a level piece of property would help! I'm so tired of walking uphill all the time. Yes, I do occasionally get to walk downhill...but that' mostly sliding down icy paths. I do love snow...but not in March. Today is sunny and supposed to be 50 degrees. I even saw a few Canadian geese down by the creek. I will miss that...but not the muddy path the horses have to take because of it. And it is true...winter does take care of a lot of pests! We don't have many at all out here and I'm hoping if we stay in the general area (just a bit closer to town) we won't have them either. No Japanese beetle or RRD yet...and those little tomato horn worms turn into hummingbird moths, right? I love those, so I don't squish the worms. No problem with tomatoes so far...but they usually freeze before they ripen :)

On my old 425 I used two wheel weights on each of the rear tires plus chains. And, if the going got really rough, I added suitcase weigts on the 3PH. Cheers JDFANATIC

Coeur d'Alene had 127 inches of snow by yesterday and then a little more fell. This was a new seasonal record and nearly double normal. Seems like when I lived right in town about 30 years ago, there was more snow to deal with. I think that might be true but with a certain amount of melting, some drifting, and days of shoveling - it's real hard to make much sense out of the landscape. I'm considering "burrowing" next. There were winds of 35 - 40 mph with gusts near 50, today. Lots of roads in and out of communities in the Columbia Basin are closed because of drifting and white-out conditions. I think it is now going to turn to rain except for up where you are, Margaret. And, even western MT may get rain by Sunday. Hopefully, there won't be very much. digitS'

Thanks, a very different response that I thought. I understand the pounds per square inch issue, and hadn't given that a thought. I guess I was let to bigger or wider tires from a like of the look they have on the fancy sport trucks. Still, my old Dodge had aggressive wide tire all around, and 4WD. That too led me to think on a 2WD, put the aggressive tread on the rear. I do have a sporty 70R15 tire on a small car and its wet pavement/snow performance is not as good as an all season. Still too, in the old days of big rear wheel drive cars, I've had a few myself, snow tires (I've had the studded tires too) were common practice. They may have been no wider, but they looked that way because of the aggressive tread. Looks like I should stay with what I've got. I'll spend the saved money putting on a class III trailer hitch/receiver. I understand installation of one made for the specific truck will require no drilling, just bolt to existing holes. I've already installed the light wiring, easy with the "T" wire adapter now on new trucks. I'd think the sooner the better on the installation. The truck has under 2,000 miles on it so the underside is still clean.