My blacksmith skills start and end with burning toast.

The whole "do you pick tires for the worst 10 percent of the trail or the 90 percent you actually ride" thing cuts the other way though. Those two or three wet spots on your loop? They're the exact places where you either keep moving or you're the guy standing in the mud hooking up a strap. And here's the part people forget, all-terrains pack up and turn into racing slicks in clay gumbo, so your buddy hasn't been winched out YET. A 420 Rancher is what, 600 pounds with no locker? Half worn all-terrains give up real quick once that clay fills the lugs. Yeah you're fighting the bars now, but air them down a few PSI and stop gripping so hard, let the front float instead of trying to steer it. $480 isn't wasted if it's the difference between riding out and calling someone with a winch.