skidooboy

If you go to the tacoma forum the gen3 truck guys either love or hate the wildpeaks. All tires are like that. Well, almost everything you buy is like that. Best thing is to do your research. Have a great wholesaler, retailer, or shop you trust when you do purchase something so, if something goes wrong, you have local help. Ski

Whatever tire you go with, make sure the tire store has a road force balancer, and they really know how to use it. Have your tires road force balanced. It costs more for the service (about 100 or so per set in the US) but, doing it eliminates the chance of a bad tire, vibrations from tires, tells you if a rim is bad etc... GM mandated all dealers to get this technology to avoid tire/wheel issues causing vibrations. Ski

Great on road tire but, if he got stuck with the Toyo at2 (an all terrain tire), he will be stuck while using the Michelin LTX M/S (not a true all terrain, mostly a street use tire). I know you say you dont like the Toyo's but, look at their AT3 offering. I put close to 55,000 on my Tacoma since 2020, with their at3, no complaints. Looking at replacing them now too. Also look into the Cooper Discoverer line, I have those on my Sierra 2500 and they have been great. I have heard good things about the Nitto Terra Grappler G3 as well, they are 3 peak mountain snow rated too (great winter traction). Good luck in your choice. Ski

Happy Canada Day, boys, and girls. Enjoy your long holiday, stay safe, have fun, think snow. Ski

All greened up, in 20 days. Miloganite organic fertilizer works well for winter recovery. The barn area has less topsoil and more gravel like a parking lot so, it always takes longer to green up. We were up for fishing and first mowing last weekend. Great weather, no bugs. That all changed this week, with the warm weather. Now until September we are in bug season. Enjoy your summer! Ski

Mother's day weekend still ice on the bigger lakes, snow in the bush, and snowing this morning. Glad I did the lawn chores Friday and Saturday. On Friday's drive up, many lakes north of the Soo, were fully covered with ice, including Catfish lake in Wawa. I dont ever want to hear anyone spewing global warming crap, again! With winters starting later, and lasting longer, I really believe, our calendar is not corrected enough with leap year events. My guess is, we are 3-6 weeks off on our calendars. Over the last 30 years, it started as tough to get into April for riding. Now mid April is almost guaranteed yearly. This year we could darn near ride to mid may, in some areas. I'm over it! Ski

It only took two weeks to lose over 4-5 feet of packed snow, this year. I have saw it all go in 7 days. With all the snow pack, and the late storms, I'm glad it took 2 weeks, it would have been a terrible flooding mess, even in town, if it would have went much quicker. Ski

Gone again. Ski

The snow was all gone but, the piles, and shaded, protected spots. Then we received more last night. The winter that wont let go. Ski

Still hanging in there and drying up slowly, which we are thankful for. It is better than what happened further south, for sure. Neighbors rode to the big bear in Hawk Junction, on Sunday. Trail base still holding up. Ski

Goin fast. Ski

The melt is on. Even had to call the OPP about ice falling in the road on 17. It wasnt this bad when we went through, our friends took this pic less than an hour after we went by. It will take a bit to fully melt though. Lots of snow, and ice. Had to put the extension on the auger for Friday and Saturday fishing. Did well, released the big girls, only kept 7 in 2 days. Even managed to have enough slush to make our annual Canadian livewell. Saw fox, otter, bald eagles, a golden eagle, and a wolf. Was a good last week of our walleye season. There will still be riding to be had on the crown land. Ski

More snow yesterday, sunny clear today, more snow coming tomorrow. Ski

Stupid amount of snow here. Another foot coming by Sunday. Ski

Another calm before the storm. 20+ cms coming tonight, another 20 on Saturday. The winter that never ends. Rode to Hawk Junction for lunch with the 9 year old grand daughter today. Trail was great, taking the magpie back. Ski