JenKor

Recently purchased these Goodyear Wrangler DuraTrac’s for our truck. Trip to North Dakota coming up and needed some snow tires.  Will let you know how well they perform on the 600 mile trip to ND.

Well the trip started out with the entire west side of South Dakota closed and the eastern side of Wyoming.  We had to travel up through Wyoming into Montana and then to Dickinson.  The trip may have taken an extra two hours but we had fairly dry roads and the tires performed well.  I did notice a bit of a roll into hard corners but I was use to that from the Goodyear Wrangler Silent Armors.  It was almost a disapointment to purchase new tires just for this trip but our disappointment did not last long.  Just as every trip we take to North Dakota we went pheasant hunting.  Jen had a blast in the snow with our new snow tires.  She was plowing through snow drifts and having a great time.  She did have to put it in four wheel drive due to we have no weight in the back.  The tires were not a disappointment.  Glad we purchased these even though we never had to use them on the highway.  We did run into one problem with the tires.  When we purchased them we bought the exact same size tire that was on the truck at the time 265/75R16.  Well the Goodyear Wrangler DuraTrac’s are such an aggressive tire that they rub when turning sharp.  In fact Discount Tire had to cut away a small piece of the front bumber to keep it from rubbing all the time.  They did a great job.

I watched a documentary on Discovery Channel tonight about the secret service and how they keep the president safe.  They mentioned that their old reliable weapon of choice is the Sig Sauer P229. 

Jen and I have been looking for a hand gun to have with us a home and to carry with when camping for protection.  We also looked at a Springfield Armory XD at Sportsmans Warehouse the other day.  Jen liked how that felt when she held it.  Here is a picture of the Sig Sauer P229-DAK.

I’ve not held or shot the Sig.  In fact I’ve not shot any of them.  It would be nice to have a place we could go and try a variety of guns to see what we like.  We are still looking for a handgun to purchase but these are some that we started to look at.