Time to change the rear tire to the paddle tire

I hate this more than anything else on the motorcycle maintenance schedule, swapping a tire for a new or different tire. Yuck, my knuckles are starting to bleed just thinking about it. But the Sand Dunes are not the same without a paddle, I want to tackle Sand Mountain and see if I can pull it in 2nd, 3rd, or even 4th gear. My Cr500 will climb it in 4th when it has a new engine top end. As it was running it will only pull it in third and that is with a dirt tire and not a paddle. Good thing I was forced to tear it down last weekend a get a new piston, rings, reeds, and gaskets.