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10 Wheels
Plan on many flat tires.
Definitely know what goat head thorn plants look like and where they grow, check for thorns EVERY time you pull off the pavement in goat head country, and be prepared with a patch kit or two and spare tubes.
That said I didn't have all that many flats except for one section a bit east of El Paso. It was bad enough there that I left the secondary roads and rode the interstate shoulder for a while.