adding sandbags for traction

[AcampoDave]

Is 20 enough? Actually I'm making a patio out of pavers. Stock height springs gittinerdone.

[awbrown]

Here in Michigan I use a complete Chevy 350 ,actually the one out of my blue 63 ,it has a pair of legs on it and I strap it to the front of the 8ft bed on my '97 extended cab .. Glad I put it in there before I went to the PRI show in Indianapolis ,that was the weekend that big snow storm came through and I drove back in the middle of it....

[markeb01]

I have a few hundred pounds of ballast in my “trunk”. There’s the weight of the hard cover, a sun tent I haul around for car shows, folding chairs, a spare tire/jack/tools, and an ice chest. Back when the bed was empty, I also picked up a couple of cheap duffle bags from Walmart and a box of Ziplock baggies. I don’t remember if they were ½ gallon or gallon bags, but each one held 10 pounds of sand. Each duffle bag held about 120 pounds of 10 pound bags of sand, and I carried two of them. They have straps that were tie wrapped to eye bolts that replaced every other step side fender bolt. As additional ballast was added, 10 pound bags were removed to adjust the weight. Eventually I removed one duffle bag completely.

The nice part of doing it this way, there is never any loose sand to mess up the bed (or spill into the floor mounted gas tank). Use caution when using heavy and hard pieces like bricks or frozen sand bags that aren't tied in place. They can do a lot of damage if they start flying around with the vehicle in motion. T

he extra weight in the rear does allows the truck to ride nicer, accelerate easier on ice and snow, and panic stop without swapping ends.

[contagious102]

What is this snow and ice you speak of ?

[slowcpe]

I used to run (6) 65-lb (I think that was the weight) bags of sand over the rear axle in my Ranger. Made a world of difference and got me around everywhere I needed to go.

[TJ's Chevy]

This supplies all the traction I need! And its free!!!.....minus the labor....

[Slow Build]

I've always liked about 200 lbs. in the bed to add traction and soften the ride. I had a few trucks with the hard bed cover which happened to weigh right around that, just right. A long time ago I had a F**d Courier PU that couldn't climb one particular steep dirt path unless I had my old 72 Honda XL250 in the back.