Yesterday was our first snowfall here in Mississauga Ontario and let me tell you, I was sliding all over the place. Stopped by Home Depot and picked up 6 bags of 30kg gravel and placed it right over the rear axle. Took off from Home Depot (they don't salt or plow their parking lots in a timely manner) and WHAT A DIFFERENCE! Now I am just looking for some good snow tires. Every dealer here seems to be out...

Other than that, I don't expect to be doing any other creative methods to combat 4x2 snow conditions. Good topic though!

Any suggestions on a good snow tire? (if I can find a dealer with stock!)

 

Can Tire Rack ship to you?

 

Well, there site states the following:

I don't know if I would trust them being released from Customs in a timely manner and the taxes and duties to be paid on top of the products themselves could make the option pointless...not to mention our Canadian Dollar is trading at .79 cents to the US dollar! We were at par about 2-3 months ago, then the economic meltdown hit the world

Edit: Shipping cost to my area would be $170.00 USD...ouch!

 

well, i drive in crap all the time in ohio,
i had, at one time, one of those "suretrax" water bag weights, man it was sweet.
but it exploded in the accident...

last year i put 200 pounds of bricks in a heavy duty fiberglass tub, built a frame out of 2x4s to keep it in the very back of my bed, never moved, and planted the *** end just right, i could drift when i wanted, and had full control whenever i needed it...

i need to do something this year since i sold the bricks...
we have sand and gravel at work, i can probably talk my boss into letting me have some

 

do u guys think its better to put it in the very rear of the bed or put it right over the axel?? just wondering this is gunna be my first winter with my dak it no even on the road yet gunna be next week though i have my big cummins at the moment and that is 4x2 i always put a box of sand in the back about 3 to 4 hundred pounds and it seemed to help i have big 265-75-15's winter tires on the dak right now not studded though

 

well people say over the axle is best, i think the back since it has a lever affect and 200lbs would put more foce on the axle there.

 

that is what we did with our trucks put the weight at the tailgate, my dad now puts it against the cab? idk how much that helps it compared to the gate(or if it hurts, i would think since the weight is then on front and back axles)

 

shrp your dad has a quad cab so the weight tat the front is right over the axle, or at least close.

 

I took out the dakota last night because we got a few inches of snow, perfect for doing donuts. I was surprised by how well my toyo AT's did in the snow. Really they did an awesome job, last year I had my 2WD dakota with summer tires that were getting low in tread and it was hell even with a couple rail road ties in the back.

Honestly if you have some good weight in the back and some good winter tires ( I agree with the Firestones Iv heard great things about them up here in VT where we get a TON of snow.) you should be fine. If you have a LSD like with the R/T's you shouldn't have a problem with some good snow tires and weight. Unless its pure ice which anyone will have a problem.

 

no its about the same in front of the axle as it is to the back if he put it by the gate, but this way (he uses 5 gallons pails full of sand) he can still use the bed, and the buckets fit btwn the wheel well humps and the front or back of the truck, so idk if it makes a difference or not moving it, but i would expect it to be easier to use it near the gate, i know thats where i put it when i had my dak