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ok, some of us dak guys are lucky enough to live in snowy/icy winter locations...AND drive 2wd trucks
so heres how i have my traction control set up
250 pounds of used sand trap sand from work in a nylon bucket,
over/behind the axle, the heavy end of the bucket is over the axle, (theres 3 cinder blocks under the sand for a base)
strapped down, it dont move at all. and the sand is prepped to be rock hard even when dry
I used to throw a couple rail road ties (we cut them at the sawmill my father manages) and the bed liner had a perfect cut out to nail a 2x4 across them and they wouldn't move an inch. Worked awesome.
I made a box out of pressure treated wood that I put about 250-300 pounds of sandbags into. Last year was my first year with the truck in the winter and with the sand it was the difference of night and day. I'm not sure what the 'perfect' weight amount would be, I just went with half the payload capacity.
Honestly tires is the deal breaker. You can have all the weight in the world but it won't do any good if you have bald tires. A good set of snow tires can really make a difference.