I guess I'll just stick with the sand bags this year and see how it all works out. I'll adjust as I have to. Now I just have to find a place that sells sand bags. Thats the route I will take though. I'll still be interested to see how the other sure trax thing works.

 

im hoping well, best part you can put stuff on top of it, idk how many times i get to somwhere and want to haul, what do you do with sand bags...leave em and come back?

 

Home Depot sells sand bags, 50# bag for like $3. Its a Quikrite product, used for doing mortar and brick work. I bought 8 last year in my 4wd and i still had trouble in 2wd when the roads were just slick. I cannot go anywhere in that truck when its in 2wd, its just about useless. I put them right over the rear axle and didn't help at all, so i took them out and it rode the same, i just got better gas mileage. (maybe its the limited slip and 33x10.5x15 tires???)

 

Yea, I know when I had my sportage in 2wd I couldn't go anywhere with that either. The mountains(Big hills I should say) around here arent very forgiving if you take off sliding out of control.

 

Find a truck driver, get an old tube from him , cut it in half and fill each half w/sand. zip tie the ends. Carry extras zip ties in case you get stuck you can use the sand. An old man in my town carries 7 or 8 bags of top soil clear in the back of his Dakota and can't figure out why it won't steer. Keep your ballast in front of the axle.

 

Sandbags are the way to go since they are easily removable. When winter gets closer they will be easy to find or you could go the Lowes or Menards route but those bags of sackrete won't weather well and in the spring you'll have solid chunks of concrete to deal with. 200 lbs. directly behind the cab is the best to eliminate the aforementioned projectile syndrome and as stated to give the front tires some added bite. I have a hard tonneau cover on the back of my 2wd quad cab that weighs 175 lbs. and it does very well in the snow even moderately heavy stuff.

 

I use six 50 pound bags of sand (300 pounds total). I put 3 each in 2 big Rubbermaid tubs.

Last winter I put them up against the cab and strapped it down with a ratcheting tie down. Even with the crappy GoodYear Eagle LS's (oem tires!) I never slipped or got stuck. I live in MA so we get our share of snow.

I thought about building a wood frame to place the bags over the axle, but I think they are better where they are. That way it's in the center of my truck, and when I'm going up hills (when I need traction the most) the weight is over the axle.

I'm hoping I do even better this winter when I'm running brand new BFGs.

 

Funny I had just saw these on sale on the JC Whitney site yesterday they look nice, here is the link.

ALL-WEATHER TRACTION BLADDER

JC Whitney Price: $79.99 - $139.99

http://www.jcwhitney.com/webapp/wcs/...atalogId=10614

 

The idea is certainly nifty. But, it's not just about weight - it's about where the extra weight goes. It's the same principle as removing weight from a race car - simply haphazardly removing it without thought isn't as productive as thinking about it.

As far as adding weight for traction's sake, don't forget about gravity. Any weight on the axles or past it is useless when you start going up at an angle (which as I said before is when you need it most).

Besides, why spend that much on that thingy when you can do the sandbag method for <$50 (including tubs like I have)? I've reused the same sandbags for three winters.