Hey.

If no one remembers, I have a 4x2. Last year wasn't too great in the snow. This year I built a box out of 2x4's that drops into the bed between the two wheel wells. (right over the axle) the box outlines and hugs the shape of the wheel wells, which locks the box into place, the wheel wells stop it from moving. It can then accommodate 8 cinder blocks. The blocks wont move under hard braking because the box locks them in place. We have had some snow in NY thus far and it has helped tremendously.

The total cost was $25 to build the box and place the blocks inside.

This is an old trick I am sure most of you have done one way or another, a lot of people use sand bags.

Anyone else doing this?

It makes a hell of a difference with this truck.

 

4x long woven plastic bags in the bed does the trick; 6 to 12 inches tonight in the Finger Lakes region!! Wooooo

 

Yeah I am in NY and we are expecting 8-12" tomorrow. We will see how this goes...

 

My '94 Dak CC w/cap 2wd no posi was great in the snow with out anything else back there.But the truck sat level for better weight dist.

My '06 CC w/flip a lid 2wd and posi was terrible last year, but the truck is higher in the back so all the weight is forward. Also had the Original Goodyear Eagle RS on it.

I now have Goodyear Fortera's on it and 8/40# bags of topsoil in the back so it sits level. Hope this does the trick. I added the topsoil late last winter but still had the crap tires that were still a problem.
Goodyear Fortera TripleTred.

 

Nope I havent added weight, I been just flipping the switch The truck does fine in the snow in 4wd, I am sure adding some weight would make it a monster, even in 2wd. I may add some sand this yr, not sure yet.

Now as far as my 93 2wd went, if I put sand in the back it just to because she didnt like slippery hills much, but she did alright for the most part.

Monkey what part of Ny you from?

 

Dutchess County.

 

I used to use the ShurTrax weight system when I lived in NJ. Not necessary now where I am. It is a larger bag that you fill with your hose. It adds something like 500lbs to the axles. it worked pretty well. it is anice alternative to using sand bags. plus it is secured using your bed tie-down anchors.

 

Many, many years ago we used to take large truck innertubes and fill them with sand. Just cut them open, fill with sand and tie the ends up with wire. They worked pretty good.

 

Sand is the correct answer for winter driving! Place sand bags (inside of a big plastic garbage bag on each side of the bed right over the axle, just inside the wheel wells.
The advantage of sand, is if you do get stuck, you open a bag and use the sand for traction...