Been a lot of discussion about sandbags and winter preparation so I'm posting pics of the box i put together. Last year my sand bags went sliding around all the time and it got annoying. Took the bed rug out for winter and built this box out of some wood i had laying around. Cut old garage towels up and stapled them around all of the bottom so my bed doesn't scratch. Took about 30 mins to throw together. Not the prettiest, but it does the job. I have 4x 60lbs bags.

 

that works i have something similar that i put in my truck that keeps my tools from sliding forward and it keeps them at the back by the tailgate for easy grabs......

 

do you really need to add weight to a 4x4? how much snow do you guys get there? couldnt be any more than we get here, and i havent had any problems...
good idea tho

 

I don't drive in 4wd all winter. I can definitely tell a difference in traction with them. As for snow, we get A LOT. Last year there were points through winter where we had 2 feet on the ground. The bad thing about Ohio winter is it alternates between snow and rain daily, so there's always a lot of ice.

 

great idea, i'm going to have to do it also. we got a similar problem here, light snow, rain, more snow, ice... the coopers are good once there's a bunch of snow, but in light snow and ice they are worthless. throw in spots that actually have traction and you are setting up for destroying things in 4x4.

 

yeah, that makes sense... we got 10" yesterday and in 4wd i had no problems. 2wd was a different story. but i see where youre coming from... cant run 4wd all the time. i used to carry 100lbs in my 2wd toyota and it killed the gas mileage. did you notice any drop in mpg?

 

I thought we wanted weight as far back in the bed as possible.

 

He has them set over the axle which is okay

 

nope. the weight goes right on top of the axle.

 

having the weight all the way back has its own benefits, but you don't want it for daily driving. putting it all the way back will basically see-saw the truck over the rear axle, take weight off the front, and put it on the back axle. you can get 250 lbs of downforce on the rear axle with 200 lbs of weight, great for getting out of situations where you are stuck and need more traction in the rear. bad for daily driving where weight is also needed in the front to steer.