Put some weight in the back for winter?
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Not the most amusing thing to fill up the tank, but still sooo worth it
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From: Victoria, BC
I think a topper would give you enough weight. I put in two straw bales @60lbs a piece. Plus 1/3 of the snow off of the driveway. Snow melted in back and snow is gone so the straw bales are out of the truck. They will go back in if starts snowing good again!
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I'm in northern Canada & last winter just ran stock tires & no weight in the back without any real problems- had it in 4x4 quite a bit though. This year I bought Toyo G02+ winter tires and they are super grippy (really, awesome winter tires) and once again I'm doing great with no weight in the back and have been in 2WD pretty much all the time. The roads have a good layer of snow & ice already.
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I was really surprised at how well my 2wd Reg cab did in the white stuff last winter, even with the stock wrangler s-ra tires. I put about 200-250lbs of the cheapest topsoil I could find at the local hardware store over the axle. In 10 inches of snow it did fine, no sliding at all. Also, airing down the tires is a big help as well, maybe 18lbs or so.
B-Rad, please let me know how those grabbers do, got my eye on some for a set of winter rims.
B-Rad, please let me know how those grabbers do, got my eye on some for a set of winter rims.
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From: Lombard, IL
This is SO TRUE! I got stuck on an uphill incline once at my fiance college about 3 years ago in my SRT8 300C... (I had 6 x 70LB bags in my truck of that car and I STILL got stuck! GAH!) Anyways, I just used my Kershaw to open a bag and dumped a bunch down... Got out in a jiffy... Works great if you're on pure ice...