Adding weight for winter driving
Champion
Joined: Sep 2011
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From: NorCal
Only in the winter time.
I concur with not being able to put a sled on it. 
Concur on the equipment.
Not a bad price if you can use that type of weight bag. For me it wouldn't work since it couldn't be removed in the middle of the winter when I need to haul a sled back from the cabin unless I filled it with some sort of antifreeze.
As for the sand tubes sliding, they don't in my case. Dodge rubber bed mat and a Bakflip pretty much guarantees that they don't get any ice under them. But in an open pickup bed they can really be a pain, especially when folks just toss them in on top of whatever snow is in the box already.
As for the sand tubes sliding, they don't in my case. Dodge rubber bed mat and a Bakflip pretty much guarantees that they don't get any ice under them. But in an open pickup bed they can really be a pain, especially when folks just toss them in on top of whatever snow is in the box already.
+1 on the sand use
I keep a tow strap, snow shovel and jumper cables, as well, this time of year.
But despite having a truck.....I prefer to keep the weight off the truck til a storm is coming for fuel mileage.
Snow tires are the way to go if you want ultimate winter traction.
I keep a tow strap, snow shovel and jumper cables, as well, this time of year.
But despite having a truck.....I prefer to keep the weight off the truck til a storm is coming for fuel mileage.
Snow tires are the way to go if you want ultimate winter traction.
Record Breaker
Joined: Feb 2007
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From: Rockville, MD (right outside DC)
No offense taken. It's a product below your pay grade, so don't worry about it. Keep the door nails in your pocket...mmmk?
wth did you say? o, nvm.
You are so polite and on point when you explain it so eloquently. Who'da thunk a design some simple.
This is just an option on the weight factor. I should have mentioned that I concur with a good set of tires. My usage with the ShurTrax was with GY Wranglers and Dick Cepek FC-IIs. Decent piece of mind.
wth did you say? o, nvm.
You are so polite and on point when you explain it so eloquently. Who'da thunk a design some simple.
This is just an option on the weight factor. I should have mentioned that I concur with a good set of tires. My usage with the ShurTrax was with GY Wranglers and Dick Cepek FC-IIs. Decent piece of mind.
also why waste your entire bed and a hundred plus dollars on a giant fill bag, when you just load some weight on the end.
and what the hell did I say, I explained how placing weight on and in front of the axle of your truck is counterproductive, where if you keep the weight further back you get more traction with less weight. on a trailer you would keep the weight on the axle and forwards to keep it safe.
its the same idea. trailer if the weight is on the axle and forward of it, it keeps the tongue pressed on your hitch.
now reverse that theory, keep the weight as far back and the trailer pops up, because the force is on the rear.
so take that force on the rear idea, put your weight as far back on your truck, and best bang for your buck traction!
so below my pay grade? your the guy wasting $100 on a bag to fill
All Star
Joined: Jan 2010
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From: Alberta
Agreed on the sandbag idea. I am planning on doing that sometime soon (too much procrastinating!) It is one of the cheapest ways to keep you on the road. BUT I will say too that its nice to have a tonneau to put them in, that way I don't have to secure it. For the guy here putting cinder blocks in, its a good thing your securing them. I have been in a rollover and its amazing what will fly around even in the cab! I could never imagine 50 pounds flying around and wanting to enter the cab (depends on how you roll!)
However I do believe in traction control and the whole stability. We have had a good share of slight ice on our roads already and I find it hard to get er tailing! I'm sure with some good weight it will help it out.
If you REALLY don't want to slide tho, go out and buy a cheap set of 17" rims, and put a set of winters on. Yes its gonna look lame but its going to help you on ice. Plus its going to be easier and cheaper then trying to find anything bigger.
JMO
However I do believe in traction control and the whole stability. We have had a good share of slight ice on our roads already and I find it hard to get er tailing! I'm sure with some good weight it will help it out.
If you REALLY don't want to slide tho, go out and buy a cheap set of 17" rims, and put a set of winters on. Yes its gonna look lame but its going to help you on ice. Plus its going to be easier and cheaper then trying to find anything bigger.
JMO
Professional
Joined: May 2010
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From: Ontario Canada
Agreed on the sandbag idea. I am planning on doing that sometime soon (too much procrastinating!) It is one of the cheapest ways to keep you on the road. BUT I will say too that its nice to have a tonneau to put them in, that way I don't have to secure it. For the guy here putting cinder blocks in, its a good thing your securing them. I have been in a rollover and its amazing what will fly around even in the cab! I could never imagine 50 pounds flying around and wanting to enter the cab (depends on how you roll!)
However I do believe in traction control and the whole stability. We have had a good share of slight ice on our roads already and I find it hard to get er tailing! I'm sure with some good weight it will help it out.
If you REALLY don't want to slide tho, go out and buy a cheap set of 17" rims, and put a set of winters on. Yes its gonna look lame but its going to help you on ice. Plus its going to be easier and cheaper then trying to find anything bigger.
JMO
However I do believe in traction control and the whole stability. We have had a good share of slight ice on our roads already and I find it hard to get er tailing! I'm sure with some good weight it will help it out.
If you REALLY don't want to slide tho, go out and buy a cheap set of 17" rims, and put a set of winters on. Yes its gonna look lame but its going to help you on ice. Plus its going to be easier and cheaper then trying to find anything bigger.
JMO