That is what I was going to warn people about. Whatever you use secure it in the box. Don't need any projectiles taking out our friends and families.
Weight in back of your Truck
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I had a 2wd 3/4 ton chev van. I was a carpenter/cabinet maker. Always thru in 3 or 4 pieces of 4x8x3/4 particle board. I also had a posi rear end. The pc board seemed to distribute the weight. With a jerk rope I could pull 4wds out of the ditch. Now I have 4wd chev with studded tires. May need it today...and the Kubota.
Thanks guys. I got the sand tubes today. Snugged them down tight over the axle. Seems much better just on the curvy, hilly, snowy and slick ride home. I did adjust my tire pressure and am 6lbs below (36 lbs) the recommended pressure on the side wall (42lbs).
Feeling much better.
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In theory, max weight rating on sidewall at max tire pressure compared to weight of vehicke give you a rough calculatin for tire pressure.
I was running 17 psi in my power wagon tires with big tires and narrow rims. It was just to get a full width tire print to keep tire wear to a minimum. At 35 psi the tires only 1/3 width touched the road.
I was running 17 psi in my power wagon tires with big tires and narrow rims. It was just to get a full width tire print to keep tire wear to a minimum. At 35 psi the tires only 1/3 width touched the road.
Base on personal experience, I would prefer to not put anything in the box that could become a potential projectile. Had a wooden apple box full of sand that froze in the trunk of my car once. During a very slow impact with the ditch, it came right through the back seat and probably would have killed me if the back of my seat had not stopped it.
In the pick up, I prefer two scoops of snow. By the time I no longer need it for weight, it magically disappears all by itself.
In the pick up, I prefer two scoops of snow. By the time I no longer need it for weight, it magically disappears all by itself.
David Page
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My son-inlaw has a dodge with wide rims, it always seemed that they give you less weight per sq. inch hitting the ground and don't cut the slush as well. They spin easier on the hard snow and ice, but I really liked the wide tires on my 68 GTO. I usually don't add any to our old Z71. I know a guy who's sister had a big old rear wheel drive car, she had blocks in her trunk, in her accident one did decapitate her. Drive safe.
Narrow width tires give better traction in snow, wide do better in sand. If you want to stay on the top of the material you're driving on use wide tires.
That is why crawlers have extra wide tracks when conditions allow them to sink.
That is why crawlers have extra wide tracks when conditions allow them to sink.
30 years ago I had (5) one hundred pound sacks of sand in the back of my truck. Really helped the traction on a truck with a light rear end. However, my wife slid off the road and hit a tree with the back bumper. Luckily she spun around and backed into the tree at 50 mph. She walk away without a scratch, but when I saw the frozen bags of sand flew out the back and went across three people's yards before coming to rest in the 4th yard - that scared me. This was out of town where the yards are quite large. I hate to think about what would have happened if the sand bags had come through the back window and hit her. A short time after that down the road, someone slipped off the road and his fire wood weight he used for weight in the winter went through the back window and caused permanent brain damage. He has been institutionalized ever since.
So now we use no weight. That is us, and everyone can make their own decisions. But we were lucky she was not hurt.
A crew cab helps add weight, and we get a limited slip differential. Doesn't really help with your current situation, but loose weight worries me.
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So now we use no weight. That is us, and everyone can make their own decisions. But we were lucky she was not hurt.
A crew cab helps add weight, and we get a limited slip differential. Doesn't really help with your current situation, but loose weight worries me.
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I lifted a customers truck on the hoist,seemed awful heavy. Didnt understand until i set it down and took a close look. 4x8x5/8" steel plate. Now in the event of a collision,who knows how far it would go and what it would go through. Scary if you ask me.
Someone told me about a truck that had a 2" thick plate between frame rails and was bolted in. Took almost a day and a forklift to remove it. Guess previous owner wanted traction in a big way.
Someone told me about a truck that had a 2" thick plate between frame rails and was bolted in. Took almost a day and a forklift to remove it. Guess previous owner wanted traction in a big way.
Some 35 years ago I had a little Datsun truck that needed weight in the back in a bad way to let it get places in the snow. I also considered everything mentioned here (including the concrete blocks that beat up the front of the bed in a panic stop), then I came up with what I thought was a pretty good solution.
I went to the local farm store and bought a big tractor tube. I laid it out in the truck bed and then filled it with water. When the tube was full, it turned into a football shape, locking itself around the wheel wells which made it stay put. When it was frozen, it was solid; if it was unfrozen, it didn't bounce around much at all.
I went to the local farm store and bought a big tractor tube. I laid it out in the truck bed and then filled it with water. When the tube was full, it turned into a football shape, locking itself around the wheel wells which made it stay put. When it was frozen, it was solid; if it was unfrozen, it didn't bounce around much at all.
Daren Todd
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We actually had a 5/8 sheet of plate steel bolted to the floor of a 3/4ton work van. Went in pretty easy. Getting it back out when my boss sold the van was interesting. Had pretty good traction though
I like a snowmobile or a Atv they won't fit through the back window when you hit the rhubarb, just be sure whatever you put back there for weight tie it down.