iaddiesel

Anyone have any good ideas for weight in the bed for winter thats safe, and wont send anything through the cab in an accident or hard stop?

SCCSURF

Most automotive online stores sell water bags for the bed, you fill and strap down. I just let the snow sit in the bed for weight though.

here's one.

http://www.autoanything.com/hitch-be...A2868A0A0.aspx

boyce

Out here in eastern oregon you can buy sand filled bags/tubes, put them in and if you get stuck you can dump them out for traction under tires! Cheap and good. On the flip side I have never had any traction/handling issues with my pickup in the snow, it still under-steers at low speeds like a ***** in 4wd.

iaddiesel

I never got stuck, but I find that in 2 wheel the *** end has crap for traction. In 2wd I think my wifes tahao would go farther just because she has more weight over the rear axle. Most of my miles are highway and I would rather be in 2wd more than 4wd, unless absolutly needed.

doorguy

In one truck we took 3/8" plate steel cut it the shape of the floor and bolted it in.Loose no bed space.

Kenny D

back in WY some guys would shovel there walkways into the bed of the truck it worked well for them

FrozenAssets

I'm a Minnsnowta sandbagger...
Come spring the bags get stacked next to the shed and the camper goes in, come fall the camper goes next to the shed and the bags get stacked in the bed of the truck. I like the bags because they don't slide around. As long as you are careful not to bust the bags open, they work great. You can even "recycle" them into the kid's sandbox as needed.

My father-in-law straps in 2-55 gallon barrels half filled with water. Once they freeze there is no sloshing around and the plow truck keeps pushin' (even in 2WD). Skinny tires and weight over the axles keeps you going through the snow.

Dan_K

DirtEater

I was just at Home Depot and noticed that they're selling their orange 5 gallon buckets for $2.34, and the lid with rubber gasket seal is .99 cents. For about $3.50 each after tax, you could fill with sand, gravel or even water as long as you don't fill too high causing it to expand and crack when frozen. Cheap cheap!

annabelle

I bolted down 1/2 plate in a Waco ice storm one year........worked great.

Hvytrkmech

I boxed in the bed with 2x10 lumber with compartments on my F350, then filled 10 5gal pails with sand/salt combo. The way I had them in the compartments held them in position for daily driving. It worked awesome and it allowed me to always have sand/salt to spread on my driveway.

turbo246

i work for otis elevator....... counterweights make good weights are 100lbs each and easy to handle. I load it up with 5-10 for plowing and im all set

15 Digger

Where do you live? near me if you stop your pickup 4 or 5 Mexicans will jump in looking for work lol.

D-Roc

I carry 8 20L jerry cans in the back... the way they are designed, they fit four along each end of the bed, then I just bungee cord them in. They never move...
Useful and heavy!

http://www.scepterconsumer.com/auto/specialty/

D-Roc

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