Well now that winter is coming up(sooner the better to for snowmobilin) i was wondering what you guys put for weight in the backend, if you do. In my old 94 ranger, i just ran like 7-8 sandbags, but i dont think thatll cut it...My dad has ran a box of cement blocks before, but the P-stroke really sag w/the weight... Or am i just as well off w/nothing??:confused:
Thanks-Adam

I have a BUNCH of stuff including 5 20' 5/8" link chains in the back. I don't have any problems with the snow.

6 or 7 bags of tube sand from Home Boy Depot. Use it for ballast when plowing and if I get stuck, I just slit one of those puppys open....

I use old tractor "suitcase" weights. They're around 18"h x 14"w x 2"d so they don't take up much space & they weigh 100 lbs apiece. I'll put up to five of them in the bed, depending on the weather forecast.

I got a water softner and a bed cover so I used bags of softner salt, don't go to waste.

I just wait for the snow to build up in the bed of the truck before I drive in the snow.):h

I use old tractor "suitcase" weights. They're around 18"h x 14"w x 2"d so they don't take up much space & they weigh 100 lbs apiece. I'll put up to five of them in the bed, depending on the weather forecast.
U really have to watch they don't become missles in a wreck though.

Get yourself a piece of heavy diamond plate cut to fit the bed of your truck.

U really have to watch they don't become missles in a wreck though.

You're exactly right. They can be missiles just from hitting the brakes hard enough. I've got a couple of 2x4s cut to fit in the bed slots, depending on how many I have in the bed, to keep them from sliding around. Hopefully, I'll never roll the truck. :eek: ):h

1k of concrete blocks but I plow. I like the water softener deal. Use the plastic bags though. They also sell ice melt in 5 gallon buckets. Just keep a bunch in the bed behind the rear tires and throw some on your walk and such and repletish as you use it, the 5 gallon buckets wont leak or anything on you. What ever you use SECURE IT!!!! Sandbags can easily absorb water and then they freeze and turn ito bricks. Weight is weight, just think ease of use and esily secured and you will be good to go. I've toyed with water filled containers so you just empty it out in the spring. Aux fule tanks add weight and have a purpose. Also remember the farthur back you put the weight the more it puts it on the rear tires.

7 tubes of sand across the axle. If I need them for ice, then I open one up, otherwise they go back into the garage to wait for another winter.

I have found the 4X4 to be enough. Later! Frank

fat wife?....'nuff said! :)

Six tubes of sand (Home Depot) between the wheel wells. Not much of a snow problem, but ice is and we live in hill country.

fat wife?....'nuff said! :)I guess your not getting any tonight are you.
Put a 1/2" or 5/8" plate steel in back and hold it down with the bed bolts. I would also put some rubber between the metal or have it sprayed.

Guys,

I take the front of the bed and put a couple of wooden palets (that I pick up for free).. in front of the rear axle... then put a couple of the cheap home depot 22 gallon tubs after the rear axle and fill them with sand that I get for free from the town.. this way the weight is just after the rear axle and helps with traction... and if I need the sand its there...
I use about 500 lbs or more to offset the plow in the front of the truck....

Pete

fat wife?....'nuff said! :)
Added bonus is she has to ride in the back, so the ride is nice and quiet, too. . . ):h):h

I don't bother with weight, per say. I haven't taken out my fifth hitch, since I've had the truck. It weighs about 200 ish pounds. No place to store.

500 lbs of sand tubes BEHIND the rear axle keeps me out of 4x4 for the most part. I only use the 4x4 when it is really needed!