Sandbag placement

metalwolf69 · Dec 6, 2010

Tomorrow I'm buying 400 pounds of sand for my truck bed. Where should I put it thou in the bed. Towards the cab or tailgate?

AWE Daniel · Dec 6, 2010

Right on the axle.

bigbadram1500 · Dec 6, 2010

^^^^^ x2

I used eight 60 pound bags last year.

02Steve15 · Dec 6, 2010

I would evenly distribute the bags right next to the tire welds in the bed

adamwilkes14 · Dec 6, 2010

whats a tire weld...lol...j/k....you mean wheel well?

02Steve15 · Dec 6, 2010

yea, i knew it started with a "w"

0212353 · Dec 6, 2010

thats a lot of sand........I only use 3 bags. if I need 'em at all.

donjohnk · Dec 6, 2010

over the axle is the best spot. This snow we're getting makes me wanna get a few hundred lbs too... drove home tonight and wasnt to impressed with the new zeons!

02Steve15 · Dec 6, 2010

I tried using bags last year but didn't need them because of the 4x4, plus it gave me **** mileage so I just took them out right after Christmas

donjohnk · Dec 6, 2010

0212353 said:
thats a lot of sand........I only use 3 bags. if I need 'em at all.

I dont know what kind of snow you guys get in MO, but here in CNY we get ridiculous amounts of lake effect. that crap is sloppy and slick, speed is the biggest factor in accidents around here.

0212353 · Dec 6, 2010

we don't get a lot.........but there are some times that we'll get 8-12 inches. Not often......

donjohnk · Dec 6, 2010

0212353 said:
we don't get a lot.........but there are some times that we'll get 8-12 inches. Not often......

Oh I wish we sometimes only got 8"-12".... the weather ******* are calling for 5"-10" tonight. we got prolly 14" so far and will probably get 2' or more by wednesday evening... few years ago the town I lived in got 9' in 8 days... 10minutes north of us got 11'... Life sucked for that week and the month after.

RubberFrog · Dec 6, 2010

Put the bags as far to the rear as possible. The farther forward you put them (even over the axle) will allow the suspension to distribute more of the weight to the front axle.

KGBIGCOUNTRY · Dec 6, 2010

Passenger seat?

Redtruck-VA · Dec 7, 2010

When I use to load for snow and ice I used only about 150 lbs against the tailgate. Today is 80 degrees with a slight chance of showers. You guys really like wieght...

myoung84 · Dec 8, 2010

I used 4 of the tube bags of sand right over the axle last year. I might only need 2 or 3 this year since I don't have the Crapyears anymore.

RubberFrog · Dec 8, 2010

Just give a fat girl a ride.

myoung84 · Dec 8, 2010

Here you go RF, this should do it!

02Steve15 · Dec 8, 2010

you might need a cummins with hauling that around....

RubberFrog · Dec 8, 2010

So in that pic... does the one on the right consider herself the "hottie" of the group?

myoung84 said:
Here you go RF, this should do it!

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