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How much weight to put at the back of truck to make it steady in snow
Hi! My son has a Ford 4x2 F150 Supercab truck. He lives in snowy
region. One person has suggested to put some sand bags or cement bags in the empty truck bed to make the truck steady during driving in snow. He has all weather tires. How much weight needs to put in the back of this truck? Did any member of this NG did this? With thanks in advance. |
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arfam4 wrote:
>Hi! My son has a Ford 4x2 F150 Supercab truck. He lives in snowy >region. One person has suggested to put some sand bags or cement bags >in the empty truck bed to make the truck steady during driving in >snow. He has all weather tires. How much weight needs to put in the >back of this truck? Did any member of this NG did this? With thanks in >advance. > > Usually a couple of 75# sand bags behind the rear wheels is enough. Of course, those "All Weather" tires just won't cut it in real snow. Get some Michelin LTX M/S tires for the rear at least. -- ..boB 97 H-D FXDWG - Turbocharged!! 01 Dakota Quad Sport, 5.9/Auto/4x4 83 GMC Jimmy (beater) 66 427SC Cobra Replica - Project 66 Mustang coupe - Daily Driver -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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arfam4 wrote:
>Hi! My son has a Ford 4x2 F150 Supercab truck. He lives in snowy >region. One person has suggested to put some sand bags or cement bags >in the empty truck bed to make the truck steady during driving in >snow. He has all weather tires. How much weight needs to put in the >back of this truck? Did any member of this NG did this? With thanks in >advance. > > Usually a couple of 75# sand bags behind the rear wheels is enough. Of course, those "All Weather" tires just won't cut it in real snow. Get some Michelin LTX M/S tires for the rear at least. -- ..boB 97 H-D FXDWG - Turbocharged!! 01 Dakota Quad Sport, 5.9/Auto/4x4 83 GMC Jimmy (beater) 66 427SC Cobra Replica - Project 66 Mustang coupe - Daily Driver -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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> Hi! My son has a Ford 4x2 F150 Supercab truck. He lives in
> snowy region. One person has suggested to put some sand > bags or cement bags in the empty truck bed to make the truck > steady during driving in snow. He has all weather tires. How > much weight needs to put in the back of this truck? Idealy you would want a 50/50 split in weight front and rear.... That would probably leave the back end riding low though with all that weight. > Did any member of this NG did this? I drive a 2001 Silverado 2500HD 4x4.... Adding 500 pounds to the bed made no difference. Of course, it's got a torque pumping diesel motor and I have a heavy foot.... =) Mike |
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> Hi! My son has a Ford 4x2 F150 Supercab truck. He lives in
> snowy region. One person has suggested to put some sand > bags or cement bags in the empty truck bed to make the truck > steady during driving in snow. He has all weather tires. How > much weight needs to put in the back of this truck? Idealy you would want a 50/50 split in weight front and rear.... That would probably leave the back end riding low though with all that weight. > Did any member of this NG did this? I drive a 2001 Silverado 2500HD 4x4.... Adding 500 pounds to the bed made no difference. Of course, it's got a torque pumping diesel motor and I have a heavy foot.... =) Mike |
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with my 2001 2500HD 4x4 I noticed improvement with a few hundred pounds of
extra weight. "Mike Borkhuis" > wrote in message .. . > > Hi! My son has a Ford 4x2 F150 Supercab truck. He lives in > > snowy region. One person has suggested to put some sand > > bags or cement bags in the empty truck bed to make the truck > > steady during driving in snow. He has all weather tires. How > > much weight needs to put in the back of this truck? > > Idealy you would want a 50/50 split in weight front and rear.... That > would probably leave the back end riding low though with all that weight. > > > Did any member of this NG did this? > > I drive a 2001 Silverado 2500HD 4x4.... Adding 500 pounds to the bed > made no difference. Of course, it's got a torque pumping diesel motor and I > have a heavy foot.... =) > > Mike > > |
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with my 2001 2500HD 4x4 I noticed improvement with a few hundred pounds of
extra weight. "Mike Borkhuis" > wrote in message .. . > > Hi! My son has a Ford 4x2 F150 Supercab truck. He lives in > > snowy region. One person has suggested to put some sand > > bags or cement bags in the empty truck bed to make the truck > > steady during driving in snow. He has all weather tires. How > > much weight needs to put in the back of this truck? > > Idealy you would want a 50/50 split in weight front and rear.... That > would probably leave the back end riding low though with all that weight. > > > Did any member of this NG did this? > > I drive a 2001 Silverado 2500HD 4x4.... Adding 500 pounds to the bed > made no difference. Of course, it's got a torque pumping diesel motor and I > have a heavy foot.... =) > > Mike > > |
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Roughly 1/6/04 21:04, arfam4's monkeys randomly typed:
> Hi! My son has a Ford 4x2 F150 Supercab truck. He lives in snowy > region. One person has suggested to put some sand bags or cement bags > in the empty truck bed to make the truck steady during driving in > snow. He has all weather tires. How much weight needs to put in the > back of this truck? Did any member of this NG did this? With thanks in > advance. He may want to invest in something like a Pirelli Scorpion A/T or Michelin LTX A/T tire for that thing to keep the rounded end pointed forwards on snow. One problem with putting sandbags in the back is that they slide forward hard the first time you hit the brakes on dry pavement. However, the sand in them does come in handy when those all weather tires get you stuck in snow. For snow you need snow tires. Adding 3-400 lbs of sand in the back won't make an all season tire a snow tire. -- Fan of the dumbest team in America. |
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Roughly 1/6/04 21:04, arfam4's monkeys randomly typed:
> Hi! My son has a Ford 4x2 F150 Supercab truck. He lives in snowy > region. One person has suggested to put some sand bags or cement bags > in the empty truck bed to make the truck steady during driving in > snow. He has all weather tires. How much weight needs to put in the > back of this truck? Did any member of this NG did this? With thanks in > advance. He may want to invest in something like a Pirelli Scorpion A/T or Michelin LTX A/T tire for that thing to keep the rounded end pointed forwards on snow. One problem with putting sandbags in the back is that they slide forward hard the first time you hit the brakes on dry pavement. However, the sand in them does come in handy when those all weather tires get you stuck in snow. For snow you need snow tires. Adding 3-400 lbs of sand in the back won't make an all season tire a snow tire. -- Fan of the dumbest team in America. |
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You don't say where you live - makes a big difference. I noticed a strong
like of the Mich AT or M/S tires in the replies. From my experience, if you are living in real snow country, get yourself a for real set of dedicated snow tires (and maybe a spare set of cheap rims from the junk yard - so all you have to do is switch rims each season). I ran some Kleber (sp?) and they would go anywhere - when I lived in snow. I personally have found that dedicated snow tires - in particular if you can find some good European or Scandinavian ones in your size) are much better than combination tires - they are designed to stay soft in cold weather - which is why you don't want to run them year round. Don "arfam4" > wrote in message om... > Hi! My son has a Ford 4x2 F150 Supercab truck. He lives in snowy > region. One person has suggested to put some sand bags or cement bags > in the empty truck bed to make the truck steady during driving in > snow. He has all weather tires. How much weight needs to put in the > back of this truck? Did any member of this NG did this? With thanks in > advance. |
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