Anyone ever weigh down the rear axle for driving on icy roads? Just curious. I got my truck last October but the winter was very mild so I didn't have to drive on any ice. I'm not sure if it's going to ice in North Texas this week, but it's going to get cold and that just got me thinking about it. Before I got my truck I was driving a front wheel drive Kia and I had no problem driving on ice.

 

I put sand bags over my rear axle just in case....figure all it could do is help if even just a little....I guess some extra, cheap security.
That being said, I'm a SoCal native who moved to areas now where it gets snow and ice and I'm not the least bit comfortable driving in those conditions...not like some who grew up with snow and ice.

 

I agree and I am from PA where we do get the ice....load it down, it helps

 

How much weight do you think is good? I threw this together real quick, just to keep whatever I put back there all together. Figured I'd get some 50lb bags of sandbox sand and put them in there. After winter, I can fill up my nephews sandbox.

 

I usually put three to 4 bags of 60 pound salt pellets for our water softener back there. If I know there is a chance for deep snow I may put more in

 

When I lived in the colder climates...my daily was first an F250 w/ 460 V8, then I traded that in for a F150 Lightning. During the winter I would load the bed down with snow (it was free) and also several bags of salt, sand, and cat litter w/ shovel. This made sure I was covered in any situation.

One key was the tires during the winter I had winter wheel / tire combos for both. I used Blizzards or Michelin X-Ice.

I never got stuck nor did I have many slippage issues.

 

I use tire cables, better grip on ice

 

I don't really deal with it now but when I lived in Nebraska I always put two big sand bags in the back of the Jeep - even in a 4x4 it was nice to have that weight on the rear wheels.

I want to say it was two 80 pound bags - so about 160lbs - and that was a lighter vehicle so in a truck you might do three.

Also agree with the blizzaks - they are awesome in the snow. I grew up driving in the snow - no problems for me with that but the ice scares the living crap out of me - just too unpredictable...

 

I don't bother with it.

 

Extra weight isn't going to help on ICE. It will help in snow.... I guess. I grew up in Michigan and never put weight in trunks or beds. Never got stuck driving. Just got stuck a few times plowing snow, though by dropping off the edge of unmarked driveways.