I'm driving around town today, with chains, and my truck is still sliding all over the place because there is absolutely nothing back there. Where do I find free weight? Like sandbags, concrete blocks, etc.
Weight for driving in snow
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home depot?
4 mexicans in the back of your car should weigh it down plenty and it's probably cheaper than buying sandbags.
4 mexicans in the back of your car should weigh it down plenty and it's probably cheaper than buying sandbags.
shortylickens
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FREE weight?
Theft.
Anything else and you have to pay. Nobody gives out bags of sand or concrete blocks for free. As cheap as they may seem, someone with a paycheck had to make those things. They cost money.
Having said that, you could probably find the sandbags at your grocery store and some sort of heavy blocks at Home Depot or a regular hardware store.
Theft.
Anything else and you have to pay. Nobody gives out bags of sand or concrete blocks for free. As cheap as they may seem, someone with a paycheck had to make those things. They cost money.
Having said that, you could probably find the sandbags at your grocery store and some sort of heavy blocks at Home Depot or a regular hardware store.
Whoozyerdaddy
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Free isn't so big of a deal, if it is just a few bucks that is okay. I'm just afraid sandbags and concrete are the kinds of things that end up being $30 a piece for some reason.
You laugh, but it DOES help
OP: You could get plastic grocery bags and fill them with sand/gravel/rocks/dirt if you want. Or just throw a bunch of rocks back there. Or pick up a free couch or TV on craigslist and leave it back there.
boomerang
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It gets real messy if you park in an attached garage though.Originally posted by: jagec
You laugh, but it DOES help
OP: You could get plastic grocery bags and fill them with sand/gravel/rocks/dirt if you want. Or just throw a bunch of rocks back there. Or pick up a free couch or TV on craigslist and leave it back there.
moshquerade
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if you live where there is snow you should own a four wheel drive or a front wheel drive.
concrete blocks don't look so nice in the back of your head when they come through the back window and knock you out during an accident.
concrete blocks don't look so nice in the back of your head when they come through the back window and knock you out during an accident.
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Bulk sand from any lumber yard is cheap, cheap, cheap. You can buy it bagged and pay more, or they'll even give you bags and a shovel and direct you to the pit where it lies in bulk. Extremely inexpensive AND heavy.
As mosh pointed out, concrete blocks can slide and cause problems.
As mosh pointed out, concrete blocks can slide and cause problems.
Demon-Xanth
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Originally posted by: boomerang
It gets real messy if you park in an attached garage though.Originally posted by: jagec
You laugh, but it DOES help
OP: You could get plastic grocery bags and fill them with sand/gravel/rocks/dirt if you want. Or just throw a bunch of rocks back there. Or pick up a free couch or TV on craigslist and leave it back there.
If you don't, by the time it melts you don't need it anymore
One company sells a bladder that is made to go in a truck bed that you fill with water, they claim it's durable enough to take a load. Personally, I keep a pair of mats made for horse stalls in my bed as a liner, they've lost their non-slip capabilities and have shrunk a little over the years (about 1/4" in length, they're no longer very snug), but are durable enough to take anything that my truck could possibly take and only cost $35/ea. After trimming to fit, they weigh in at about 150LBs.
meltdown75
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The best thing I have found is ready mix bags of cement. 80lbs each and like ~$2.50 at Home Depot.
When they get wet, they'll solidify into solid concrete blocks.
When they get wet, they'll solidify into solid concrete blocks.
bunker
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Originally posted by: moshquerade
if you live where there is snow you should own a four wheel drive or a front wheel drive.
concrete blocks don't look so nice in the back of your head when they come through the back window and knock you out during an accident.
My truck was 4wd, you still need weight for those back tires to get traction.
I had a 2wd pickup while I lived in the upper peninsula of Michigan for 5 years, snow tires and 500lbs of weight in the back and i never got stuck. I would even pull others out of snow banks with that setup.
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