I've seen this before somewhere, but for some reason I can't seem to find it in search.

I have a 2wd 04 xlt supercab

I put some salt in the back, but what is the ideal weight?

Any ideas?

Thanks

 

SALT
sand yes, salt never

 

You can purchase a bladder for your bed from a couple of the truck accessory sites. Holds 300gal(2400 lbs).

 

It's water softener salt, bagged up that was just taking up space in the basement.. long story.

 

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I just use my 22's

 

what is a sand tube?

 

200# should be enough with a set of good snow tires.

I recommend 18" square patio stones. They still leave a flat area in the back for hauling. They never tear, rip, freeze or do anything else to leak.

They are also less likely to go airborne in a colliision

 

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Cool, I have 9 44lb bags of salt in the back and was just making sure that wasn't an excessive weight.

 

your leaf springs well let ya know if it's too much weight.

 

I would always just fill the bed with snow...
Just shovel the driveway into the bed of my truck. Not sure how much it weights but I am sure it is a couple hundred pounds and definitely helped when driving around in 2wd.

 

I did that one year... found out that my leafs didn't like it to much