If you have a watersoftner you can always grab a couple of bags of salt and throw them in the back. I do this every year and that way I dont have to worry about what to do with the sand when spring hits. Plus if you were to get stuck the salt comes in handy in getting you out.

Just a thought

 

if the bags rip and get wet that will be a strong salt solution washing down in the truck bed and frame

 

I used bags of salt when I had the Ranger with a cap on it, but I wouldn't want to do that with an open bed in case of a hole in the bag and a quick melt.

 

jeez there are some nasty remarks goin around.....no i am not new to alberta or Calgary, but this is my first year with rear wheel drive and a truck for that matter so my boyfriend just told me to ask on here how much weight. Thanks for everyone elses opinions....oh yeah...and ppl should lose those flames flags, its gettin pretty old.

 

Aw, I wasn't trying to be nasty, but I'm from west of Edmonton and you're from Calgary, so it's just one of those things, and I think you know where the mad cow dig was directed and anyways, J-150 is right about the snow tires. Just remember though that they are a much softer rubber compound and will wear out extremely fast on dry pavement. A couple hundred pounds in the back can't hurt either, I use to carry around an old cast iron tub in my old two wheel drive, but sandbags are obviously a lot more compact.

 

I have a 97 Scab 4x2 with 4.6L Windsor and 3.55LS rear.

I live in Northeast Ohio's snow belt, so we get between 80-100" of snow a year. I put 300 Lb of sand in the back for winter (6 bags of sand). I tie down, with ratchets and straps, 3 bags to each wheel well.

This work great. I still have use of most of the bed as well.



Eric Bender

 

if the bags rip and get wet that will be a strong salt solution washing down in the truck bed and frame

Did it like this for 19 years now and never had a problem. But I guess each his own