yeah we get sand bags around here. the nice thing is if you get stuck you can use the sand fro traction.

 

same thing on the sand bags though......................must secure them, been on to damn many head on collisions in my life and seen first hand what this stuff will do

I filled up my inbed tank the other day........sure is nice in the winter and gives me a 2000 mile range ......................smooths out the ride too

 

Yeah I just filled mine for winter too. 105 extra gallons goes a long ways and the weight is a bonus.

 

8 lbs a gallon goes a long ways.............mine is just 60 gals but the difference is hugh..........and safe

 

A lot safer....if bolted down (I know of some guys that don't) one thing that can be done is build a box with a lid that sits between the wheelwells and fill it with gravel. My dad did that back in the 70's with a 2wd ford. He coupled that with good tires and never had issues. But a good tank filled up and a toolbox full of tools and safety equipment all bolted down is a safe way to have more than enough weight. Hell my springs are shot already from lugging weight.

 

All great ideas. I have a tool box that is pretty heavy. Truck weighs 7500 with 1/2 tank of fuel. I would like an extra 60 gal fuel tank, but haven't been able to find a good deal on one yet. I can get a yard of sand for 35.00, but don't need that much. Empty burlap sacks are kind of hard to find too. The concrete pavers are about 24" x 30" x 2" and weigh about 90#. But they are still not secured to the bed.

 

on one truck, i used a cheap yardsale crosbed toolbox from a little pickup [toyota/datsun type] and it was bolted down on the bed flat just inside the tailgate. the box was low enough so i could still hook up to the 5'er. i had the kids fill old intertube lenghts with sand and place insite the box. safe and cheap. i ran SRW on that 2WD dually for winter and with the good tires it got around very well like that. the previous winter without the weight and with the duals it sat when the white stuff came down. i ran the duals with no weight and had to get people to stand on the bumper just to get moving at all.


amazing how the weight alone helped.

 

That box is a good idea but I want to be able to use the bed still.

 

When you say use the bed.......how much bed are you needing? Give us an idea on how many feet of the bed and so on. Maybe somebody will come up with a solution for ya. A fuel tank takes up quite a bit of space IMO. I can only "use" about four feet of bed cause the tank and box I have is only six inches or so from the ball. And yes my horse trailer has smashed the lid on my box but oh well I need one that big. I know what you mean by wanting bed space...kind of a catch 22 cause you want weight but it comes at a price and that's bed space.

 

I want to have weight along the bottom of the bed; that is why I was thinking plate steel. I have a tool box in there now and if I had an 'L' tank, it wouldn't take too much more room.