traction weight
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Originally Posted by 02Ford150
What is the ideal weight to put in the bed of my 2WD Ford F-150?
This has to go across the bed but have legs that go forward to the cab wall because there are no board grooves or slots in the bed walls forward of the wheel wells.
This setup keeps the weight over the rear axle where it is needed.
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I have used a 35 gallon tub in the back filled with 25 gall of water. I let it freeze, put it behind a 2x6 in the slots as described above and then use a ratchet strap to keep it down. Adds up to 200 lbs. I also have put it forward towards the cab and straped it there and it worked too. Since I don't have a need for salt or sand, I just drain it when not needed in the Spring. Very economical too.
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From: Cottage Grove, Minnesota
I just throw in 2 70lb tubes of sand in mine. I actually made a frame structure to keep the bags over the rear axle. I used 2x4s to make the structure. here's what I am talking about. It isn't to scale but it's a rough idea
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From: sault ste marie ontario
1 vmax snowmachine should do the trick. lol.actually this will be the first winter for me and the truck.im looking foward to actually having heat,which my f-250 had a decided lack of.(88).also i got pos rear end. 2003 f-150 xl 4x4 4.6 ltr.use to use 4 wheel lots last year for saftey reasons,i,ll see about this year. maybe just leave the sled in the back.
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I stop at the home center buy 4 80 lbs bags of concreate throwem in they get wet and set up then i take em out to haul wood put back in when it snows in spring i hit them with a sledge an spead it across the driveway that way i dont have to store anything
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What ever you add for weight make sure it is secured well. Blocks or sand or whatever can do some serious damage if you slide into somthing.
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Originally Posted by o7dgm
What ever you add for weight make sure it is secured well. Blocks or sand or whatever can do some serious damage if you slide into somthing.
A friend of mine's tailgate is bent into a 'U' shape because he had a transmission sliding around in the bed for a week. Anyways...I got 4WD
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From: sault ste marie ontario
atc your so right.i had a wood stove in the back of mine which has a bedliner.every stoplight the darn thing would slide to the front the when i tookoff ,to the tailgate it went. needless to say it was out of there pronto.
