Winter Driving

[94Ranger4.0]

well i have a 2wd Ranger with the 4.0 and since it has just started snowing by me i would like to put sanbags in my bed, do any of you have any suggestions on were i could get them or how much weight i should put in there? Any help will be appreciated!

 

[Sasquatch_Ryda]

Around here all the gas stations carrier sandbags.

A guy I work with has a 2wd ranger and he runs 8 of them over the rear axle. He built a 2x4 frame to keep them in place. Works well for him.

 

[R***A**N**G**E***R]

well i have a 2wd Ranger with the 4.0 and since it has just started snowing by me i would like to put sanbags in my bed, do any of you have any suggestions on were i could get them or how much weight i should put in there? Any help will be appreciated!

I buy mine at ( Ace Hardware ) every year, I buy 3 and they weigh either 60 or 80 pounds each if my memory serves me correctly, I have a 4x4 but still use the 3 sand bags from ace every year.

 

[Sasquatch_Ryda]

IIRC they are 50lbs bags here.

 

[94Ranger4.0]

Thanks guys I think I'm going to stop at the local ace to see if they have any

 

[Mac]

Like said, make some kind of frame from keeping them from moving. Guy at work a couple of years ago used split wood for weight Well, he came to a sudden stop (at a tree) and the wood didn't. Came thru the rear window and he spent three weeks in the hospital with a concussion.
Dave

 

[LearjetMinako]

I usually put 150~300lbs of sand in the bed. Either at the very end of the bed or from the axle to the back. A 2x4 frame is highly recommended. Everything goes sliding in the bed. As a cheap way around, I filled the entire bed with snow. Worked really well. And when I didn't need it any more, I just put down the tailgate, put it in reverse, and then slam on the brakes. The snow block just slides out, ready to melt.

 

[Hewgull]

I usually throw a junk 2.3 block and some cylinder heads in the back of my truck for weight. I think I may go the sandbag route this winter.

 

[Original_Ranger84]

My friend just goes to the beach and loads up on like 500lbs of sand.

 

[Colin]

I had 5 20 kg bags at the very back of the bed, in a wood frame, but then I got stuck and had to use 2 bags to free myself , so now I have to get 2 more.

 

[94Ranger4.0]

So I got 3 70 pound bags for 3 bucks each but they do move around I'm going to have to make a frame for them, thanks for the help guys

 

[daniel3507]

I had 5 20 kg bags at the very back of the bed, in a wood frame, but then I got stuck and had to use 2 bags to free myself , so now I have to get 2 more.

Thats one of the good things about sand. When you really get stuck you already have something to help with traction. Ive heard that right up against the cab is one of the better places to keep it since it wont go flying up if you get in a wreck?

 

[adsm08]

we have a pair of big rig brake drums that we use in the s-10.

 

[Original_Ranger84]

Personally i use a bed full of dead BABAYS!! actually i just use my spare tires.

 

[daniel3507]

Personally i use a bed full of dead BABAYS!! actually i just use my spare tires.

The dingo ate my babays when I tried that.