Fishtailing

[Will2]

I have driven Nissan pickups in Michigan for many years. I have never put any thing other than a camper back in/on the cargo area. As has already been said. Your going to fishtail on ice. If your fishtailing in the snow your going/ accelerating to fast for conditions

[Acidbath]

Originally Posted by food4me

i put about 500 pounds in the back of my truck and last night the roads were all ice and i didn't slip once.

I built a box out of 2x6 cedar decking, that fits between the rear wheels, 420 lbs of sand fits quit niceley, and dosent slide around.

[Andydg]

Originally Posted by speilman

Personaly, I'd avoid the salt bags, if they rip open, which isn't all that hard to do, they can make a mess of the your truck. And really don't our trucks get enough road salt, without adding to it. I've heard of people just packing the bed with snow, makes for an easy spring cleanup, but makes the bed unuseable through the winter.

In the 30+ years of my dad driving rear wheel drive cars and trucks he's never had a bag or salt or sand rip open while in the vehicle.

[BleedDodge]

You could throw a salt bag down the stairs and it would never rip open.

[J-Ri]

Originally Posted by 89AccordHatch

just be careful about putting anything hard in the back. here in NY its illegal to put cinder blocks in the back which people used to do.

So does that mean you cannot transport anything hard in the bed? Can't buy a table and chairs, refrigerator, stove, etc, and bring it home yourself?

[J-Ri]

oops, I stopped reading at the end of the first page, didn't realize there was a second page.

[maspoon]

in my opinion if you want to put somethin in the back then use the sand bags, I have an s-10 and I put 400 pounds in it and it didnt really make a difference. get a set of studed tires, I did and I was more impressed. took the weight out of the back and the studs work great. all people have to do is take there time and adjust there driving to the weather conditions. youre gonna slid and fish tail no matter what you do.

[chevydrummer76]

fish tailing is part of the fun of driving a truck....learn to countersteer?

[travis712]

Cinder blocks from side to side wont be sliding around, and they sure will take snow/rain. Best thing to do though in snow is let off the gas in turns, and slowly decelerate into the turns.

[young_mechanic]

You don't really need to put anything in the back of your tacoma in that my physics class has investigated tested and found background info on this subject.
the truck was designed on the for-knowledge of that it would be driven in this weather so it is fi9ne.
We also found that the extra weight in the back increases your curb weight.
My advice is not to put anything in the back of your truck and just drive carefully like the law states.
My father drives a Toyota Tacoma ext.-cab and does not put stuff in the back, it's a great truck and has not let him down yet.

[waterboy1381]

If you want something rather cheap to put in the bed of your truck for weight it's easier than you thought. Grab your chainsaw, fill it with gas, an go cut down a tree. Cut it into 1-2 foot sections and either split it, or just throw it in the back of your truck as a round block. Only cost is your chainsaw gas and your time, and you only need 1-2 layers of wood to give you a sutable amount of weight if you dont drive like an idiot.

[CAMPYROCKS]

Snow tires do wonders. Beats getting cut in half by a cinderbock.Putting wieght in your truck is nuts just slow down dude its winter trucks suck in the snow no matter what so get snows and take it eass. Take it from a canadian ah

[travis712]

Leave a Canadian to post in a thread started nearly a year ago.

And are you saying you'd rather have a car in snow then a truck? Hmm..

[Bloo Ice]

Someone was telling me about pigs...not the animal.

[fredjacksonsan]

Originally Posted by travis712

... post in a thread started nearly a year ago.
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True, however with winter on its way again, this topic is relevant.

I've got 2wd and open differential, and although I live fairly far south, will be looking for some extra traction if/when it snows. Last year the truck did fine except when starting on a hill. With a little weight in the bed it'll be quite different.

My brother had a 2wd V8, said with 500 lbs of snow in the bed he wouldn't start to get stuck until there was more than 7" of snow on the ground.