unlevel truck

[dmbrisket 51]

with the sand bags in the back of my truck for the winter, one behind each wheel well and one in the center at the tailgate, when i take them out i sit fine, but with them in my truck sags to the left bad, its noticed more in the front then the back, does that even make any sence?!?!? i noticed it most today under the truck when i changed the oil grese and flushed it, seams like somethings just not right, what could it be??

[j.patelia]

I've heard about this in the past...something about weight balance and the tranny..didn't pay much attention to it though....

[vtmecheng]

What is "a lot" to you? Also, how much do the sand bags weigh, some more heavy then others?

[dmbrisket 51]

bags are 60 lbs eache, all the same weight, and a lot to me would be 2 ta 3 inches or so you can tell its not sitten right

[BlazerLT]

dont' put the weigh behind the wheels. Put al weight immediately above the rear axle in the bed.

[dmbrisket 51]

ive heard people both ways blazer the way that i look at it and it makes sence to me is, thing of the rear axel as a lever, like a teeder todder, whats easyer to push the teeder todder up, pushing right by the pivit point (the axil) or out at the end( the end of the bed)

[BlazerLT]

Wrong, listen to me, I am not saying this for my own health.

With it the way you have it, every time you go over a bump or small hill in the road you will promoting the springs to hop and you will loose traction.

Put them over the axle as I said.

[dmbrisket 51]

i see what your sayen, and it makes sence ill move um up over the axil, but still why am i so uneven??

[OverBoardProject]

Listen to BlazerLT when it comes to winter traction, he lives in the land of Ice storms, and some heavy snow falls.

I kinda think that you've got a weak, or possibly broken spring, allowing your truck to sag on 1 side.

[BlazerLT]

Or just a bad shock.

Trust me on the winter thing, we already have two feet here.

God help me and my frozen Canadian ass.

[movin2stereo]

The S10 lean?

[OverBoardProject]

We only have about 3" of snow where I live, but I'm driving to Winnipeg just after new years, then flying to Quebec City.

My poor old B.C. Blood will soon be Ice Blood

[BlazerLT]

Oh yea, BCer have it easy with the temperate climate buffered by the ocean.

[OverBoardProject]

People from the southerrn states would think that I'm nuts, but I haven't even looked at my winter coat yet this year. I've only seen -6.c so far.

I live about 5 hours drive from the coast, so I see some cold days, and it doesn't rain that often