A friend of mine placed a piece of 1" x 4" x 6" steel plate in the bed of his 04 Duramax DRW to make the ride softer and increased traction. (980.12 LBS.)

I read a thread somewhere about a guy who poured a 3" thick slab of concrete in the bed of his truck.

I have searched all morning and have not been able to find it. He aslo included pictures!!



Justin-

 

I use suitcase weights from my tractors.

I've got plenty of them around.

: Eddie :

 

The guy with the concrete bed liner is Hoss........I think you can click on his sig for more info....

 

I use a counter weight off a tow motor, made a braket for it to mount to my GN ball ( it sit forward of the rear axle) that will still allow me to pull my trailer weight is around 2500 lbs. It takes alot of snow to make me use 4x4. I only use this much because I plow snow , and weight is the name of the game. Total weight of truck, added weight and plow, 11000 lbs

 

The biggest complaint I had (have) with my 4x2 is this very problem. I can get stuck on wet grass. I park my 5'er (for winter storage) in a spot that has a slight incline as I'm pulling out. Empty, it's a problem to pull out if the grass is even wet. Load up the 5'er and it pulls out no problem.

I keep 500 lbs in the back. I use those 6"x12" paving type concrete blocks from home depot. I think they are a buck each. They stack nicely (soldier course) between the 5th wheel hitch plates so no sliding around. I made a frame to totally enclose them out of 2x4's bolted together, and a few ratchet straps for good measure.

Then in the spring, they go behind the garage to be used as paving bricks for the garbage cans, yard tool stuff. Every spring the area gets bigger

I weighed them dry at at about 22 lbs each. My bed is open so I'm sure they get heavier with the moisture.

The thing I recently noticed was after my #10 plate and GSK install, it seems I need to either add more weight or back off the plate. Had trouble getting up a very slight snow covered paved incline the other day. Popped it into second and that helped with the wheel spin.

Got a buddy who says he has a section of railroad track that will fit in the back. Just gotta go get it. Maybe in the spring after the snow melts Kevin

 

When it snows, I scoop my drive into the back of the truck. The weight is just right and it unloads it's self when it melts. Does take a bunch (ok, all) of the bed space.

 

We're supposed to get our 1st real snow storm tomorrow, so I grabbed this 4' x 8' oak skid to carry. It'll make a good cradle for a 4' long, 1000 lb coil of steel that I'm going to carry.


I've got a few more of these 8' skids at work if anybody local wants one.

 

You can fill an old tire full of cement. Put a place to hook it so you can lift it in and out.

Just something I have seen. I don't carry any more weight than I have too.

 

When we bought our house, the former owners put in a solid marble sink side and back splashes in the master bedroom. It was good for jokes, but is was ugly so after I removed it I cut it into 1 inch by 2 foot by 4 foot sections which are now stacked five high and racheted down on my fifth wheel rails. I threw in a couple sand tubes too. I know I added a lot of weight, but its still not enough I can still spin all fours when the road is wet.

James

 

I use the slots in the side of the bed to put a 2x6 in and load it up with sand bags - about 1000 lbs. But, just like Nuttymopar, this is mostly for ballast for the plow. It's surprising how much weight gets taken off the front with a little ballast. Once the sandbags freeze and thaw a couple of times they are pretty well stuck into place.