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Originally Posted by Sasquachulator
With RWD you can use that old trick by throwing a sandbag or something in the trunk for some extra weight on the back wheels.
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so my brothers work at dealerships that routinely get traded in trucks during the winter months that have sandbags in them. they usually toss them as part of the cleanup process. so i've had access to obscene amounts of sandbags for free.
my experience is that tires are the biggest difference in traction. one winter, i loaded up 400 pounds worth of sand in the back of a ranger to attempt to improve it's traction. it really didn't change that much. if there were gains, it was offset by the losses and increased braking distance of dragging around 400 pounds of additional weight.
i don't even bother running sandbags anymore, despite the fact that they don't cost me anything to get.