I figure if I'm in a wreck that the concrete slab or the other pieces can come out
of the bed, through two windows(bedcap and cab), across the club cab and hit me I
would never know it.
Doug Fedeli
Tim J Koth wrote:
> There's been alot of post recommending various ways to put weight in the back
> of your truck. I'd like to suggest to stay away from large, heavy solid
> objects. I did just that years ago. I had some custom formed concrete based
> blocks I made back in the back of the bed. One day a buddy of mine was riding
> with me and said "man, I don't wanna be in here if we get in a wreck and see
> them baby's come flyin' through the cab on us". I started thinking about it
> and it scared the hell outa me. So I'd vote for anything that would not be a
> solid heavy mass flying toward the back of my head in the event of a collision.
> I used an old truck inner tube cut into several sections and tied off at the
> ends. I then filled the sections with dry sand. I had about 6 or 7 of them at
> about 20 or 30 lbs each. They were easy to place where I wanted them and I had
> relatively small 'missles' in the event of a collision rather than an ICBM. I
> like the idea about the 4" pvc pipe too, but I'd keep the size down so as not
> to have any thing too big. The tube sand you can buy at the store isn't a bad
> idea either. Just a thought.
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