I run about 250 in my '99 4x4. Tires really are the key - bad tires
will get you bad traction no matter how much weight you put back there.
DakotaJohn wrote:
> I had a question for the people that have been putting weight in their 2wd
> Daks for the winter. About how much weight have you been using? This will be
> the first winter in my 2K 2wd, (last yr had a 4wd and didn't need it), and I
> was hoping for some ideas. This past week I built the little wheelwell box
> and put in about 320lbs. It did seem to affect the handling a little bit and
> kind of made the rear squat, but I had no noticeable improvement in traction
> in the rainstorm we just had last night, so I don't think it is going to
> help in the winter weather!!! Any ideas? Thanks, John
> p.s. Also I hope my new handle 'DakotaJohn" doesn't bother anyone, when my
> wife set up our new mail program she changed mine to that and didn't tell
> me. I was trying to figure out who was writing since I didn't see jkp61 show
> up anymore!
>
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