I had an old Honda Civic. I put about 100lbs of sandbags on the floor of
the front passenger seat. Only no one drove with me.
Helped out quite a bit.
Chris Reck
Bloomington, IL
'99 Dakota Sport + CC 4x4 V6 (Deep Amethyst)
Shaved and polished V8 TB, Autolite 3923, 7.5mm Bosch plug wires, Custom K&N
6x9 air intake,
Jet Stage 1 Chip, Rancho RSX shocks, Pioneer full audio system, BF Goodrich
32x11.5r15 T/A KO tires
""Mike Meyerhoff"" <mike@mypants.org> wrote in message
news:002101c3abfd$07ba47b0$ca00a8c0@mypants.org...
>
> Can you put the bags between the front and rear wheels? If you put wieght
> behind the rear wheels you are actually taking load off of the front
wheels.
> Which isn't a good thing, especially on a front wheel drive vehicle.
>
> mm
>
> >
> > Picked up new sandbags for the Dak today (old ones went with the old
> > truck when I sold it). Sure makes the bed look smaller. Got 210 pounds
> > in there now, plus whatever my Big Box O' Crap (tow straps, chains,
> > tarps, etc.) weighs.
> >
> > Anyone have experience with putting sandbags in the trunk of a small
> > front-drive car (for example, oh, I dunno, a Hyundai) to "keep it from
> > getting tossed around by the wind?" Specifically, experience with said
> > weight in the trunk and several inches of fresh snow on the road.
> >
> > --
> > -andy
> >
> > http://home.twcny.rr.com/andylevy/dakota - andy-dml@levyclan.us
> > --------------------------------------------
> > "Whatever Adam does, do the opposite and you'll be fine"
> > -Bob Tom
> > --------------------------------------------
> >
>
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