On Sun, 21 Sep 2003, Mark Tuovinen wrote: > Want better traction, add sand bags. Adding weight over or just forward > of the drive wheels will work nicely, especially with the Nokian's. Works great. Just make sure you use something frangible, and fasten it down well. I see some people using concrete blocks and that scares me. When I lived in the upper peninsula and drove a big Ford van I used to go to the grocery store in October or so and buy two big bags of the cheapest cat litter I could find to throw in the back. A side benefit was I could scatter it under the wheels for traction if I got stuck on ice.
David Brodbeck, N8SRE '82 Diesel Westfalia '94 Honda Civic Si |
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