Adding weight to truck bed

I posted recently about how my 2005 Tacoma is sliding a lot in moderate rain and wet roads. I’m not driving aggressively, but the rear end slips and spins when pulling out on wet road and I have had some serious spin outs when turning moderately. Tires have about 10k on them, nittos. A lot of feedback says to add some sand bags in the bed. How much weight to add is my question. I believe the tires are 275/60/17.

 

What psi are your tires currently at? If they are over inflated, you’ll definitely have less traction

 

What’s the load rating on the tires? If they’re D or E, they’re pretty darn hard. Which won’t help you.

 

I just added 4 50lb bags. 200lbs total. Placed them against the cab. I love it! wayyy more traction. I also have a more sturdy leaf pack, so maybe 100-150lbs if you have stock leafs.

 

Floorjack and tools over the tires.

 

I have the 2wd prerunner and load up on 4 - 60lb sand socks and 2 50lb bags softener salt. Placed right around the rear axle. Helps a lot and I can break one open if ever stuck on snow/ice

 

I just put 2 tubes of sand in the back.

 

Either you’re accelerating too hard or your tires are shit.

 

200 lbs.is not much, but better than nothing. Personally I’v always put them just behind the rear wheel wells, as up against the bed is too far forward IMO. 200 lbs is like have 1 adult sized person in the bed

 

This.

I never spun on wet pavement unless i intentionally did it. Yeah you'll spin on snow or icy conditions but lay off the gas and you'll be fine.

As far as weight though, Just use anything to get you a few hundred pounds of weight in the back. The most common thing is sand bags. Make sure you can have them secured right above the rear axle. You can use boards (front and back) to prevent them from sliding.

 

I put 3 60lb bags of tube sand in the bed over the wheel well. To make it easier to manage, I took the sand out of the bags and into a bucket. A 5 gallon bucket holds it perfectly. I can easily move the buckets with the handle and a lid keeps it neat. If I need sand for traction, pop a kid off, grab the handle and pour!