How many lbs do you put in your bed for winter driving?

No amount of snow is stopping me...

 

What ever the wife weighs, maybe 200lb.

 

Usually not much in the bed except a hockey bag or two. But honestly, with 4WD and set of Blizzaks, I don't think any additional weight is needed.

I never added weight on my previous RAM 1500 4x4 either.

BTW, I'm in 22 TRD Pro MT.

 

I don't put any. I still need to stop and that's something I won't compromise.....stopping distance.

 

I'm going to look this up, but my guess is that adding weight to your traction control could actually make things worse. Toyota developed it for a given truck bed weight. Does anyone know what that is? It could be empty or 100 pounds. But the software is better then sand. Unless it's got an AI brain, it's not adjusting to your added weight...

OR IM COMPLETELY WRONG

 

not really. slippage is a matter of force, not speed or direction. the vehicle is only attempting to correct for the force applied, not for speed or direction.

traction control only modulates the brakes based on wheel speed sensor input. if any wheel drastically differs in speed from other wheels, it applies the brakes to that wheel with the assumption it's slipping to try to get the wheel speed back within tolerance of the other wheels.

in the case of ABS, it looks for a wheel speed lesser than others. then pulses some/all of the wheel brakes to reduce braking force and allow momentary non-braking moments that allow for traction and directional control of the vehicle. contrary to popular opinion, ABS doesn't make a vehicle stop better, it increases stopping distance as a consequence of giving the driver directional control while they blindly mash on the stop pedal.

but if it were an issue, just having 1 skinny adult(150 pounds), or 4 fat adults (300 pounds each, 1200 pounds total!) in the vehicle would be a dramatic variance. they would really need to ask how much weight is in the truck on startup if 1,000-ish pounds made a difference to the tcs algorithms.

 

4H and decent tires. I look forward to driving in snow. get to use some of those goodies I payed for. Only thing I worry about is the other idiots out there.

 

Years ago, I used to drive GMC (2WD) pick up truck with stock tires.. No issues. There was black ice in some areas. There was empty bed that time.

Now I have Tacoma with work tools in bed... I haven't been out to the deep snow or black ice yet.