Hi guys. We all know it is imortant to use a ballast. What are you using? And how much does it weigh?

I used 400# of bagged sand behind the axle last year. I am looking for a little more!

cement blocks 480 lbs
snow blower 140 lbs.
sand ???lbs.

 

Salt spreaders!! Anywhere from 500lbs to about 12k lbs.

 

I have a 6 lead ingots that bolt on to a C channel that plugs into my receiver hitch. about #500

 

I use the lowballers that I've "removed" from the business...

 

I usualy put some sand in the back about 100lb, or sometimes I will stick my ATV in the back wich weighs about 700lb.

 

I use the lowballers that I've "removed" from the business...

Just make sure you aren't overweight!

I use sand/salt mix in a couple of plastic bins. I figure that way if I need some sand for traction somewhere, I have it readily available. Plus the snowblower, crap in my tool box and accumulated snow from the storm...

 

I use a concrete wall cap from a commercial wall. It is 12"x24"x48" and has a hook on the top it weighs 1350# and works great, all I have to do is through it in the back with a chain and skidloader

 

Leaning towards sand -bags and salt, since I have to salt some business and sidewalks...

 

Rock salt in storage totes

 

about 600#"s of sand bags over the rear axle, then bagged salt and snow blower between wheel wells and tailgate... so its probaly well above 1000#'s at the start of the night.

 

I use sand and salt bags. You may need to salt if you get stuck sometime.

 

Last year: 800# ish, combination of salt bags and some other crap.

This year: salt bags, and a bunch of fieldstone i have left over from a job.

 

I will be using tube sand, and probably a couple bags of salt just in case I need them to get unstuck

 

i use the other winter transportation in the pickup. comes in handy if you have a serious breakdown and need to retrive parts and tools if someone can't get to you, easy to load, just back up to a snow bank, though it isn't the easiest to unload by yourself, but can be done.

 

i use somewhere between a empty V-box and a V-box with a ton and half of bulk in it LOL

 

we use a full pallet of salt in each of our trucks at the start of each snow

 

I use sandbags, seems to be the easiest thing that ive come across since i dont have a spreader. I put a 2x8 in the pre- made slot in the bed to prevent them from sliding forward and to keep the weight as far to the tail as possible

 

I use 550# of IH tractor weights between the wheel wells and the tailgate.

 

Three fish totes with sand and/or small gravel. One storm last year I plowed with a pallet of bricks in the back; I figure it was about 2200 lbs. With all that weight, I never needed to turn on 4WD!

This year I'm hoping to find a 1" thick piece of plate steel to put behind the wheel wells. Then I can run a couple bolts through the bed of the truck to hold it in place. The plate should end up somewhere between 400 and 500lbs and won't take up barely any space at all.

 

I usualy put some sand in the back about 100lb, or sometimes I will stick my ATV in the back wich weighs about 700lb.

An ATV will fit in the back of Ranger? Or a Toyo?

Which one are you using?

I thought you just started looking for a plow back in September?

And I thought your dad plowed his own driveway even though you offered?

But you seriously go from 100# to 700#? Huge difference, 100# isn't even worth the hassle.

 

I have a 24x48x4 slab of concrete. And a few spare wheels & tires

 

a bunch of 8ft oak logs

 

I use a 100 gallon transfer tank and about 1200lbs of tractor weights

 

Fischer website has cells you can populate with your truck and plow type to get weight amount. I use approx 600LB's of sandbags for an F-250 extended cab diesle with X-Blade. Weight should go all the way to rear of bed.

 

I've got a dump insert in my SRW 3500, and I ran a half yard of sand in it last year. I didn't like how the load was in the body the whole time, but maybe I was just being a sally about it. I didn't know if there was a better way than bulk sand