Review on 🚛 Enhance Traction in All Weather with ShurTrax CLW0048 LW-0048 Traction Aid for Compact Pickup Trucks/SUVs by Brian Pius

Update 2020: I got Michelin Defender tires for my 2WD Ranger and I no longer use a rear weight. Although this bag looks like new. I just don't use it anymore. Two ice storms and an 8 inch snow storm in one week and I never drove the car other than in the summer. Much better than the junk Pirelli Scorpion tires I had before. My best advice is to get decent tires that fit the bill perfectly. Season (not all-terrain) and you probably won't need any rear weighting at all. Spring 2000 Ford Ranger XLT Extended Cab 2wd v6 3.0 automatic with eight year old 31 inch Pirelli Scorpion tires with only about 30,000 miles on them. Yes, I have a two-wheeler in Michigan, but now I have nothing to be ashamed of. He did well during the terrible Detroit winter of 2014/2015. We also had snow in May 2016. It never stops. I still have this bag and my old tires and I'm still enjoying the snow. We got 15 inches of snow overnight, and not only was I able to ski out of the driveway, but I was able to ski through town. My neighbor's 4x4 jeep got stuck in front of my house and her kids had to push her back. Another neighbor's front-wheel drive Cadillac backed up down the driveway. Then a Ram 1500 came ashore with a snowplow, ran into the snow tracks and broke something so bad the F-150 was chained to it to tow it home. I'm not kidding: the weight keeps you moving, but if you go slow you can steer. once you hit the gas and crawl out, if you hit the gas you just fall straight down and get stuck - even in a 4WD. This bag is great, but it's not magic. I used to stack almost exactly 200 pounds of cinder blocks in my truck (I weighed each one on a bathroom scale and wrote the weight on them with chalk). The cinder blocks, which looked the same, weighed between 24 pounds and 34 pounds - I weighed them because I could feel the difference when I loaded them. In any case, the back of the truck had more sag with this bag, so you're really getting about 300 pounds. Lay them flat and tie with strong straps. I used the old wire I had because the bungee cords are too springy and allow 300 pounds to move around in bed causing wear and tear. Nylon rope works too. I tie it up so it doesn't fray or scratch the truck. Maybe that's an exaggeration. My 6 foot (straight, not flared) bed has anchors that are too far from the corners to tighten the bungee, so I ran wire to two anchors near the cab and two under the tailgate, as well as bumper mounts. . The bag was flat and solid. After twisting the four corners with stiff wire, I laid a ruler across the bed on the empty bag and marked the zero (empty) position on the side of the wheel eyelets. Then I poured water until the bag was 3 inches high. That's how I went from something I literally couldn't get off my short country road in a two-wheeled Ranger to something I could get through 15 inches of snow in! After this week's thaw, I first untied the wires and then pulled them out to the corner of the driveway. Pull out the plug and the water will drain out in about 5 minutes. The bottom was in good condition with no signs of wear. Lasted one winter and looks like new. I still scatter cinder blocks around town. So nice not to keep them all year round. Take this bag, but drive slowly in snow storms so you can still steer. With this purchase, the $4,600 gamble/saving I made 15 years ago by ordering my truck 2WD instead of 4 finally paid off. The 4WD maintenance plan is also a lot more expensive: I've never oiled the transmission and don't intend to. Nothing moves or scratches the bed and you gain more weight. Weigh the cinder blocks on a bathroom scale. You may be packing less into your truck than you think. Also, this bag freezes well and folds flat so you can still put things on it and use your bed. Update: 2018 and it still looks like new! Mike from Detroit.