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What’s the cheapest way to weigh down a truck bed?
I’ve been having traction issues in my pickup lately so I’m trying to find a good way to weigh the bed down. I know you can purchase weights specifically for that purpose, but I don’t have a lot of money to spend—what’s the cheapest way I can weigh down my truck bed?
Andrew Biro · Updated on
Reviewed by Shannon Martin, Licensed Insurance Agent.
Good question—especially during winter, weighing down your truck bed can definitely help with traction, and there are a lot of ways to do it. If you don’t want to spring for expensive truck bed weights, bags of sand or dirt are going to be your cheapest option.
Of course, if you already have something like an excess of bricks or cinder blocks laying around from an old construction job, those will work too and you don’t need to pay for them. The only issue with bricks and the like is that they’ll require extra securing to keep them from sliding and banging around the back of your truck.
This is why we recommend purchasing a few bags of sand or dirt from your local hardware or home improvement store. You can get 40 lb bags of topsoil from ACE Hardware for $2.79 a bag or, even cheaper, $2.08 a bag at Lowes’ Home Improvement.
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