On Mon, 17 Feb 2003, David Beierl wrote:

> At 02:00 AM 2/17/2003, Mark Dorm wrote:
> >Where did this idea come from??? I've never been in a blizzard, nor have I
> >taken my vanagon in the snow... I've only seen rain and wind, sunlight and
> >shade...
>
> It's standard procedure in snow country for any vehicle that's light in the
> back -- pickup trucks for example.

I always used bags of kitty litter, the cheapest I could find, but the
crushed limestone stuff someone else mentioned sounds like it'd be better.

If you own a water softener, you could just store your extra bags of salt
in the back of the van.  Anything heavy will work.

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