On Sun, 21 Sep 2003, Mark Tuovinen wrote:

> Want better traction, add sand bags. Adding weight over or just forward
> of the drive wheels will work nicely, especially with the Nokian's.

Works great.  Just make sure you use something frangible, and fasten it
down well.  I see some people using concrete blocks and that scares me.

When I lived in the upper peninsula and drove a big Ford van I used to go
to the grocery store in October or so and buy two big bags of the cheapest
cat litter I could find to throw in the back.  A side benefit was I could
scatter it under the wheels for traction if I got stuck on ice.

David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'82 Diesel Westfalia
'94 Honda Civic Si