Like I said above, I beat Paul by a whopping 8 pounds. I might have lost if I'd had a full tank of gas.
I don't know if you have them in your location but while at my local Les Schwab tire store having my snow tires put on the company vehicle, I saw a product that may be of use to you. It was a bladder that you use for traction in lieu of sand bags. You simply place it (in our case) in the trunk and fill it with water and when you're done using it, you simply drain the water out. Seems like this would be a much cleaner/adjustable way of adding weight.
Rich
Rich
Water only weights 8#/gallon where a bag of sand is 60-80# (and maybe 1/3? the volume). Just for comparison a cubic foot of water weights 62# while same cubic foot of lead is 708#. Ha, use kitty litter for weight and you can apply it to the territory markings you leave behind.
Well Rich, if you'r puttin' on snow tires, it probably means you're in cold country. Now a rubber bladder in the trunk, full of water, might freeze. Water expands a bit when frozen, so that could cause some real interestin' events in a trunk. Next, you have a one hundred pound piece of frozen water in your trunk to dispose of when you don't want the weight, or you have other priority trunk items. I don't know, Im just sayin' . . .
The snow tires are for the company car. I was suggesting the water bladder for Speedy's which are most lilely not driven in sub-zero weather. It also seemed to me that the blader would be easier to handle and adjust weight by adding or draining water. I guess you could adjust a sand bag.......one grain of sand, two grains of sand etc.
Just say'n :)
Just say'n :)
If the bladder is your solution and you drive in cold climates, just add a little antifreeze.
15 gal gas tank adds about 40 lbs to the front!