I'm looking for some inexpensive items I can throw in the back of my 01, z71 silverado (with a tonneau cover) for snow and ice conditions. I do a lot of driving, and live in the northeast, and wanna make my truck "Winter/stuck proof" so If it happens I can get out of being stuck by myself, or if I need to help somebody else get unstuck of the snow and ice, I will be able to. I Currently have 5-60lb bags of sand sitting right over my rear axle in the bed of the truck along with a gallon of salt (ice melter) and a shovel. I was thinking about getting a 5 gallon bucket. then throwing my tow strap with hooks(currently own), a 4 ton come-along(the ratchet, cable style) and possibly a snatch block in the bucket. Any other suggestion to put back there, or not put back there? I'm always seeing people stuck on slight inclines with ice and snow or even in snow banks when we get a big storm. Who knows maybe I could put my services on craigslist for some extra cash. Thanks, hope someone can help
2007-12-04 10:30:08 · 6 answers · asked by Nick T 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
Ditch the strap with the hooks!!! They are dangerous and are prone to launching a hook through a window. Use straps with looped ends. I use lifting straps, that do not stretch, such as Cantex brand. A 2" or a strap rated somewhere around 7000lbs straight lifting cap. will do the job for you, probably a 16ft in length is a good all around length. Also get a small 6ft strap, aka a tree saver. You can use it to wrap around a tree, and use the tree as an anchor point if needed.
If you have a reciever hitch, use that as your rear tow point, slide the looped end inside the hitch and secure it with the hitch pin. Works great. For the front, use your tow hooks...
Carry a d-ring or 2, or 3, different sizes fit different holes. Many cars have small tow points on the frame where you could use a d-ring to attach the strap.
Just buy a bigger comealong that already includes the pulley. This way you can straight pull, or double back if you need the extra capacity, plus they are heavier duty to begin with.
You could get one of those inflatable plastic bed weights. It is a big bladder (looks like a camping air matress) that you fill with some water. Yeah it will freeze so don't fill it full... Add around 500lbs.
Or drop some cash and get a winch for your truck. Warn, milemarker, ramsey. They are all pretty good...
Happy towing
2007-12-04 10:48:02 · answer #1 · answered by boogie_4wheel 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nissan x-path, Kia Sorento and Volkswagen Touareg are the precise rated towing automobiles. Nissan X-path is the extra fee-effective of the three, and is the automobile I even have for towing. It tows like a dream and is extremely spacious! Mine is steel blue with tinted domicile windows, cd changer, solar roof, air con etc. Touaregs are the main costly, despite if that's an exceptionally superb looking automobile. form new they fee from £29,000. i don't recognize every person with one so i won't be able to say how they tow. i think of the Kia Sorento is only somewhat extra costly than the the x-path. a pal of mine has one and she or he says that's appropriate for towing too and only as superb looking by means of fact the touareg and x-path. i think of my X-path fee on the factor of £9000 2nd hand, in spite of the undeniable fact that it wasn't very previous and had low mileage. It tows a cheval liberte trailer with a 16hh and a 15hh, considered one of that's an exceptionally bumpy vacationer. It has low carbon emissions so i think of the tax is decrease? undecided on that one in spite of the undeniable fact that that's extra economically friendly! i recognize 3 people who had land roverns, the two new and previous, and that they pronounced the automobiles spent extra time in the storage than they spent driving it. I additionally recognize somebody who had a Mitsubushi Warrier and it bodily could no longer turn around a nook that became into better than ninety levels! Wasn't very available dodging in and out of horse-packing containers in the lorry parks at shows.
2016-10-10 06:23:36 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-02-18 04:09:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a cpl of bags of sand should do the trick.. you could also put cement blocks baq there... I would'nt put to much weight becasue that could also make u stuck even more..
2007-12-04 10:36:33 · answer #4 · answered by John 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tire chains to fit your truck.
A wool blanket behind the seat.
2007-12-04 12:12:55 · answer #5 · answered by Firecracker . 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
best investment would be an electric wench that you could hook up to your trailer hitch if needed.
2007-12-04 11:14:31 · answer #6 · answered by mister ss 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋