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Too much sand in the trunk??? 700 1986

posted by  someone claiming to be keefus on  Tue Jan 8 08:23 CST 2002 [RELATED]

Fred:

280# in the trunk will cause more problems than it will solve.

First of all, the best place for weight is in the footwell of the back seat. Putting it in the trunk over the axle is the next best place, but it will tend to slide around in the event of a sudden change of speed or direction.

The advice for one 70# or 80# bag of sand, and a matching bag of salt, or 2 bags of the same should be quite sufficient. We just got 10 inches of snow here in central Virginia, and I had no trouble once I put 2 70# bags of sand in my rear footwell, despite the crappy snow removal here in the South.

If you have all that weight (280#) in the trunk, and your rear end breaks loose, the moment of intertia created by having that weight in the back could cause you to spin around like crazy, which would not be good.






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