I used to do this with my Tacoma. Usually would go and pick up a few sandbags are garden rock bags at the HD.

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Sure, they sell cheap sandbags just for that at the tire/wheel shop along w/ chains & studded tires, or you can just grab whatever cheap/heavy crap you have lying around like cinder blocks or whatnot (helps if you have a good bedliner so you don't worry about banging around too much0. Or, simply shovel a bunch of snow in, and it'll melt out as you go (obviously not a good idea if it gets parked inside the garage).

Used to do this in my Tacoma, it was a great truck in the snow anyways so some years I didn't bother. It was 4WD though and a stick so if it was slippery I just put in 4wd.

I now have a F350 and the challenge is with a diesel there is so much torque that you barely step on the gas pedal and can spin. The traction control is excellent in the truck and if slippery I just put it in 4wd. Helps the truck is almost 6K lbs.

I would say for your Toyota a few sand bags wouldn't hurt.

When I lived in the midworst, I did. 200 to 300 pounds of something, sand, dead bodies (if it stays below freezing), scrap metal.

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Yes.. get whatever is cheapest to you and that would work to toss on the ground if you need some traction, sand/dirt/kitty litter

I'd throw a few sand bags into the bed of my Tacoma back when I had one.

Here in WI we keep our frozen dead relatives in back till ground thaws so we can bury them

Tacoma owner here, I haven't added anything to the bed a quick flip into 4wd works for me. If Were heading into the mountains then I certainly will add weight.

I'm actually thinking of adding a cap, they weigh about 250 pounds I believe.

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Former Tacoma owner here. Never needed weight in the back. If it snowed, the weight of snow in the bed helped, and if it wouldn't, I would just put it in 4x4 and never had a problem, even in some pretty deep snow. I also had mud and snow tires, which helped a lot. It's amazing what those little trucks can handle.

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Long Chile was a silly place.

I have a Silverado 4WD and I usually throw something back there. I'm not sure I need it with 4WD but my dad always made me do it as a kid, so it's probably a carryover thing.

Former Tacoma owner here - 2WD and 6 speed manual. I put 4 70# bags of tube sand above the rear axle. The difference was noticeable - and in the spring, i could use the sand to re-level sunken areas of stonework around the house.

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