# Adding weight to a vehicle **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [November 27, 2013, 9:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/adding-weight-to-a-vehicle/82421 "2013-11-27T21:02:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 14
**Author:** ![dagosa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/dagosa/32/9837_2.png) [@dagosa](https://community.cartalk.com/u/dagosa)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2013, 2:50am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/adding-weight-to-a-vehicle/82421/14 "2013-11-28T02:50:12Z")
@fodaddy Around here, every rwd vehicle is enhanced by adding weight and wearing snow tires. I tried an experiment some years ago. I drove my Suzuki Sidekick to pick up tube sand in 70 lb bags for my pick up truck. At the VIP store, I loaded over 400 lbs in the back. It squatted some, but I drove back in 2wd with AT tires without spinning a tire. When I drove out I needed 4 wd engaged. I drove in 2 wd back out to the end of our mile and a half road just to check the differnce again. 2wd with all that weight, went as well, easier in some areas, as 4 wd without. Now, my Zuki wouldn’t like that diet every day, but the extra weight was surprisingly effective . Any one who experiments with added weight, sees immediate advantages…in rwd, 4 wd. I even throw a bag or two in the back of my wife’s RAV Awd, and it helps when it’s really bad. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.cartalk.com/t/adding-weight-to-a-vehicle/82421)._