# Ballast

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/ballast/2538>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [August 2, 2007, 4:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ballast/2538 "2007-08-02T16:54:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![jb1544](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@jb1544](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jb1544)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 4:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ballast/2538/1 "2007-08-02T16:54:14Z")

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Where should weight be placed in the bed of a pick-up bed to do the most good in snow or mud.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/1/d/1d47c66a543aa6c5a7873bb2320858f978ff52ed.png) [@system](https://community.cartalk.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 6:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ballast/2538/2 "2007-08-02T18:39:12Z")

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Just forward of the rear axle. And be sure that whatever you put there is secured such that it won’t become a projectile in an accident.

- mountainbike