# How much winter weight to put in a pickup?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-winter-weight-to-put-in-a-pickup/276222>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 23, 2004, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-winter-weight-to-put-in-a-pickup/276222 "2004-11-23T03:09:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![ReBusEniGma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@ReBusEniGma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReBusEniGma)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2004, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-winter-weight-to-put-in-a-pickup/276222/21 "2004-11-25T16:42:03Z")

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**kanicbird** , **enipla** , **mouthbreaker** , It appears you’re right. It would seem I should not have taken my friend’s (in whom I hold great credibility usually) word for this one. I’m usually the type that will DMOR, however, look what happens when I don’t. :smack:

Great article BTW. Thanks for enlightening me. Now I’m off to find my friend and continue the fight against ignorance.

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**Author:** ![ReBusEniGma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@ReBusEniGma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReBusEniGma)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2004, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-winter-weight-to-put-in-a-pickup/276222/22 "2004-11-25T16:55:52Z")

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> [@ReBusEniGma](#):
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> … **mouthbreaker** , …

Should be **mouthbreather** of course. Apologies.

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**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2004, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-winter-weight-to-put-in-a-pickup/276222/23 "2004-11-26T15:39:01Z")

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I buy one of the cheap, twin-size, airbed mattresses at Wallly World every winter. They cost 9 bucks, and have the exact same filler neck as a waterbed. Fill with hose to get the desired weight (anywhere from 0-800 lbs), and leave it for the winter. Yeah, it freezes sometimes, but it’ll usually last till spring. Fairly easy to empty if I want to put something heavy in the bed. I can’t really see any effect on gas mileage (it might go from “shitty” to “slightly more shitty”).

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