CLW0048 LW-0048 All Weather Traction Aid for Compact Pickup Trucks/SUVs, Black

I am blown away with how brilliant this system is. I went from no weight in the back of my mid sized chevy colorado pickup with 4 wheel drive on. Worked just fine but it liked to fishtail while at a stop doing a 90 degree turn on slick surfaces. I then put 4 60lb sandbags in the back over the rear axle. Traction was perfect but the sand bags slid around a little and I hated the loss of space in my truck as a result. They were always getting in the way. I then found Shurtrax. I installed and added 2 gallons of RV antifreeze to keep it from freezing even though it says its designed to freeze. One big snow storm after in installed the Shurtrax here in AK I was blown away with how well my truck handled! I have Blizzak winter tires on the truck which are great but this added weight made my truck so much more capable, balanced and sure footed on the worst of winter driving. Everyone in Anchorage seemed to be in the ditch yesterday and I just drove around with a huge smile on my face. I can't speak to the durability yet as I just got it installed but have put 150lbs of ebikes on top of it and didn't have any issues.

It’s a very good product, I have used these before in other trucks. My wife and I had a lot of difficulty trying to pull the fill spout out. I was not happy with the water filling process

2020 Update: I got Michelin Defender tires for my 2wd Ranger and no longer use any weight in the back. This bag still looks brand new though. I just don't use it anymore. Two ice storms and an 8" blizzard in a single week and I didn't drive any differently than I do in the summer. Way better than the Pirelli Skorpion garbage tires I had before. My best tip: get decent tires that are All-Season (not all-terrain) and you probably won't need any weight in the back at all. If you've done that and still are slipping, then this bag is fantastic for easily adding weight, and then easily draining it out in the spring.2000 Ford Ranger XLT Extended Cab 2wd v6 3.0 automatic with eight year old 31" Pirelli Scorpion tires with only about 30k miles on them. Yes, I own a two wheel drive pickup truck in Michigan, but now it's nothing to be ashamed of.It did great in Detroit's terrible 2014/2015 winter. In May 2016 we also got snow. It never ends. I still have this bag and my old tires and have FUN in the snow still.We got 15" of snow overnight and I was able to not only get out of my driveway but drive around town in it. My neighbor's 4x4 Jeep for stuck in front of my house and their kids had to push them back in. Another neighbor's Cadillac which has front wheel drive was wedged at the bottom of they driveway. Then a Ram 1500 with a snowplow beached itself by driving in the snow tracks and tore something so bad an F-150 was chained to it to drag it back home. I'm not kidding: weight will get you moving but driving slower will allow you to steer. When you're at a stop sign in 15" of unplowed snow just barely hit the gas and crawl out, if you slam on the gas you'll just dig straight down and get stuck-even in a 4x4. This bag is great but it's not magic.I used to pile almost exactly 200lbs of cinder blocks in my truck (I weighed each one on a bathroom scale and wrote the weights in chalk on them). Cinder blocks that looked identical weighed anywhere from 24lbs to 34lbs --I weighed them because I could feel the differences while loading them. Anyway, the truck rear sagged more with this bag, so it truly does give you about 300lbs.Lay it flat and strap it down with firm straps. I used some old wire I had because bungy cords are too springy and will let the 300lbs move in the bed causing wear. Nylon rope would be fine too.I strap it down so it doesn't get abraded or scratch the truck. Probably overkill.My 6' styleside (straight, not flared) bed has anchors that are too far away from the corners to tighten bungies anyway, so I ran wire to the two anchors near the cab and two under the tailgate and to the bumper brackets. Bag was flat and tight.After using stiff wire to tie down four corners I laid a yardstick across the bed on top of the empty bag and marked the zero position (empty) on the side of the wheel humps. Then I filled with water until the bag was 3" tall.That's how I turned a two-wheel drive Ranger from something I literally couldn't get out of my short suburban driveway with into something I could get through 15" of snow with!After the thaw this week I first untied the wires and then pulled onto the angled part of my driveway. Pull the plug and the water drained for about 5 minutes.The underside was nice with no wear or tears evident. It lasted one winter and looks brand new.I'm still dumping cinder blocks around town. So nice not to be storing them year round.Get this bag, but drive slow in blizzards so you can still steer.With this purchase the $4600 gamble/savings I made 15 years ago when ordering my truck in two wheel drive instead of four finally paid off. The service schedule on a 4wd is way costlier too: I've never greased a transaxle and don't plan on it.Nothing shifting or scratching the bed and you get more weight. Weigh your cinder blocks on a bathroom scale. You may be putting less than you think in your truck. Also, this bag freezes nice and flat so you can still put things on top of it and use your bed.Update: 2018 and it still looks like new!Mike from Detroit

Simple to unfold and lay in the truck. Video stated it included straps, but the package says it doesn't. I have some I used, but a little more cost involved. The little handles on the cap busted first thing, and not a lot of room to get the fill valve twisted on. Seems to fit nice between the wheel wells, and not cleaning up sand this year.

My shoulders just can't handle tube sand or even 40-pound bags. I was looking for something else for my Ford Ranger and the compact size is a perfect fit. I used 6 tie downs, 3 gallons of RV antifreeze, and filled it as recommended.Still allows my two SwingCases to pen on my Scab (might be tighter on the 5-foot bed). Certainly softens up the ride with less head whipping on bumps and corners.

I could have sworn I wrote a review of this product but it's not here. Anyway, I bought my first unit in 2011. It worked as advertised the first 2 winters after which it sprang a leak. I patched it and used it the next winter but it continued to leak. I made it through that winter and purchased another one in 2014. Evidently, the company changed materials used to make the units. Whereas the one I bought in 2011 was more flexible, this new one was more brittle and stiff. Within a few weeks (when the temperatures went below zero) places where the edges were bent where they touched the wheel wells (which is unavoidable…I have a GMC Sonoma and purchased the Shur Trax for compact truck). Those spots started actually cracking! I can only assume it was the combination of brittle materials to begin with and the frigid weather. I tried to patch but that didn't work very well. Anyway, after 2 units within 4 years, I’m researching other things, like Puzzle Weights or even bags of play sand, $2.80 per 50 lb. bag at my local Lowes. Who cares if they all burst, at least I’m only out $20.

Wanted to add weight in the back of my Ranger pickup. Last winter, bought cheap hockeybags ($40 bucks for 2 bags), filled them with sand and cambuckle strapped them to the corner hooks. Worked great; added around 250 lbs. But during the winter, I had a hard time loading home improvement materials/furniture decor (for my wife!), etc... When spring arrived, the bags were worn and tore easy from the winter moisture, half frozen sand...made a real mess and the hockey bags were destroyed. So far, this bladder works great; easily filled it with water, secured them with 4 rubber bungee cords through molded grommets added one 2x4 across the pickup bed to minimize brake creep. Along with the 4 installed Uniroyal Laredo HD/T winter tires, there's no better traction in ice & snow with the extra 300 lbs (considering I drive a 4x2 rear-wheel drive stickshift)!