30-40lb bags

[beforethehunt]

What do y’all use for weight in your bags? Right now 60lb sand bag is too much for me to get on my back. Looking for a cheap solution


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[RaggedHunter]

I use the legs off of old pairs of jeans, fill them with sand and tie off each end with zip ties. I have a bunch of various different sizes, makes it easy to adjust pack weight for workouts, and I like the way the multiple smaller bags distribute weight in my pack vs 1 big sand bag.

They work great at the rifle range zeroing your rifle as well.

 

[OldGrayJB]

I throw a pair of tire chains in the pack. They're in a canvas bag to keep them from damaging anything. With my camping gear that gets me up to about 50 pounds.

 

[Marbles]

Remove 20 lbs of sand from 60 lbs bag. Seal it back up. Put a trash bag in an old pillow case, put the 20 lbs of sand you removed in there and seal it. Now you have a 40 lbs and a 20 lbs sand bag.

 

[GunsAreFun]

I use my camp gear minus my quilt and down jacket. This is because I am starting to do 9 mile day hikes nearby and having that stuff with me makes my wife worry less.

I recently added poker chips in ziplock bags to get more weight. One 500 pack adds a bit over 15 pounds. Shooting bags are nice and heavy too. I have also considered filling up my 2L dirty water bag.

 

[GHOSTofWENDELL]

I jusy grab a 6 dollar bag of concrete mix from home depot. Wrap it in moving plastic and put it in a dry bag

 

[Mosby]

I buy 30 lb bags of crushed mineral rocks. $15 and then I pour it out on my property for deer when I am done training.

 

[Scrappy]

Once you have a good base weight added to your pack you can slowly add weight using one liter water bottles to increase weight gradually.

 

[NB7]

I buy 30 lb bags of crushed mineral rocks. $15 and then I pour it out on my property for deer when I am done training.

Same wih shelled corn, which comes in 50lb bag

 

[RockChucker30]

Have a dog? Use dog food. Have livestock? Use corn. Dual purpose, and they're easier to get comfortable than a sandbag.

 

[AZ_Hunter_2000]

I'll use either plates (25#) or a bag of cement (covered in duct tape).

 

[hunting1]

20-lb rice or beans works well. I have GoRuck Steel plates as well.

 

[Wapiti1]

Bag of softener salt is in one pack now. The other has a 45lb plate weight strapped to it.

Jeremy

 

[bootheeltechy]

Quickkrete play sand from Lowes..less than 10 bucks for 2 50 pound bags. Divided it up into differnt size ziploc bags for the desired weights and then duck tape securely.

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[Dennis]

Lots of good ideas above. Another suggestion is a collapsible 5 gallon water jug. Put it in your pack and fill to desired weight. Water weights approximately 8.33lbs per gallon or 5 gallons of water weights 41.65lbs. Easy to adjust, and if you want, you can dump water once you climb up a steep hill to save knees coming down or just dump half. Good luck!

 

[Gapmaster]

I just wrap a couple decent sized rocks in a towel and strap em up. Cost:$0.00. Currently carrying 49.6#s with 3 rocks. Once you cinch them down they don’t move and I don’t have to worry about sand in my pack or carrying around my gear for no reason.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

How about a lighter sandbag??? I mean if the one you have is too heavy then get a lighter one right?

 

[Jacack]

Water softener salt.

 

[tdot]

60lb bag of sand, split into two old HD drybags. Then 10l of water, which is 22lbs, in 3 separate bags. I can mix and match from 20lbs to 100lbs.

I always try to carry the water, this way if I've pushed too hard, or the descent is slippery in the winter, etc. I can quickly unload that extra weight without an issue and no effect to the sand bags.

 

[ncavi8tor]

Water softener salt.

Yep. Me too.

NC

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