Ballast system for use in a cargo bed of a vehicle

A ballast system custom fit to a cargo area of a vehicle, comprising:

• a plurality of pliable mats;
• a plurality of weighted cross-members configured to provide a ballast for the vehicle, said plurality of cross-members fully enclosed and fixed between a first mat and a second mat of the plurality of pliable mats;
• at least one cutout around wheel wells of the ballast system;
• and
• wherein the ballast system may be rolled-up into a roll.

A ballast system having two parts for use in a cargo area of a vehicle, comprising:

• a plurality of mats;
• at least some of a plurality of weighted cross-members configured to provide a ballast for the vehicle, said at least some of said plurality of cross-members fully enclosed and fixed between a first mat and a second mat of the plurality of mats for the first part, and some of the plurality of cross-members fully enclosed and fixed between a first mat and a second mat of the plurality of mats for the second part;
• and
• wherein the first and second parts of the ballast system may be individually rolled-up into rolls.