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These custom fit tie-downs give you the safest and most comfortable ride when hauling a camper. They mount to the frame of your pickup - no drilling required! With the arms removed, the brackets can barely be seen.
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If you're looking for the best tie-downs for your camper, frame-mounted is the way to go. The frame is the most solid part of your entire vehicle, so it just makes sense to attach your camper to something that's not going to warp, bend, or twist. Even more importantly, the camper's center of gravity will sit lower and its weight will be spread across the entire bed. This avoids a top-heavy load perched on top of your bed rails that's liable to sway and get pushed around by crosswinds. The camper's not going to shift or slide around while you drive; it's going to stay put, and your truck is going to handle just like it does without a camper.
Quick Tip: If you have a plastic or spray-in bed liner, it's important that you use a rubber mat under the camper to eliminate any sliding or bouncing.
Frame-mounted tie-downs are also a great pick for preserving your truck's good looks. The brackets install on the frame, tucked nearly flush with the underside of the vehicle. Remove the arms from the brackets when you're not hauling your camper, and the brackets will be barely visible.
Completely custom to your vehicle, the tie-downs attach to exisiting holes in your frame so that there's little to no drilling and no need for any modifications. Because they're custom, you'll want to use our in-house application guide to make sure you get the exact right model. The tie-downs you need might be different depending on what type of hitch or other accessories you have.
Once the tie-downs are installed, use a set of turnbuckles (sold separately) to secure the camper to the tie-downs. The shank on each arm has 2 pin holes so you can choose how far out they extend, that way the turnbuckles can reach the anchors on your camper without making contact with your truck. Tighten the turnbuckles to the correct level of tension (not too tight!).
Make sure the anchor points are offset from the tie-downs instead of lined up with them so that they will hold your camper from multiple angles. This is important for keeping your camper from shifting. Two holes in the attachment plate of the tie-downs let you find the best angle for you camper anchors.
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Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Today on our 2016 Toyota Tundra, we're going to be installing torklifts, custom frame mounted camper tie-downs for the rear, part number TLT3306.They're going to be frame mounted, here to our hitch, so it's going to give a secure place to tie down your camper. What's great about this is it puts it in the most appropriate position to attach your camper at the outside corners so that way it'll more evenly distribute the weight and make it less top heavy.When you're not using your tie-downs, you can remove the insert and then it's virtually hidden, so nobody even knows you have them installed.It's a very easy installation. It reuses some of your existing hardware and it comes with the rest of the hardware you need to get it installed.It only takes a few minutes on each side to get your brackets mounted.It's made of a sturdy steel construction with a black powder coat finish to help protect against the elements.It's best to use these in conjunction with the set for your front. This way you can get the optimal tie down point at al corners of your camper.These come as paired set, one for your left and right. Let's show you how to get them installed now.We'll begin our installation at the rear of the vehicle on the driver's side. There's two bolts here in our hitch we're going to need remove with a 19 millimeter socket.
Both of these are located just forward from the tube there and just up from the slotted pole here.Save your bolts, we're going to be reusing them. We'll now set our tie down bracket in place. These are side specific so you can't put on the wrong one on the wrong side, it won't fit. But you'll know you got it right if the curved portion here faces towards the front of the vehicle.We're going to use the same bolts that we just took out and thread those back in with our bracket in place.We'll now take our bolt that comes in the kit. We're going to put a block washer on it, followed by a flat washer.
We're going to slide that through the bottom hole in our bracket and then on the backside, we'll place the elongated spacer followed by that .We can now go back and tighten down all of our hardware using a 19 millimeter socket.Then torque all of your hardware to the specifications found in your instructions.We can now slide in our tie down point into our bracket. When sliding it in, you want to make sure that the flange here is facing towards the rear so that it arrows down towards the rear and that the square tube is at the bottom of our flange so that there's some excess sticking out.Then just insert your pin . Flip it around, lock it in place, and you repeat all those same procedures on the other side.And that completes our installation of Torklift's frame mounted camper tie downs for the rear on our 2016 Toyota Tundra.
They really went on easy!!!
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