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These custom frame-mounted tie-downs keep your camper secure and stable mile after mile. By attaching directly to the truck’s frame—the strongest part of the vehicle—they spread the camper’s weight evenly and lower the center of gravity. That means no top-heavy sway or shifting in crosswinds, just a solid, confident feel whether you’re cruising highways or climbing rough backroads.
The bolt-on design uses pre-existing holes in the frame so there’s little to no drilling required. Because no cutting or modifications are needed, your truck frame stays strong and clean. The tight, custom fit also keeps ground clearance high, so you won’t have hardware hanging low or snagging when you’re off pavement.
When you’re not hauling a camper, you can remove the tie-down arms and keep your truck looking stock. The brackets sit tucked up under the frame and are barely visible once the arms are off. You get all the function when you need it and an uncluttered look when you don’t.
Built from strong steel with a high-impact powder coat finish, these tie-downs stand up to weather, road grime, and years of travel. The durable coating adds a layer of protection that keeps rust at bay and maintains a clean look through every season.
Each arm includes two pin holes so you can extend them for proper turnbuckle alignment. This makes it easy to clear fenders or sidewalls while keeping tension balanced. With turnbuckles attached at offset angles, your camper stays locked down from multiple directions for even better hold on long trips.
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Speaker 1: Today, in our 2018 Chevrolet Silverado 3500, we're gonna be installing Torklifts 00:05:13 custom frame-mounted camper tie-downs for the front, with part number TLC2219. You can also pick up tie-downs for the rear, with part number TLC3217.These custom frame-mounted brackets are gonna give you a sturdy and easy attachment point for your camper. What's also nice is that when you're not using them, they're tucked underneath, and you don't even notice that they're there.We'll begin our installation on the driver's side, just at the front of the cab here. If you go down to the frame, just in this area here, we're gonna look up and take out the bolt that connects the frame to the bed. We'll remove this bolt with an 18 millimeter socket. You'll want to save this bolt, as we're gonna be reinstalling it to our bracket.We'll now take the coiled fish wire that comes in our kit, and we're gonna thread on one of the 7/16 bolts.
These are the brass colored bolts. We're gonna slide it into the frame. Then we'll want to slide on one of the star washers, over our fish wire. Slide it into the frame, and then thread on one of the spacers and put it in the frame. And now take all of them and pull them back out.
And they don't need to stay out. We just want to make sure that they're all there.We'll now take our bracket for our driver's side. You'll know it's the driver's side, because the skinnier ear, here, is gonna be towards the front of the vehicle, and the wider one is gonna be towards the rear. It'll also have a slotted hole on your rear one. So we're gonna lift it into position.
Make sure you feed your fish wire through that slotted hole. We're gonna lift it up, and the top part is gonna line up with the hole where we removed that bolt earlier.We'll then take our long, large bolt and we're gonna place a flat washer on it. And we'll slide it through the hole, towards the front of the vehicle here, all the way through the frame. That'll just help hold it up as you're getting the hardware installed.Now you can reinstall the bolt that you removed in the first step. This is that factory bolt.
The bolt we fish wired in, we can now pull back out through the frame. We'll need to take our coiled wire off. You want to make sure you save this coiled wire, as you're gonna be needing it for the other side. We're gonna slide on a flat washer, followed by a lock washer and a nut. And these are gonna be 7/16 sizes.On the other side of the silver bolt, towards the front of the vehicle that we slid through the frame, we're gonna place on one of the notched washers. Push that into place, and then you want to rotate it to make sure that it's gonna sit flush against the frame, as the notch is there to make sure that it doesn't stick out. So once you've got it oriented, which it kind of angles toward the rear of the vehicle, we'll thread the flange nut on the other end of the bolt.We'll be tightening the large bolt in the front with a 3/4 inch socket. We'll be tightening our bolts here in the back, the brass colored one, with an 11/16 socket. And then we'll tighten down our factory bolt with an 18 millimeter socket.Then torque all of your hardware to the specifications on your instructions. You'll now repeat this exact same process on the other side.And when you are ready to use them, you can just slide in the attachment point. There's two points here to attach your turnbuckles. And here on the shaft, there are two points that will give you an adjustment inward and outward to specifically fit your camper. So you can use this hole for a wider camper, or this hole for a narrower camper. Once you've got your appropriate hole, slide the pin through and bring the latch over and lock it in place. Then you can attach your turnbuckles. Now, if you need some turnbuckles, you can pick some up here at Etrailer.com 00:04:28. There are many different styles, from chain types to quick attach lever types.Our style is gonna be a threaded rod type that will hook to your camper and down to our attachment point. We'll adjust it snug by turning our turnbuckle here. We'll repeat the same process on the other side.Now, on your Chevy Silverado, the turnbuckle may obstruct your gas cap, so you won't be able to get to it without removing your turnbuckle.And that completes our installation of Torklifts custom frame-mounted camper tie-downs on our 2018 Chevrolet Silverado.
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Ratings & Reviews
Installation took me about 45 minutes. The directions are not good, but enough to get them installed without much trouble.
The tie down work great on my 2024 F350 SRW Tremor.
Worked great. Install was not bad. I particularly liked the fact I did not have to drill any holes.
Great product! Fits perfect to the frame and very good quality materials. Even fit perfectly with my rock sliders.
Fairly easy installation. Good instructions, but it helps to watch one of the YouTube videos first. With just the receivers, you can hardly even see them, they’re tucked underneath so well. Very sturdy. I feel very confident that no matter what, these babies will hold. They’re pricy, but well worth it.
I did a lot of research to find the right kind of frame mounts for my dads truck. Lots of local RV places didn't even know what I was looking for, or quoted me for the wrong parts. After I was certain I found the right tie downs, I contacted etrailer customer service chat representative and they were a great help at confirming the parts I found would in fact fit my dads truck. My husband and dad installed them in less than 2 hours. The parts came quickly and in excellent packaging/condition.
Great experience. The man that took the order was very familiar with the Torklift Tie Downs and was able to answer all my questions.
I installed these on a 2019 F250 Super Duty. The most challenging step was loosening the leaf spring nuts. Once that was done, the install was a piece of cake. Tehran not in use, they are not very noticeable. They are very sturdy and hold the camper securely. Although the entire system (w/fast guns) is a bit pricey, they are well worth it!
Product arrived quickly and install was simple with supplied parts, instructions and tools.
With the exception of removing the emergency brake lines. I could have done this job of mounting the front and rear mounts in under two hours, instead of three. Excellent design and looks great!
Order the kit. This is the second set I have ordered in the last few months. etrailer ships fast and makes sure you can track your shipments. Also notifies you every step of the way. I appreciate the follow through with keeping me informed at when my package will arrive. I tried to buy these direct from the manufacture but they wanted more than etrailer and I had to find back and front sets. They did not sell them in kits.
Also glad the etrailer doesn't play the game of shipping in the lower 48 states only BS, there are 50 official states ins the USA (51 if your counting Alberta)! Plus numerous US territories...
Second set of Torklift camper tiedown brackets I have purchased. 1999 Dodge 2500 and 2016 Ram 3500. Fit good. No drilling. I would buy again. Good product. (I am a certified ASME, AWS, API, welder and fabricator). No hype, just fact.
Ordered for 2025 GMC 3500HD to carry our Arctic Fox slide in camper. Kits were shipped right away and arrived in Anchorage in 5 days (as ordered). The tie downs are excellent quality, all hardware arrived with the kit, instructions were "OK", installation on rear tie downs a little tricky, but managed to do ourselves. Looking forward to some great camping adventures. Thanks for the GREAT service!
I would say that the Torklift kit fit my 2024 GMC sierra pro crew cab perfectly the shipping to Canada took 5 days which I thought was fast delivery and it shipped the same day it was ordered
We had a hiccup with my order and it was lost in cyberspace for a day until I called and was able to get it going. Unfortunately, I needed them by Saturday and I ordered them Wednesday. They didn't ship until Thursday afternoon and didn't arrive until Monday. The seller of the camper was kind enough to hold the camper for me, but it was touch and go there for a while.
Installing them was a challenging because the pictures in the guide were difficult to see which slowed the installation down a little. It took 2 of us about 3 hours to install them. Now that they are on the truck with the camper they seem to be working great! The only problem remaining is the front tie downs use a bolt to hold the tie down to the frame and it obstructs the passage, so it will only advance as far as the first pin making the second hole unreachable (it sticks out from the truck a few extra inches and makes the extension wobble up and down until the turnbuckle was installed).
great fit, works great, strong parts, works perfect! etrailer was excellent in making sure I received the correct parts. I highly recommend etrailer, if in doubt, call them, don't try and wing it, they will set you up with the correct parts! I will use etrailer again!
These things are heavy duty. Straightforward installation, just follow the instructions and videos. Fit like a glove and are rock solid. Thanks etrailer for fast shipping and Torklift for great products.
Absolutely the only way to correctly attach your truck camper. Pair these white Fastguns and it’s a great combo. I just went on a 5000 mile trip with my TC and never moved an inch.
They seem stout and were easy enough to install. I added my own 2” square rubber caps to the ends to keep road debris out when they’re not in use, those should be included. For $850 the packaging could use some work. They arrived all banged up, the “high impact powder coat” is worn off in several areas leaving bare steel exposed.
I ordered this kit for my 2018 Ford F150 'Heavy Half' regular cab, long bed pickup. The tie downs came with all the necessary hardware, good instructions, were easy to install with basic tools, and required no drilling. Shipping was very fast. I would absolutely recommend TorkLift tie downs and etrailer.com.
This is the only way the tie downs fit is this a safe way to strap it down
After selling previous truck camper and getting a new truck these tie downs are outstanding. The direct fit for year make model is awesome. Takes the guess work out installation. The install instructions were really good as well as etrailers videos. etrailer is the great providing product install walk thru. The adjustability of these tie downs made my life easier when I picked up my new TLRV 8 foot truck camper.
Fits well easy install
For the front set, the top bolt (original to the truck) seemed too short. After trying it for 20 min, I swapped them out for longer Grade 8 bolts and it worked fine. No other issues. The adjusters holding the camper down were too short so I added short bits of chain and shackles. Works fine.
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