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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.
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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