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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.
Today on our 2011 GMC Sierra, we're going to be taking a look at and installing the TorkLift custom frame mounted camper tie downs for the rear, part number TLC3203.Here's what it looks like. As you can see, it's got a nice black powder coated finish. It fits securely up to the frame rails using factory hardware. It's got two adjustable positions. That's the all the way in, and out. That's your second position, depending on the width of your camper or your preference to how close you want your tie downs to come to your vehicle.
When you're not go to use it any more, you just pull out the pin. Underneath the vehicle you are not going to lose any ground clearance, and from the side, it's pretty much hidden except for the small part of the bottom that you'll see there. This is a complete bolt-on design, easy to install. It attaches securely to the frame instead of tying on to the side of the bumper where a lot of other manufacturers tie on their brackets. It's easy to use.Now let's go ahead and show you how to install it.
Your rear kit is going to consist of two receiver tubes and the two bent arm tie downs. Going to be your brackets and two pins. The hardware is going to be reusing the factory bumper bolt and trailer hitch parts. To begin our install, we're going to remove these two nuts. They go through the bumper.
They're on a tied-in plate on the back side, so we're just going to take the two nuts off. We're going to set these aside and reuse them to install our receiver tube. The next two inaudible 00:00:55 we're going to be removing would be this nut here and this bolt. Those are 21 millimeter. We're going to save the hardware because we're going to reuse that for installation, as well.Now we can take our receiver tube, slide it up into position, reinstall the nut and the bolt.
Now we'll take our two bolts that are tied together, that go through the bumper, flip them back up from the back side. We can put our nuts on those, and we'll snug those down. It may be necessary to take a wrench on the back side and hold it. We'll take our 18 and we can tighten down these two side ones. Now, when we're tightening up our bolts, we're going to set the torque to what it says in our instructions. Repeat the same process for the other side. That's going to do it for our look at and install of the TorkLift custom frame mounted camper tie downs for the rear on our 2011 GMC Sierra.
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