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TorkLift Camper Tie-Downs - Custom Frame Mount - Rear
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TorkLift Camper Tie-Downs - Custom Frame Mount - Rear

Part Number: TLC3218
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Get the safest and most comfortable ride while hauling your camper with tie-downs that mount on the frame of your pickup. Great for your truck's looks: remove the arms from the brackets and you'll hardly know that the brackets are there. Great Prices for the best truck camper tie downs from TorkLift. TorkLift Camper Tie-Downs - Custom Frame Mount - Rear part number TLC3218 can be ordered online at etrailer.com or call 1-800-940-8924 for expert service.
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TorkLift Truck Camper Tie Downs - TLC3218

Highlights

  • Stable Camper Handling: Frame-mounted design keeps weight low and evenly spread for safer travel.
  • Damage-Free Install: Bolts into existing frame holes with little to no drilling required.
  • Clean Truck Look: Arms remove from brackets so hardware stays nearly hidden when not in use.
  • Rust-Resistant Build: Black powder-coated steel stands up to weather and road salt.
  • Adjustable Connection: Two anchor holes let you set the best angle for secure turnbuckle fit.
Made in USA

Features to know about

Secure Stability on Every Mile: Frame-Mounted Tie-Downs

A solid mount means a steady ride. These rear tie-downs bolt directly to your truck’s frame—the strongest part of the vehicle—so your camper stays planted mile after mile. By spreading the load evenly and keeping the center of gravity low, you avoid the top-heavy sway that can throw handling off in crosswinds or on rough highways. The setup keeps your truck driving naturally, even when you’re fully loaded for a long trip.

Install Without Drilling: Custom-Fit Mounting

These tie-downs attach to pre-existing holes in the frame, so there’s little to no drilling and no cutting required. The bolt-on design keeps your frame integrity intact while giving you a snug, precise fit. That means a cleaner install with minimal loss of ground clearance—important when you’re traveling off-pavement or through uneven terrain.

Keep It Clean When Unloaded: Removable Arms

When you’re not hauling your camper, you can pull the tie-down arms from the brackets and hardly notice anything’s there. The brackets sit tucked under the truck body for a nearly invisible look. It’s a simple way to keep your truck’s appearance sharp while still being ready for the next trip.

Side view of a pickup truck with TorkLift frame-mounted rear camper tie-downs installed, showing low-profile brackets tucked under the vehicle for a clean look.

Heavy-Duty Strength That Lasts: Powder-Coated Steel

Built from black powder-coated steel, these tie-downs are made to resist corrosion and hold up over years of road spray and weather. Whether it’s long highway runs or rough backroad travel, that durable finish helps protect against rust and keeps the hardware looking good after heavy use.

Adjustable Connection: Two Anchor Positions

Each arm includes two pin holes so you can extend them just far enough to clear fenders or sidewalls and line up your turnbuckles for the right angle. This flexibility helps get a tight, stable connection that keeps the camper from shifting or sliding as you drive.

Close-up of a TorkLift camper tie-down arm attached to a truck frame with a turnbuckle connecting to a camper anchor point.

Specs

Construction and Material

  • Material: Black powder coated steel
  • Mount Type: Frame-mounted
  • Position: Rear tie-downs

Fit and Installation

  • Fit Type: Custom fit
  • Installation: Uses pre-existing holes in the frame - little to no drilling required
  • Mounting: Mounts tight to vehicle frame with minimal loss of ground clearance
  • Vehicle Application: Confirmed fit for 2017 Chevy Colorado Z71 short bed diesel (without board or step underneath truck bed and with factory hitch)
  • Compatible Front Tie-Downs: Part # TLC2221 (sold separately)

Features

  • Attachment Points: Creates attachment points for securing camper to truck bed
  • Arms: Removable arms - brackets are virtually invisible when not in use
  • Adjustability: Extendable arms for clearance of bowed sidewalls and fenders
  • Anchor Holes: Two anchor holes for best angle and secure hold
  • Compatibility: Requires turnbuckles (sold separately) to attach camper to tie-downs
  • Handling: Distributes camper weight evenly and lowers center of gravity
  • Appearance: Brackets remain virtually invisible beneath the vehicle when arms are removed
  • Country of Origin: Made in the USA
  • Warranty: Lifetime warranty

Technical diagram showing correct placement and angles for camper tie-downs and turnbuckles on a pickup truck and camper setup.


C3218 Tork Lift Truck Camper Tie Down - Rear Frame Mount - Custom Fit



This Product Fits The Following Vehicles

  • 2015 - 2022 GMC Canyon 6 Foot Bed - no running boards or cab length only boards - factory hitch
  • 2015 - 2022 Chevrolet Colorado 6 Foot Bed - no running boards or cab length only boards - factory hitch



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Video Transcript for TorkLift Frame Mount Rear Tie Downs Comprehensive Review

Speaker 1: Today, we're going to be taking a look at TorkLift's line of Custom Frame-Mounted Camper Tie-Downs. This is for the rear.You'll want to check etrailer.com's fit guide to verify which ones are going to work with your vehicle.They're also available for the front. So, you can get a matching set custom made for your application. These custom mounted brackets are going to provide an easy attachment point to hook up your camper.What's additionally great about those is that they have the removable ends, so when you're not using it, they'll be hidden away and your vehicle will look like factory.The custom mounted brackets we're engineered to provide you with the best location for your tie-down point, to evenly distribute the load. So once they're attached and adjusted, this'll keep your camper from being too top heavy. This will increase the overall ride quality while your camper's attached and the safety.The attachment points are removable and adjustable.

There'll be two loops here where you can make your connection to your camper and there's two holes here to adjust the length of how far your attachment point sticks out.You can use either hole. So if you have very wide camper, you can use that first hole, or if your camper is tucked in nicer, you can use the second hole. The included pin will slide through the hole and keep it in place.It's made of a durable powder coated steel, so it's going to be extra strong and rigid, to keep your camper tied down nice and snug and the powder coat is going to prevent any rust and corrosion from occurring.When you're ready to hook up to your new connection point, take your turnbuckles and attach them to your camper. Now, if you need some turnbuckles, you can pick some up here on our website. You'll hook it in to your camper and you'll also hook it in down here on your new attachment point.Then, depending on your style of turnbuckle, you'll want to tighten it down.

Ours is a twist adjustment type. There are many different styles.And now with both sides in place, we'll repeat that same process in the front.Compared to Stake Pocket, or bumper-mounted camper tie-downs, frame-mounted tie-downs will provide better handling. They also mount out of sight, so they will be undetectable when not in use, giving your truck a cleaner look.Because the custom fit brackets secure tight against your trucks frame, there is no loss of ground clearance; and that completes our look at TorkLift's line of Custom Frame-Mounted Camper Tie-Downs for the rear.

Ratings & Reviews

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My frame mounted camper mounts are working well and easy to install.
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First, Andy was great to work with and very helpful.
I bought and installed the frame mounted Torklift camper mounts on my 2021 GMC 2500HD Sierra Denali and I’m very pleased with them, they’re stout. As long as you’re mechanically inclined and can follow instructions you should be able to install them yourself without assistance.
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Gwendolyn Y.

6/3/2025

Install looks great, Robert! Do you already have your camper ready to go for an adventure?

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These tiedowns were exactly as advertised and fit my 2023 f350 4wd crew cab perfectly using preexisting holes and mounts. They even came with wire feeders to feed the bolts through the holes on the frame. Instructions were very good and easy to follow. Can adjust the width of tie down and can also drill new holes to customize the width. I highly recommend these.
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Mark

6/6/2025

These tie downs are sill working as advertised. I have travelled over 20,000 mi with them in various conditions with about 10 of that time in dirt roads or 4wd roads. Nothing too crazy, but with my camper and these tied downs I am confident that the camper will remain attached and be secure. It hardly moves around at all. They are worth the money and I can still remember how easily they installedvery welll thought out design and installation!

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I have a 2024 ram 3500 dually stock max tow package.
I figured I’d put pictures up that are of top quality and lighting as most instructions on trailer a vague and generic.
This product fit perfectly and it went on in 15 mins for both sides. ( no rusty bolts to mess with though)
Attached are photos of before and after install and bolt placement.
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Product was refurbished but sold as new.
Once again etrailer.com prefer to sponsor a YouTube channel the literally insult viewers (BTBRV) than be honest and sell new parts (as advertised)
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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!
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Torklift makes a quality product. This is easy to install. Just watch the etrailer video.
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As soon as I ordered it e trailer people went right to work and got this order moving. Awesome
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Monty

7/10/2026

Product is working great , what is fantastic is the engineering for the fit to the vehicle and the tools they give you to fish and hold bolts where they need to be during installation. Great thought process for instruction for installation.

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For the 2025 Chevy Silverado 1500 6 1/2 foot bed no running boards, Driver’s side bracket does not lineup. It is off by an eighth of an inch or so. Passenger side is fine.

Potentially my truck bed is not the same size or there was an issue with the piece I received. Other than that bolted together very easy to the frame.
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Would be 5-star if packaged properly to protect the paint from getting beat up in transport. The product itself is great and fits perfectly. Easy to install.
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I have been very happy with these tie-downs. They are VERY easy to install, require no drilling or modification to the hitch and hide away nicely when the inserts are removed. ~9,000 miles with our camper so far and no issues. These are on a 23 F250 PowerStroke short bed.
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Brooke M.

12/18/2024

Yay! Thats what we want to hear! Where all did you get to go in those 9,000 miles?

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My brother installed these and he used air tools. The brackets fit perfectly. The instructions were thorough. They bolted right in and the only delay was the disconnect/reconnect of the e-brake cable to install the driver's side bracket (2019 RAM 3500). After all the parts were laid out, he installed all 4 brackets in an hour.
He commented many times on the weight, high quality and PERFECT FIT of these brackets. These are worth the price and made in the USA.
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Jennifer

3/22/2022

These are still working perfectly.

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Awesome product! I purchased TorkLift camper tiedowns (both front and rear) for my 2015 Ford F-350. Installation instructions were easy to follow (pictures were a big help) and the "no drill" made it simple. Tiedowns were extremely solid as the fronts bolted to the leaf spring bracket and the rear to the factory hitch. I highly recommend this product.
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The best system one can buy for worry free travel. Etrailer communication has been superb.
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I installed the tie downs last night. I had help from my wife, they were reasonably easy to install. Everything went on just fine. No drilling or any difficulty with fit. My only difficulty was I got two bolts that had a different thread pitch than the nuts. No problem, went to the local hardware store and got what I needed. All good! I think the tie downs are made very strong. I really like them. Thanks E-trailer! Great product and great customer service. When in need of ..... I will purchase from E-Trailer again. Sincerely David C. Pennsylvania
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I bought this when my previous belly bar and rear tie-down bent badly when our truck slid off the road into a steep ditch and our camper nearly tipped sideways off our truck. This product is a bit better then my old set up, but I expected something much better for this very high price. It wasn't too tough to install, despite the poorly written instructions. Also, the kit did not include a bolt fisher for the 7/16 bolt. The bolt fisher supplied was for a 1/2 inch bolt. Fortunately I had the correct bolt fisher from a previous project. I am also disappointed that the tie down hole has a slot cut in it which seems would significantly weaken it. I am not optimistic that the tie-down point will not bend or break if we have a similar significant side load such as when we slid into the ditch. I will probably weld the slot in the tie-down point shut to strengthen it.
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Floyd D.

11/11/2021

They are starting to rust significantly. That is very disappoint considering the very high cost of these. It is interesting that they dont allow pictures of the product for this update.

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The package arrived very quickly and intact. I have a 2020 Ford F250 SD Lariat short bed with a factory hitch. The tie-downs were really easy to install although the hitch adapter plate (see attached photo) which is supposed to attach to the end of the tie-down would not fit inside the tubing on my factory installed hitch so I installed without it and it is tight and snug
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Heather A.

10/12/2022

Thank you for your photo. Torklift does recommend to use the hitch adapter for the 2020 Ford F-250. The adapter does need to be turn horizontally to fit inside the hitch not vertically.

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They installed pretty easy. However the business end twists in the receiver when put under tension. I’m disappointed that it’s not a tight fit especially for what they cost.
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I received my forklift truck mounts and installed the front mounts. Not too challenging but if you watch the video of the install it makes it a little easier. When I went to install the rear mounts I discovered they weren’t the correct ones. I contacted Ryan at E-Trailer and she sent out the correct ones immediately. I received them in a couple days, installed them and all is well. Thank you for the quick service Ryan!
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Somehow I plugged in all my vehicle info and the website lead me to the wrong part. I explained my situation to Paul and handled the return/new order perfectly...and within an hour I was notified that the correct part had shipped..it arrived in two days!
I have been a customer for 10 years and everything I have ordered has been a quality item, and in this case the customer service was off the charts good.
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David

10/14/2025

Bought these tie-downs a year ago and they have proven to be easy to use, very sturdy, and hold my Palomino to the truck bed tightly.

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The TorkLift camper tie downs you delivered were easy to instal and certainly served the application intended. The best part of the purchase was the way that you followed up to make sure that I had received the order and that they fit as they were supposed too. And now a year later you have contacted me again, to ensure that I am pleased with my purchase. GREAT product, and Awesome Service.

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Forklift tie downs are manufactured to exact fit to existing manufactured frame rail holes. They lined up perfectly and after 6000 miles with camper on board have stayed secure. The only downside, (this is relative to when and ware you use you camper) they will corrode when driving through snow covered roads that have been treated with sand and/or salt. I use an oil based product to protect them corroding.
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Steve Z at etrailer was sharp and very knowledgeable on the companies product. Steve was able to work with me on getting the proper camper tie downs for my 2015 Dodge Ram 1500 (Item #TLD3107). He told me when they would be arriving and they actually arrived earlier than expected. Great product, install was pretty easy, I had them installed within an hour. This is a very high quality product with heavy duty construction. They provide a secure attachment for tie downs to the truck camper. The instructions provided are adequate, but not great. I Don't normally give recommendations or endorse products, but these I am truly impressed with. Thank you so much Steve and etrailer.
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Tommy C recommended the TorkLift Camper Tie-Downs. The Instructions are great and very easy to follow. They supply some cool wire helpers to hold bolts in the frame for you. All went very smoothly and a very secure. I love how solid the Camper feels on the truck.
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  • Recommended Truck Bed Camper Tie Down Kit for 2016 Chevrolet Colorado
    The truck bed camper tie down system we show to be confirmed to work on your 2016 Chevrolet Colorado is the Tork Lift, parts # TLC2221 and # TLC3218, which are the front and rear components. I contacted Brophy about use of their kit # HSSF. Since this kit is intended for full-size pickups they have not tested it on the Colorado. The key factors that matter for its fit are that the truck NOT have a drop-in bed liner, plastic bed rails, a double-wall bed nor a side step type bed. Also...
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  • Recommended TorkLift Camper Tie-Downs for 2017 Chevy Colorado
    The TorkLift Custom Frame-Mounted Camper Tie-Downs - Front # TLC2221 referenced in your question are indeed confirmed to fit your 2017 Chevy Colorado that does not have a board or step beneath the truck bed and has the factory trailer hitch installed. For the rear Tie-Downs, you will just add part # TLC3218. These are great, custom-fit camper tie-downs that will slide into frame-mounted brackets for use and can be easily removed for a clean, unobtrusive look. All the necessary hardware...
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  • Camper Tie-Downs for 2018 Chevy Colorado
    To secure your camper to your 2018 Chevy Colorado you will need front and rear camper tie-downs. For your vehicle the TorkLift tie-downs we offer will work only if you have a 6' bed without a board or step underneath the truck bed and with a factory hitch. For the front tie-downs you need part # TLC2221 and for the rear tie-downs you need part # TLC3218. These brackets are a custom fit for your truck that are a no-drill install and fit snugly to your truck frame.
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  • Does the TorkLift Tie Downs Part 3218 Fit a 2017 Chevy Colorado Z71 Short Bed Diesel
    Yes. The Torklift # TLC3218 are a confirmed fit on the short bed 2017 Chevy Colorado without board or step underneath truck bed and with a factory hitch, including the Z71 and diesel versions. The front tie downs are available with part # TLC2221.
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