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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.
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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.
Hi everybody, Andy here with etrailer.com. Let's take a look together at these Torklift custom frame-mounted front camper tie downs. Now these tie downs are going to provide attachment points at the front of the bed of your truck for securing your bed-mounted camper using turnbuckles. And these turnbuckle, the turnbuckles are going to attach right here at the ends. And these are designed to fit certain versions of your 2003 to 2009 Dodge Ram 2500 and 3500 with a 6 1/2 foot bed and two wheel drive. And I do want to stress using our vehicle fit guide just to confirm that these will indeed work for your particular Dodge Ram 2500 or 3500.
You'll just enter the year, make, and model of your vehicle and answer any other questions the fit guide might ask you. That fit guide will confirm that these will work for you or if we have something comparable that will work for you. And the fit guide will also point you to the rear camper tie downs if you are in need of those as well. Now the frame-mounted design of these are going to ensure excellent handling because securing your camper to the base of your truck instead of its bed is going to better distribute weight to keep your setup from being too top heavy. These brackets are gonna fit tight to the frame of your truck, so there's gonna be no loss of ground clearance.
They're gonna use preexisting holes in the frame of your truck, so there's gonna be little to no drilling required. And the steel tie down inserts and the durable steel receiver brackets are going to hold up very well for you. They're gonna be very long lasting. These inserts can be easily removed from the frame-mounted brackets with the included bale pins making the tie downs virtually undetectable when they're not in use. Let me just give you a brief demonstration of that.
So I'm gonna remove one of the bale pins here and that's going to allow me to easily remove the insert. And if you notice here on the inserts here, we have two different holes. And so if your camper's a little bit wider, you can use that first hole on the insert. And that's going to allow that tie down point to stick out a little bit farther. If your camper's a little bit narrower, you can move it into that second hole and that's the hole that I'm using just so they can fit on the table.
But as you can see, when you have that insert removed, you're really not going to even know that you've got these receiver brackets installed under the bed of your truck. So I'm gonna go ahead and replace this. And then that's going to secure the insert into the bracket just like that. Now both of these inserts and the brackets feature a high impact powder coat finish that's going to add an extra layer of protection to the brackets and to the inserts. You're gonna get everything that you see here at my cable before me. Again, two front tie down inserts, the frame brackets, and the necessary hardware. These are made here in the USA and they do have a lifetime warranty. Well, I think that's gonna wrap up our look today. I do hope that our time together was helpful for you. Again, my name is Andy. Thank you for joining me.
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