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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. With the arms removed, the brackets are barely noticeable. Made of stainless steel and lightweight, rustproof aluminum.
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Heavy-duty strength in a lightweight package: the TorkLift Talon tie-downs are the premium choice for heavy truck campers and unforgiving climates. Made of military-grade aluminum alloy, the removable arms are rustproof and robust while also being lightweight and easy to handle. The receiver brackets are constructed of rugged stainless steel, and both components are protected by a high-impact powder coat finish that guards against wear and tear.
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 is going to 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 to the underside of the vehicle. Remove the arms from the brackets when you're not using them 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.
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Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Hi everybody, Andy here with etrailer.com, and today, we're gonna take a look at these TorkLift Aluminum Custom Frame-Mounted Front Camper Tie-Downs. Now, these are custom tie-downs that are designed to fit the 2011 to 2016 Ford F-250, F-350, and F-450 Super Duty with an eight foot bed and without the board or step underneath the truck bed and with a factory installed hitch or with a TorkLift SuperHitch Magnum or with a TorkLift SuperHitch Original. These custom tie-downs are going to provide attachment points at the front of your truck bed for securing a bed-mounted camper. The rear tie-downs are sold separately, but you can find the rear tie-downs that you need by using the fit guide here at etrailer.com. Insert the year, make, and model of your truck, and our fit guide will let you know the rear tie-downs that you are going to need that will pair with these front tie-downs. Now, these are made here in the USA, and these brackets are going to fit tight to your truck's frame with no loss of ground clearance, and the frame-mounted design is going to ensure excellent handling, because securing your camper to your truck's base instead of its bed better distributes the weight to keep your setup from being too heavy.
Now, these are going to be virtually undetectable when they're not in use, and I wanna give you an overhead view. so you can hopefully see a little bit better. To remove the inserts, you're just going to slide out the included safety pin there, and these are going to slide right out. And of course, these inserts are constructed of lightweight aluminum alloy, and they can be easily removed, easily replaced, and when you remove these, they're, like I said, real lightweight, you can throw them in the rear of the cab of your truck, and they're not gonna be any hassle to maneuver or handle or transport or anything like that. I do wanna go back to my closeup view real quick.
These tie-downs do come with what TorkLift calls a finishing kit. It's basically a foam block that you can put all the way in the back of the bracket to eliminate any rattling or anything like that, and then it comes with a vinyl cap that you can put over the bracket here to give it a nice finished look when you don't have that insert in there. So that's a nice addition, a nice touch that they added to this. And then, you just slide the aluminum alloy insert back in. If I didn't mention this, you do have two different holes here to give you the flexibility to adjust this for the best length that you are going to need.
And the brackets of course are constructed of stainless steel, and both the aluminum alloy inserts and the stainless steel brackets have a high impact powder coat finish that's going to add an extra layer of protection, again, to the brackets and to the inserts. So you're gonna receive everything that you see here on the table before me. Let me give you another overhead look here, you see all the hardware that's going to come with this to allow for a successful install. Again, you're gonna get the aluminum alloy inserts and the stainless steel brackets and a set of instructions to walk you through step by step on how to install these. TorkLift does provide a lifetime warranty on these, and that's going to conclude our look today.
I do hope that it was helpful for you. Again, my name is Andy, thank you for joining me.
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