Kayteg1 wrote:
Per my experience, good rubber mat is what holds TC on position with normal driving.
Tie-downs are needed for extreme situations only.
Also if you have trailer hitch on your F150, you can easy DIY rear ties. Lot of pictures on forum, but this is not a big brainer.
Not much you can do fitting curved frame for front ties, so Torklift design is probably the best.
What I also notice on my aluminium bed - the ribs on it end about 2" before bed ends, so my long trailer would collapse them on the edge. I made a strip of plywood to fill the gap under factory mat.
Good information there, thanks! I do have a 1/2" rubber mat that it made for the bed of my truck. Another issue I have is I need to raise the camper 2" min. I bought some 2" pink foam board from HD. Figured I would give that a try and see. I'm guessing I'm going to have to build a frame for it out of 2x2's and than insert some of the foam. 2x2's don't weight much but I want to make sure I get my clearance before I build a frame. Who knows, I might need to go with 2x4 and get 3.5". What I noticed is I can take all the measurements I want but I need to install it to really know what I'm dealing with.
I did not realize how complicated this can get.
I installed 3 of the 4 Torklift mounts last night. I can now see why people love them. Bolted to the frame like that. I'm excited to get this installed and start using it.
