Don't bend your flimsy steel truck bed
https://youtu.be/WyqGVRmcB2Q Good part starts at 4:00. Bad part is, this is EXACTLY how I carried my old Lance to the dealer for trade-in. I put a 2x6 crossways at the very front of the truck b...
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He is using a wrench to tighten the hold-downs. Check out https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/bolt-torque-load-calculator-d_2065.html . Assuming a 1/2 inch thread diameter, a torque of 20 ft-lbs (not a lot with a 12-inch wrench) yields a bolt tension of 2500 lbs per tiedown assuming I entered the numbers correctly. No wonder the box bent.
