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Kayteg1
Sep 27, 2019Explorer II
Took me slightly over 1 hr to build my own rear tie-downs.
- starting with 3" receiver cross tube (on new Ford), I used a piece of old 2" receiver, who's 2.5 outside matched 2.5 inside the tube
-the 1.25 square tubing needed some shimming to weld it inside 2" tube
- 3" house foundation washers, easy available at HD, with couple of drilled holes in the corner made for outside plates
- my cross tube was sticking about 1/2" past the bracket, so I used that space to drill 1/4" holes, who matched with holes in butt of new tie-down allow a pin to be pushed in and secured from coming off.
Had pictures of it somewhere on this forum, but search engine here sucks.
- starting with 3" receiver cross tube (on new Ford), I used a piece of old 2" receiver, who's 2.5 outside matched 2.5 inside the tube
-the 1.25 square tubing needed some shimming to weld it inside 2" tube
- 3" house foundation washers, easy available at HD, with couple of drilled holes in the corner made for outside plates
- my cross tube was sticking about 1/2" past the bracket, so I used that space to drill 1/4" holes, who matched with holes in butt of new tie-down allow a pin to be pushed in and secured from coming off.
Had pictures of it somewhere on this forum, but search engine here sucks.
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