Is it OK to weld Tie Downs to Frame
Due to the after market bed and air bags on my truck Torklift does not have Tie down tubes to fit my truck. I found someone who can fabricate them and then weld them to the frame. Is this safe to do? ...
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I'm not sure about your truck but there has been a movement from the heavy weight steel C-channel frames of the past to lighter weight steel box section frames on newer trucks. The light weight steel wouldn't be the best place to weld a tie down IMO unless a backplate is first welded to the frame section. (I've done more steel fabrication than I can remember over the last 40 years or so). Any fabricator worth dealing with should easily be able to fab up a bolt on tiedown.
