tiedowns ect

I have put over 100,000 miles on my Ford dually and Lance 981 on all kinds of roads and conditions. As has been mentioned, a rubber mat is manditory, forget the spray in liner. I have used Happijacs with zero issue, but I am sure that the Tork Lifts are just as good. I use the turnbuckle on rods and they are simple and work just fine. I do not really see paying the extra $$ for the fast guns. It only takes a few minutes to install and adjust the turnbuckles. Although I have airbags and extended bumpstops, I highly encourage you to invest in a set of the Tork Lift Stable Loads, both the bottom and top ones. With these, you probably will not need airbags and will have a reliable and trouble free ride. The best advice that I can give to a new TCer is Keep It Simple.

With a dually, one of the main obstacles to tie-downs is the angle from the frame to the camper tie point so it doesn't interfer with the dually flare. Your camper is longer than mine so you may be alright.

trail-explorer wrote:
Rubber bed mat is a must.

I should have elaborated, like the Kohldad did.

Even with a sprayed in bed coating, a rubber mat provides the slip resistance than a sprayed in liner can't.

THe sprayed in liners are a hard surface that doesn't offer the added slip resistance that a rubber mat will.

Even if you have a spray in bed liner, would still recommend a rubber bed mount. Helps prevent the bedliner get damaged from any small screws in the bottom of the camper while also preventing any of those screws getting pushed too hard by the truck. It just adds that little bit of give and take needed to make sure bed and camper bottom work together well.

I'm a cheap skate of sorts, yet even I saw the advantages and quality of the Torklifts mounts combined with Fast Guns. Been using them for five years without an issue.

Torklift frame mounted tiedowns.

Rubber bed mat is a must.

Spray on/in liner doesn't take the place of the rubber bed mat.

Spray in bed liner or rubber mat would be an excellent idea. Many people use Torklift Fastguns and they work very well. These are expensive but considering they are top quality and very easy to use, I highly recommend them. I am not comfortable with chains and turnbuckles tugging on my camper or truck mounts and have read that some people have experienced failure of both.