Thanks for the responses. I am really surprised. I was sure from all the google and forum searches that the response would be to get the Talons. Now these responses are convincing me to go with steel.
mlts22 wrote:
I'm looking at the Talons myself. My concern is metal fatigue, since aluminum has only a certain number of bends in it before it shears...
Torklift says the Talons are made from "military grade aluminum alloy" which is a stronger type of aluminum. Possibly that helps the metal fatigue question???
ticki2 wrote:
One thing to keep in mind , aluminum is not corrosion proof , especially where roads are treated with salt or brine n winter .
Actually I was not aware of this. This adds to the argument to not spend extra for aluminum. Maybe if I was close on weight I would go aluminum, but as someone said my setup has plenty of truck capacity so 25# makes no difference (I went with the advice "better too much truck than not enough truck").
I do live in an area with salt in the winter. I talked to Torklift tech support about several topics (before I posted this question to the forum) and he said if I get steel just to wash them once in a while.
I also read, I believe it was actually on the Happijack website, they said for their tiedowns it is a good idea to put liquid car wax on them. Which I believe you are supposed to wax your camper once in a while also if I recall past reading.
