Custom/DIY Truck Camper Tie Downs
Looking to avoid the $600 price tag on the torklift frame mounting system. Anyone have a good solution? TC Lance 845 2800# Dry No Slide Out GMC 2500HD SRW
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Bert the Welder wrote:
"Very mild steel" That's a type of steel I'm not familiar with. Must be special to American't Home Depot's?
As it happens, I've hand bent steel flat bar from HD, side by side with "regular" mild steel and there was no difference.
And if you want to call something structural and of safety relevance to other travelers "a typical DIY project" then that says everything one needs to know about your thinking right there.
It’s unclear why you think the steel at HD is just the same as everywhere else. I’m sure you know that the amount of carbon in steel makes it much harder. You should also know that not all steel is from the same place and formed with the same methods.
I and friends have been very unimpressed by steel and aluminum we’ve bought at HD. On the other hand, the steel at typical steel supplies and aluminum seems to be much stronger. No, I didn’t put it on a machine to test the hardness. It was good enough for us to avoid it after unexplained failures.
I said “not” a typical DIY project.
