Disappointed with Fastgun Handle
Just received my new Fastguns and upon opening the package I noticed they have a cheap looking straight handle rather than the lever rifle looking handle. The box they are in as well as most the litature I have read show the fancy rifle handle but not the ones I got. I checked the website and sure enough they state "actual product handle may vary". This seems ridiculous to me. Why show you one thing and send you another?? I really like the look of the lever rifle handle but I guess that isn't what they sell.
While I am on a rant I might as well share the rest of my Torklift disappointment.
1. Powder coating on super hitch and frame mounted tie-downs is pathetic. Got very chipped up in shipping and seems much thinner than a coat of rattle can paint.
2. The holes in the frame rail of my 2015 SuperDuty where the stock reciever was mounted are like 3/4". The superhitch mounts with 1/2" bolts using rectangular washers on top. The washers pulled down into the holes when I torqued the bolts and if I towed heavy like this it would probably pull the washer right through the hole. Haven't decided my fix but I will probably ream the superhitch holes out to 5/8" and then build a top plate with 5/8" holes that will sandwich the frame rail.
3. The slide in tubes on the frame mounted tie downs are very sloppy. When the fastguns are tight they don't slop around but without the camper on they must be removed or they flop around and rattle. Why not use tube that slips in with a little closer tolerance? While on the subject why not use a tube with a little thicker wall?
Previous truck had happijac which wasn't perfect but I am no more impressed with the Torklift. Everyone seems to talk very highly about the Torklifts but I am now questioning why??
On a side note why do the tie downs extend front and back from the tubes which causes them to twist the tube while pulling up? Why not use the hole in the center for a direct pull?
While I am on a rant I might as well share the rest of my Torklift disappointment.
1. Powder coating on super hitch and frame mounted tie-downs is pathetic. Got very chipped up in shipping and seems much thinner than a coat of rattle can paint.
2. The holes in the frame rail of my 2015 SuperDuty where the stock reciever was mounted are like 3/4". The superhitch mounts with 1/2" bolts using rectangular washers on top. The washers pulled down into the holes when I torqued the bolts and if I towed heavy like this it would probably pull the washer right through the hole. Haven't decided my fix but I will probably ream the superhitch holes out to 5/8" and then build a top plate with 5/8" holes that will sandwich the frame rail.
3. The slide in tubes on the frame mounted tie downs are very sloppy. When the fastguns are tight they don't slop around but without the camper on they must be removed or they flop around and rattle. Why not use tube that slips in with a little closer tolerance? While on the subject why not use a tube with a little thicker wall?
Previous truck had happijac which wasn't perfect but I am no more impressed with the Torklift. Everyone seems to talk very highly about the Torklifts but I am now questioning why??
On a side note why do the tie downs extend front and back from the tubes which causes them to twist the tube while pulling up? Why not use the hole in the center for a direct pull?
