Drilling Torklift tiedown extensions

^^^Good point. Thanks!

TxGearhead wrote:
Yep. I need the pipe insulation. Also need to put something on the ends of the "hooks". I've already put a little nick in the truck paint.

Be careful w/ the foam insulation. It will rub the paint off the bed if it makes contact while going down the highway. Road grit will act as sandpaper.

Yep. I need the pipe insulation. Also need to put something on the ends of the "hooks". I've already put a little nick in the truck paint.

they fit on my ram dually with my 990, but I do put pipe insulation over my fast guns so I don't accidentally slap them against the rear fenders putting them on and off. I have a wrap of tape on top and bottom to hold pipe insulation on.

I think I even run my tie downs on the inner most mount hole, but I can't recall (and I have not loaded the camper this year yet).

as others have said, torklift makes a relocation kit they say you may need for dodge trucks, but when I called tweetys about it they said they sold a bunch of them back in the early 2000's but have not sold many lately.

^^I think I would have to tear out something to get to them. Then I don't know if I would be able to get a wrench on the lag bolts. At this point I don't think it's worth doing it. First cool day before September I'll load it up and see what I got.

Can the plate be reversed? If so, that might be an easy fix.

Just got off the phone with Bigfoot. No problem. They explained that the Bigfoot tiedown eye is bolted through a 4" x 6" metal plate and that is secured to plywood with 4 lag screws. Said some people use angle iron to move the attachment points out, but my eyebolts will be fine too. I'll see if the drilled Torklifts combined with eyebolts on the ends of the Torklifts solve it, or if I will even need to use eyebolts on the Bigfoot.

^^^I've got about an inch of OSB against the front of the truck bed. Thinking about putting a 2x12 up there next time.

I have a older Ram dually and the fast guns were a little to close for me so I put some wood in the front of the truck to move the camper back a couple inches and it gave me the clearance I needed. I also put pipe insulation on my fast guns so if anything moves there is some pad there. The little extra space in the front gives a little more storage too.

Bedlam...it was an interesting conversation with Torklift. They explained that the strength comes from the "bite" in the corners of the extensions inside the truck mounts. That emphasizes even more the need for the triangulation of the hold downs. I'm going to finish drilling and then it will be awhile before I load the camper. Two grandbabies due in 2 weeks. It's too hot to load up and go anywhere near here anyway.