Front Frame Mount Tie Downs Not Working!

AnEv942 wrote:
The style of TL mount is different than shown earlier, and a lot different than mine.

OPs are not welded at top to a piece of angle but end is bent and bolts to bed cross member. Shown in previous thread.
IF the bolt drops, upward force from camper the flat bar brace can 'slide' inboard, that in turn breaks lower weld.
2 issues-1st This style works in conjunction with frame tower and existing bolt plate, Ops towers are shredded.
Second and primary is instead of a 1/2" bolt going thru mount into bed someone dropped a smaller bolt thru.






While there is a lot of torn metal it sure looks like someone cut out the top of towers?
Mount brace is supposed to mount to it. Issue here is from what I gather, the bolt that's supposed to go up thru is also the bed mount...
If OP can fab a belly bar should hold camper, really doesn't take that much.
The existing situation/condition & way it was bolted, only option was to fail. Still need to address bed mount towers, if that is what it also does.

Now this is an interesting post. Yes, that’s the style of frame mount for my truck.

Because I didn’t install these at all and a certified installer did, I am not sure what anything is supposed to look like down there other than the mount should be attached to the frame and in one piece.

I think I’ll go with the belly bar so I don’t need to deal with this all the time.

However, you mentioned the bed mount towers. Those are the ripped up metal, right? Those should be sort of like 90 degree L brackets holding the bed to the frame?