HadEnough wrote:travisc wrote:
I’m curious why torklift hadn’t been engaged, I think they might have pertinent feedback maybe some questions for your installers, especially if you’ve done it twice,
Now that we have figured most of this out, I am wondering where TL is also.
Would love to hear their comments on the installation and their best guess on how it all happened to compare with the theories here.
Took you 7 pages to finally disclosure what really happen.
You blame tie-downs for serious issues with your truck.
I don't blame they don't want to step in it.
AnEv942 wrote:
As usual AnEv942 goes extra length to analyze the problem.
So from what I understand this is the picture showing bed towers?
They are completely messed up, so is the tie down failure result of tower failure, or the other way around?
Either way, OP needs to fix the towers before fixing tie-downs.
As near as Ive gleaned-yes those towers are front bed mounts.
If you know (or other member has) someone with simular truck a peek under would verify.
Install inst-likely not exact model but shows tower http://www.hitchsource.com/docs/tl/D2124.pdf
Basically a box
wnjj replied while writing-awesome!
Thats why Im leaning toward a precondition on the towers (used truck?) even with the bolted braces just doesn't seem damage shown could have occurred if everything was as it should be.
I'd also agree since they (Towers) need repair anyway- might not require fabbing belly bar and be better to rework what you have? But thats up to you.
If you know (or other member has) someone with simular truck a peek under would verify.
Install inst-likely not exact model but shows tower http://www.hitchsource.com/docs/tl/D2124.pdf
Basically a boxwnjj replied while writing-awesome!
Thats why Im leaning toward a precondition on the towers (used truck?) even with the bolted braces just doesn't seem damage shown could have occurred if everything was as it should be.
I'd also agree since they (Towers) need repair anyway- might not require fabbing belly bar and be better to rework what you have? But thats up to you.
I was trying to say the same thing in my previous post. Things are torn up in your installation and your camper is basically resting on your TL diagonal braces...not good.
Get the proper install and fix the tower mounts and you won't have this issue or need to build belly bars. Even if you add a belly bar, your bed will flex downward horribly there when your camper rocks toward the front without proper factory supports.
Here's what mine look like:
The TL doesn't interfere with the stock bed tower at all. You should have a quality welder fix up the bed mounts and customize the TL brackets to work alongside the stock supports, not butcher them.
You may also want to sight down your bed as it sure looks like a crease just beyond the tower and the TL brace is inboard of where it should be. Both signs of the compromised stock towers. On that really bad passenger side it looks the constant up & down hammering of the camper sheared the undersized bolt, which bent the diagonal brace toward the center, which further hammered the already compromised stock tower.
Get the proper install and fix the tower mounts and you won't have this issue or need to build belly bars. Even if you add a belly bar, your bed will flex downward horribly there when your camper rocks toward the front without proper factory supports.
Here's what mine look like:
The TL doesn't interfere with the stock bed tower at all. You should have a quality welder fix up the bed mounts and customize the TL brackets to work alongside the stock supports, not butcher them.
You may also want to sight down your bed as it sure looks like a crease just beyond the tower and the TL brace is inboard of where it should be. Both signs of the compromised stock towers. On that really bad passenger side it looks the constant up & down hammering of the camper sheared the undersized bolt, which bent the diagonal brace toward the center, which further hammered the already compromised stock tower.
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?
