SidecarFlip wrote:
Kayteg1 wrote:
From what I heard bed-mounted brackets have been judged inadequate, even some Happijacd come with rod extending to frame.
For my new Ford I spend $350 for front tie downs and manufacture hitch-mounted rears myself.
Thats phooey. I've had mine with 2 TC's over 18 years now, no issues.
Not sure about the aluminum bed situation but I do know that the metal in new trucks is thinner than in older trucks.
I do like the HJ Qwik Loads. About 1/2 the cost of the TL Fast Guns. Do the same thing for much less cost and the handles are removable and can be used without attaching them to the cam action mechanism.
It's HappiJac btw, not Happijacd...duh.
Tell us, where did you 'hear ' that bit of phooey or was it made up for the moment?
Kayteg is correct, NO PHOOEY!!!!! hj is more commonly known as ( crappi jac) BTW a nickname their history has earned them. They have often had to add bracing and many other,repair changes to their products because of inaduqate design ⊂ grade quality of their products
ps years ago I posted here pix of crapi jac tie downs failing because of poor welding Close up pix were shown to prove the cause
now back to the ops ? the use of aluminum in the bed will almost certainly require modifications to hj original designs because of aluminums poor performance under repeated stress and flexing
