rynosurf
Adventurer
I'm sure others have thought of this but I couldn't find any info so I thought I would share. I wanted some extra tie down points for my bed rails but didn't want to spend the money on some stock ones so I made my own. I bought some 2 1/2" x 3/8" eyebolts, 3/8" washers, 3/8" fender washers and some 3/8" unistrut nuts and removed the springs. Slide a nut into the tie down channel with the standard washer in front of it, then just thread the eyebolt with fender washer into nut and you are done. The standard washer fits into the grooves that are designed for the stock tie downs; you can tighten or loosen bolts by hand and move them to desired location.
I also did the same thing using 1/4" hardware to attach my quickfists for my shovel. (If you do this, use a 3/8" washer in front of the 1/4" unistrut nut.)
So far they have worked out pretty good, but I haven't had the chance to really test them out. Total cost was about $5 for 4 tie downs.
I also did the same thing using 1/4" hardware to attach my quickfists for my shovel. (If you do this, use a 3/8" washer in front of the 1/4" unistrut nut.)
So far they have worked out pretty good, but I haven't had the chance to really test them out. Total cost was about $5 for 4 tie downs.
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