Re: Good Stakehole Tie-downs

From: JT McBride (James.McBride@GDEsystems.COM)
Date: Fri Mar 21 1997 - 20:30:48 EST


> To make a long story short, I purchased 4 of the Hide-A-Loop
>tiedowns from a local Dodge dealer (in a Mopar box, no less),

I'm surprised no one responded to your request [guess I'm guilty too].

I picked up a set of hide-a-hook stake tie-downs from Off Road Warehouse
here in San Diego for a little over half of what the Dodge dealers wanted
for the same thing (your dealers might be cheaper - SD Dealers love to
gouge, it seems). I've used them to secure my 600-odd pound motorcycle,
and fiberglass body parts for the trip to Montana twice. They're fine
for shorter trips, but the screws will work loose on long trips. I secured
the screws with Locktite the last time I tightened them, and they haven't
moved much since.

The sheet metal in the stake pockets is pretty thin though, so I wouldn't
attempt to secure something like an engine block with them - you'll need
to add rings to the bed mounting bolts for that.

Cheers,

Jim

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