http://www.f150store.com/Shop/ViewPr...&PlateTypeID=1

Thinking about getting a set and just wanted to see what others that may have them think of them.

 

trying to bump your post counts up I see.

 

No...I am actually considering a set of these for my truck as I would like more tie downs than just the factory ones. Members like you are the reason I left the site for a while.

 

how do they mount?

 

that was a joke, lighten up Francis

 

Don't call him Francis or he'll have to kill ya

 

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Dunno but I like the "no drilling" tag.

Just don't like the product...

 

I don't have that exact set but I have a set like them. I really like them cause they are only there when you need them and out of the way when you don't.

 

It looks as though they will sit inside the stake hole. This is covered by a piece of rectangular plastic from the factory. (can be removed, and installed easily)

Do searches on stake hole tie downs. There's many many options out there.

FWIW, those look semi decent. I've considered getting a set of some sort also; figure for $30, what's the harm in trying?

E.

 

Throwing away $30 perfectly good dollars for junk.

 

said it before and will say it again. If you dont have it or dont use them dont post. Honestly how are you going to talk down on something you havnt used? My dad has them on his superduty and they work great. They pop up when you need them and flat when you dont. My dad likes them so much he has put them on his last 2 SD's. Also we have never had one pop out on us either. My question is how do you use them on a 150? my stake holes are covered I would have to cut my top cap to use them?

 

I had these in an old Ranger. They weren't the same brand... in fact I bought them from the Ford Accessories site years ago and they had a ford oval stamped on them. I'm going to look and see if they make them for the F-150. I used them a lot and liked them very much. The factory tie down hooks are too low in the bed for a lot of applications. $30 each does seem a little steep though unless that's for a pair... I seem to remember paying $25 for my pair.

So your stake holes are covered up? Don't you have the little removeable rectangle plastic covers over the stake holes?

 

Nope my bed caps are one solid thing, no precut, cutouts like on my dads SD

 

You just have to look under the inside bed rail and find the hole then you know where to dremel it out from the top. I did it with some similar pop ups that I got at Home Depot.

 

That's interesting. I have a 2004 (Job 2) and it has the removable covers.

Hey I was looking through your gallery... nice looking truck.



Obviously you lived and it probably is plenty strong enough, but you may not want to support your vehicle by the tow hook. I work for Ford in the Crash Test facility and the F-150 tow hooks all break off on 90º frontal impacts over 20MPH. You'll notice the tow hooks stick out slightly farther than the bumper... this is so the tow hooks make contact with the barrier face first and shear the bolts off. The reason for this is because the front of the frame is designed to crush to absorb impact energy and the tow hooks prevent it from crushing correctly, so they're designed to shear off. After recent frame modifications, the tow hook bolts were reduced from 10.9 grade to 9.8 grade so they would shear more easily.





The tow hooks are still plenty strong to yank, jerk, tow, pull, etc. other truck or get yanked out, so don't worry about that.