load capacity on these tie-down points?

I'm at the dealer now, getting perma plate applied. Checked w/ the guy at the parts counter and unfortunately they don't have the d-rings in stock.

I also asked about the front loops, and he's going to get some info on them from Toyota and let me know. I think it's a red flag when the manual mentions no load rating for them...

 

Yea those things will never see a tie-down hook, except maybe for securing camping gear, but not my bike. Oh, and you're user title is hilarious; I love that movie.

 

I found the below corner supports to be very sturdy and they hold bikes as well. I have one bike on each stock front corner mount as shown here in this thread. And then the second strap for each bike to opposite brackets.

http://jpmetalfab.com/products.html

 

If your talking about the effectiveness of an anchor during a crash, then there seems to be a little confusion going on with the strength of any of these anchors. The force from a 200 lb object coming to a stop at 80 mph will be far greater than the rated 440 lbs of a d-ring.

 

Honestly I'm just realizing I'd previously only secured the bike for transport, not a crash... Doesn't matter how secure my anchor points were on my GMC; I never secured the back of the bike... Had I hit something head-on, the bike might possibly front-flip out of the truck bed.

I'm ordering d-rings today from TRDparts4U, and they're going under the bed to frame bolts.

 

and that means what exactly........?

When it comes to the safety of myself and others on the road I error on the side of caution. I bought a 800# rated bed rack not because I wanted to haul 800# of wood on my rack - because I wanted the highest rated rack sold for our truck when I haul my (2) 40# kayaks. Do I think a 800# load will remain secured when I crash head on to a brick wall at 80mph...NO. I'm not a retard.

 

You're getting on people's cases about using an anchor that has a load rating slightly less than a d ring and making it sound like it's going to matter in a crash. Right from your words above. That's misinformation. As a d ring will have a better tie down value, it will not hold an item in a collision.

It doesn't have to be a brick wall. It can be a collision with a vehicle at a deceleration rate of half a second or at any rate. It's still going to be much greater than the ability of the tie down.

Force =Mass x Acceleration or Deceleration

That's all I'm getting at. You're always so angry about everything. Just sit back and drink a beer.

 

In case anybody else was wondering, I called Toyota USA's customer service line and they put me in touch w/ a parts specialist. Those tie-down loops are rated for 240 lbs each.

Regardless, I'm going pick up my d-rings to install under the front bed bolts today.

 

I got 4 pack of 300lb rated links at Lowe's and some wide fender washers for about $10.

 

The loops would be a good option to help you with the side to side movement you were concerned with earlier with the straps being nearly vertical. Use the d-rings in the bed bolts to take the brute of the load, and use those loops for a little extra 'anti-tipping' security.

 

That's exactly what I was thinking! Especially when I'm hauling two bikes.

"Bikes" is pretty general; this thread was started with 450cc 4 stroke mx bikes (< 250 lbs) in mind.

 

I spent some time making some brackets and attaching unistrut and cross-bed toolboxes to mine recently, and I'm not so sure they're aluminum. They are extremely rigid for how thin they are and I hit them a bit with a dremel to grind a notch in (so I know where to line up the bracket if it ever gets removed) and it felt like steel, not aluminum. Regardless, I'm with you on not asking more of them than they're rated to handle.

Disclaimer: I'm not a metalworker or anything. I just like to cut and grind things.

 

Does anybody know if the bed bolts are galvanized? I got some rustoleum to coat them after I grind the part that holds the washers on. The can says not to use on galvanized metal...

 

when i was able to haul my bike in the box (i have a swing away and tool box now) I DID use these to tie down my Yamaha R6, i never had any problems whatsoever.

and once tied down if i rocked my bike, it rocked the truck so i feel good about them.

if you don't trust them, don't use them. trust your own judgement.

 

Two bikes wrenched down to fuck on the stock mount points since we were going through the mountains and it gets a bit curvy.



It was also a bit snowy.

 

Where were you heading to? Is that one of the new huskies?