Wanting to mount hi-lift directly to the bed rail - need advice

I'm looking to mount my hi-lift to the front bed rail, but I can't use any of the many brackets that hang down, like Allpro or Relentless. If I do it'll mess with my storage solution. So the hi-lift needs to be mounted higher up.

I'm looking to do basically what this guy did:


(the member hasn't been on in months)

Can anybody give me advice as to what hardware to use?

I was thinking I could just throw some t-slot nuts into the rail, and then just bolt into those nuts. But that sounds like a pain in the ass trying to hold the hi-lift up there while bolting into it.

Do they make something like a t-slot nut, but with a bolt instead? I'm trying to figure out how that guy got bolts coming out like that. If they're super solid, that would be ideal.

Thanks.

 

This may not help. But in case it does..this is what I did.

 

You could use a carriage bolt

 

Use a t-slot nut with the appropriate length and size all thread then use a jamb-nut to basically make the T-slot into a bolt. Then stack some more nuts and use a washer to keep the hi-lift the appropriate distance off the bed rail and finish it off with a rubber washer and a big wingnut.

I can get you a photo of what I'm talking about when I get back home in 2 days if you want.

 

I did this before I built my own brackets just using carriage bolts, nuts and washers.

Using a Tslot and some ready rod would probably work better. thread the ready rod into the t-slot, then a fender washer (or 2) and a nut to hold the rod in place. Then throw your hilift on and put wing nuts or one of these knobs that I used and you're done.