cheap tie downs for two motorcycles

i added two tie downs on the center front of my bed as a place to strap down two motorcycles.

got some surplus D rings (the same as i put on my bed bolts for tie downs) for cheap online. Grabbed some 1/4 in steel plate i had laying around and cut it to size. I put one 1/4 in steel plate on top and one 1/4in steel plate on the bottom to help brace the bed and bolted through it with grade 8 hardware. should be pretty strong! Then the chunk of bed mat i cut around the 1/4in plate i trimmed and double side taped to the plate to A. add some grip and B. keep the D rings from rubbing the paint off the 1/4in plate.



Mostly haul two dirtbikes/enduros, or a crotch rocket and dirtbike/enduro. I hauled these two WITHOUT the center tie downs and it was miserable trying to secure them in the front.

 

Nice looking truck.
Actually, any truck with bikes looks good...