thinking of grabbing one of these

I wouldn't trust it, get yourself some decent straps

If you built it yourself, you could easily re-enforce it, I thought about building one the metal would cost about 50 bucks and well I can't weld but my best friend can. I just have not decided it. I can strap down the ATV in 5 minutes anyways.

I don't lose my straps very often, I keep each one in small plastic bags when I am not using them and they are all kept in a large bag in the back of the truck.

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Originally Posted by Sam Menard

I agree. The adjusting connectors will be loose-fitting which will cause movement in the system. Worse yet, without a brace directly back to the hitch, the unit will likely bend in a sudden stop. A custom job with thicker steel, a brace, and less parts would be better IMO.

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Originally Posted by Gregger17

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I love this Erickson e-trac tie down system. Cheaper and sooo easy! The only thing is you need to buy is hardware ( bolts/nuts /washers) $10 or so.


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Wow I’ve trailered a lot of heavy equipment. That there scares me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kxoqZXBfws this is the same design but diff company, skip through the video a bit lmk what you guys think? its made out of the same stuff your hitch on your truck is made out of. why trust your hitch to hitch trailers but not trust it to hold a atv in the back of your truck?

I don't think there's much you can do to keep a quad in the truck in a serious collision, I'd say that thing would keep it from falling out just as well as any Chinese made ratchet strap hooked into a tie down bolted into a tinfoil truck box. At least a trailer hitch is bolted into the frame. I don't think I'd be towing a trailer on the back of it though it looks a bit jenky for that.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kxoqZXBfws this is the same design but diff company, skip through the video a bit lmk what you guys think? its made out of the same stuff your hitch on your truck is made out of. why trust your hitch to hitch trailers but not trust it to hold a atv in the back of your truck?

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I wonder how well his tailgate closes after all that !! Personally, I wouldn’t want the weight on my tailgate...

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Originally Posted by rick_iles

I wonder how well his tailgate closes after all that !! Personally, I wouldn’t want the weight on my tailgate...

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i have to have my tailgate like that for my atv to fit in my bed, havent had any issues with my tailgate at all, if youre talking about the possible hit from the arm and tailgate youre suppose to leave at least an inch gap in between and it comes with something caled the slackonator which allows a little slack when under more weight

No problem on the tail gate, if you have an extra cab most likely your box is no more then 6.6 ft, so your tail has to be down.

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I wonder how well his tailgate closes after all that !! Personally, I wouldn’t want the weight on my tailgate...

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Wow I’ve trailered a lot of heavy equipment. That there scares me

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I agree! Each bounce will put slack on the strap and eventually it just slides off. Things that make you go hummmmm?

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Originally Posted by Bowjob

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Kolpin-L...30-U/203471046

thinking of grabbing one of these for the atv, anyone hear anything bad about these? getting kinda tired of tying the atv down to the bed lol, also heard if you ever get cut off itll save your back window from your atv going through it.

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This what you need for the rear window...
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