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Old Mar 19, 2017 | 09:14 PM
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How does it work?

 
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Old Mar 19, 2017 | 09:17 PM
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Maybe I have had one beer too many, but an I missing something? Are you aski by how to tie something into the bed of your truck? I hope not but you never know, or are you asking how to remove the cleats? And for that, you use your ignition key.
 
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Old Mar 19, 2017 | 09:21 PM
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Maybe I have had one beer too many, but an I missing something? Are you aski by how to tie something into the bed of your truck? I hope not but you never know, or are you asking how to remove the cleats? And for that, you use your ignition key.
I know it's a cleat for tie downs, but why keyed?
 
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Old Mar 19, 2017 | 09:45 PM
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It's keyed so it's not easily taken. Thieves take tailgates they would take these as well.
 
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Old Mar 19, 2017 | 09:54 PM
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What's with the red showing through at the edges? Who did the bed liner? I'd be pissed if mine turned out that way.
 
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Old Mar 19, 2017 | 09:57 PM
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What's with the red showing through at the edges? Who did the bed liner? I'd be pissed if mine turned out that way.
That's the way the factory bed liner is sprayed in.
 
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Old Mar 19, 2017 | 10:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Johnpsz
Maybe I have had one beer too many, but an I missing something? Are you aski by how to tie something into the bed of your truck? I hope not but you never know, or are you asking how to remove the cleats? And for that, you use your ignition key.
Mine came with different keys, not the ignition key

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That's the way the factory bed liner is sprayed in.
I saw that in the F-150 when I ordered mine, I'm glad the salesman miss that and when the truck came they sent it to a shop that does it for them, they removed all the hardware and spray it behind everything, even trailer plug in bed
 
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Old Mar 19, 2017 | 10:22 PM
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Box link is what it's called. Wait a while and after market shops will start making cool stuff for them like coffee cup holders, toilet seats, and fans that spin in the wind. Maybe some bull *****.
 
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Old Mar 19, 2017 | 11:51 PM
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Old Mar 20, 2017 | 12:18 AM
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Originally Posted by MagicMtnDan
Thanks, that's what I was looking for.
I know how to tie stuff down, I didn't know people stole cleats from truck bed's. Probably a big money item on the black market if its a matching set of four.
And now I know, thanks again for the link.
 
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Old Mar 20, 2017 | 12:42 AM
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All models are the same size as well. F150 cleat fit my f350 so lock your ship down.
 
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Old Mar 20, 2017 | 07:48 AM
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Yeah, unfortunately the Ford factory bed liner does not remove the box links and then spray...they just tape them off and spray around them. While it doesn't look at nice, it certainly doesn't affect bed protection.

For being patented and having a fancy name, I don't find these to be that special other than having another place to tie down to in the bed.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong...but didn't the previous-gen trucks (2011-2016) have 6 tie-downs in the bed if you bought the long bed? Not counting the box-links, my 2017 long bed has 4 tie downs.

Part of why the Box Links aren't that great is because they are up so high on the bed wall. Much of what I tie down needs to be held down low in the bed, so the regular tie-downs are used...
 
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Old Mar 20, 2017 | 07:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Sleepyguy
All models are the same size as well. F150 cleat fit my f350 so lock your ship down.
2015 FORD F-150 Bed Cleats - Premium Locking, Carbon Black, 4-Piece Kit BRAND NEW OEM for $74.80 Prime

So these by the looks of it will fit My 2017 SD right?
 
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Old Mar 20, 2017 | 08:10 AM
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that video shows them using E-track straps and hooks which is cool!




 
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Old Mar 20, 2017 | 08:20 AM
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Yeah, I saw that too. But in my opinion, the Box Links don't seem terribly strong. When some of these beds are rated for over 5,000lbs capacity...you'd think the hooks and tie downs would all be strong enough to handle securing that kind of load.
 
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