question about cleat mounting plates
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Ford would have been better served to have continued to supply the BoxLink brackets with no cleats, or created new brackets that incorporated D-rings.
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ANY time a strap is subjected to a sharp corner, it needs to be inspected often. I have not looked at these new brackets closely, but they look pretty squared-off, which means there is a HIGH probability that it will cut through a strap if it moves at all.
Ford would have been better served to have continued to supply the BoxLink brackets with no cleats, or created new brackets that incorporated D-rings.
Ford would have been better served to have continued to supply the BoxLink brackets with no cleats, or created new brackets that incorporated D-rings.
I sold the previous trailer and updated to a new enclosed trailer for my business last summer. I went crazy with E track in the thing. Now I have shelves on E track along with ladder hooks, hanging baskets and tie downs galore.
Same thing with my motorcycle trailer. I have a crazy amount of tie down places for bikes. Also placed the track all along the sidewalls so that tall items could be strapped to the wall to avoid tipping over.
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What more do you need than a 5,000 pound breaking strength
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Both my '23 and my '25 have the same mounting plate in the back... they take this cleat...
It's a decent enough cleat... no sharp edges, reasonably placed, I guess. No factory mounting point has ever been in the right place, anyway...
It's a decent enough cleat... no sharp edges, reasonably placed, I guess. No factory mounting point has ever been in the right place, anyway...
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Both styles of plates look similar, but did you try the cleats from the '23 in your '25?
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