Exterior factory tie-downs are the best!

"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck) 09/28/2017 at 21:46 • Filed to: Mah truck

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Seriously. They maximize utility, minimize time, and you’re never worried about rust from a bracket, or a cheap aftermarket piece breaking under load. Why don’t manufacturers do this anymore? Other than the almighty dollar...

Dogapult > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 09/28/2017 at 21:50

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Aesthetics, mostly.

Jonee > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 09/28/2017 at 21:51

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Yeah, I don’t get it, either. Maybe they’re too utilitarian looking. People don’t like their trucks looking useful. The ones on my old Chevy LUV were so damn handy. I used to load that thing up.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 09/28/2017 at 21:54

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Amen! There’s been numerous times where I’ve been underwhelmed with the number of places to hook on ratchet straps on several different trucks.

Urambo Tauro > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 09/28/2017 at 21:57

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That’s what spokes are for.

Alfalfa > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 09/28/2017 at 22:04

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Trucks nowadays are less about utility and more about style.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Urambo Tauro 09/28/2017 at 22:09

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I hope there’s an “after” photo

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Alfalfa 09/28/2017 at 22:09

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They should have bought a car then.

unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 09/28/2017 at 22:14

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There is a obituary though.

bhtooefr > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 09/28/2017 at 22:15

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Aerodynamics might be a factor, too - nowhere near the primary one, but a factor nonetheless.

In any case, pickups designed for the US market, for whatever reason, have never had tie-down rails as part of the bed like that, and it’s always designs intended for other markets where I see that (sometimes American-market designs are modified to add them, sometimes foreign-market designs are modified to remove them).

AFAIK, most of the trucks with them in the US market are 70s/80s Japanese models, before the Japanese automakers figured out how to customize per-market.

functionoverfashion > BaconSandwich is tasty. 09/28/2017 at 22:25

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Every truck I’ve had, I’ve put eye bolts into for this reason.

benjrblant > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 09/28/2017 at 22:25

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I’ve often wondered why trucks no longer have practical tie-down points. Style? Liability? Cost? Whatever the reason, it’s disappointing.

Nothing > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 09/28/2017 at 22:40

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I’d say going that route would be cheaper than the rail system that trucks have now. The exterior hooks would be useless with a cap or tonneau, though.

DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 09/28/2017 at 23:25

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As I learned from my dad they’re completely unnecessary. Just mount some boards on the side of the truck and screw some eyelets into them!

Like this. But more getto.

PyramidHat > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 09/29/2017 at 00:16

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Dad had a 1977 Datsun Pickup that had these...quite handy...

diplodicus > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 09/29/2017 at 08:17

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Saw this the other day and thought of you. https://detroit.craigslist.org/okl/cto/d/1983-toyota-sr5-no-rust-2/6321608539.html

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 09/29/2017 at 14:32

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No no, you don’t understand. They want to look like the type of “man” that needs a truck to do manly thing while actually being the type of man that doesn’t even really put stuff in the bed, tow, or need anything a base Honda Civic wouldn’t offer.

Wacko > Urambo Tauro 09/30/2017 at 12:22

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That’s why they don’t get real pickups in Europe

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 10/10/2017 at 09:30

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who need practicality anyway?
On 620's, many people remove them for style.

Then again, I don’t think this one will ever haul anything other than ass

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo 10/10/2017 at 09:32

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This guy: