Know what this is for?

[McGyver]

It's located on both sides in the rear/lower portion of the bed.

What are these cutouts for, other than letting road spray in?

Thanks.

 

[jsalbre]

Well that’s odd. On my truck the tie down loop is in that slot, not at the back of the bed like yours is.

 

[Shawn686]

Mine has the tie downs in that location as well.

As for the road spray, on all the holes into my bed, I used gorilla tape from the under side to cover the holes and flex seal on the inside to seal them all. I have a contractor cap that is a slow camper conversion lol got to keep that dust out.

Shawn

 

[wrvond]

 

[McGyver]

Must be that Bighorn trim level doesn't get the tiedown hook on that side stamped location. Trying to remember if my last pickup with the Laramie had the hooks there. I never really used them so I don't remember seeing them.

Are those fairly sturdy?

 

[Pearce]

Are those fairly sturdy?

Those loops in my 16 seemed more sturdy than the ones in my 22. They aren't going anywhere but watch how you crank on them with straps.

 

[jsalbre]

Must be that Bighorn trim level doesn't get the tiedown hook. Trying to remember if my last pickup with the Laramie had the hooks. I never used them so I don't remember seeing them.

Are those fairly sturdy?

Your picture looks like the loop is there, just around the corner. On the far left of your picture.

They're welded in, so there's no part number to buy. It's part of the bed.

 

[McGyver]

Your picture looks like the loop is there, just around the corner. On the far left of your picture.

They're welded in, so there's no part number to buy. It's part of the bed.

Thanks. Didn't even notice. So they changed the location but used the same stamped bed design as the previous version. Wow

In either case I'm glad it's there but now have to tape the back of that hole to keep water out of the bed.

 

[AH64ID]

Must be that Bighorn trim level doesn't get the tiedown hook.

Likely its a location change for MY24, since those of use with the loops in that location have older trucks.

 

[Jimmy07]

It’s a DRW thing:

 

[jsalbre]

That’s an odd thing to be different between DRW and SRW. I’m sure there’s some reason for it, but I can’t figure out what.

 

[McGyver]

It’s a DRW thing:
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Makes total sense now since my '18 was SRW and this new '24 of mine is a DRW. Thanks for chiming in

 

[McGyver]

All fixed, thanks for all your input on here. They are plugged now. If you zoom in, you can barely see where the old stamped cutouts (for the SRW trucks) was open to the elements. I filled them in.

 

[Brutal_HO]

That’s an odd thing to be different between DRW and SRW. I’m sure there’s some reason for it, but I can’t figure out what.

Higher payload needs more cleat?

 

[jsalbre]

Higher payload needs more cleat?

Makes as much sense as anything else I can think of.