Ratchet strap hook 1, Pickup truck 0

[JEDI]

 

[Fenixgoon]

That has to have gone in the wrong spot...how the hell else do you tear through the entire body panel?

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

That makes no sense.

And without a source or other context .....

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

Those straps aren't sufficient to hold those barrels (unless empty), but the strap should break first.

 

[sdifox]

That probably wasn't attached to an anchor.

 

[waffleironhead]

Guessing excess strap got wrapped in wheel/tire and dragged the hook downwards.
People loose kayaks off their roof racks from the same issue.

 

[IronWing]

Ford? Aluminum body?

 

[sdifox]

Ford? Aluminum body?

Bed stake pocket is not an anchor point.

 

[IronWing]

Bed stake pocket is not an anchor point.

I use them as hold points for ratchet straps all the time.

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

I use them as hold points for ratchet straps all the time.

Ever wrap a strap around an axle? It'll carve that aluminum open like a can.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Yikes, guessing it was anchored in the top hole where back racks insert into, which is not a proper anchor point, though some trucks do actually have an anchor point on the outside so could be that. It must have got pulled in by the wheel somehow. They make body panels super thin now, so it's not surprising at all. I can make mine rattle like ductwork by just banging on it slightly. In fact I think main trunk ductwork might actually be thicker.

 

[sdifox]

I use them as hold points for ratchet straps all the time.

Just because you can doesn't mean you should.

 

[Torn Mind]

Fordnesium is about as bad as Chinesium.