e track in camper storage bays

[JDark]

anyone out there using e track in their storage bays to keep everything from shifting around while traveling?

 

[Hoefler]

I use it in my enclosed trailer to keep saws, scaoffolding, and lumber in place. I had to have my straps shortened to work on smaller stuff.

 

[JDark]

e track installed

works great. bought vertical track and installed on both sides of the storage bay, on the floor and the forward bulkhead. really works neat.

 

[EricBu12]

My 36' 5th wheel came with 3, 10' sections of it... I tie down my Yamaha Rhino (weighs 1300#) use 4 ratchet straps. .



Get the Adapters from a trailer supply or truckstop... use the ones that have only a single piece of metal at the end or the metal ring type... they work the best to click into the track... .



The track on mine, I bolted down with 1 1/4" screws . . don't need to use every hole... . just 1 every 4 or 5 holes...



Geat tie down track. . adjustable to whatever you are doing.

 

[y-knot]

I use it all the time, great stuff but you see it very little. Why?? Not sure but I assume it has something to do with the price. While it is not expensive (usually around 3-5 dollars a foot installed) it is extra money, and from what I have seen in the trailer business, most folks come in wanting the cheapest trailer they can get for the amount of money they have to spend. Just my take on it.

I started using it about 10 years ago, and would not order another trailer without it. It is probally the most useful option they sell. You can not pre-plan for every trailering experience, and the E-track allows you to be ready for anything. I like running 3 line of the E-track down the walls, one at about 18" off the floor, one around 36-40" off the flor, and the other one up by the ceiling, say 18" to 24" down. This pretty much allows you the flexibility to add a upper shelf with the various E-track fittings avalable, keeping items off the floor and out of danger. While the other two rows can handle any moving situation.

You can add the E-track yourself, but it doesn't look very nice and isn't nearly as strong as if you would have it installed by the trailer manufacturer. There, they weld it into the walls, and hide all but the actual pieces that are used to tie down. The welding makes the E-track much stronger, and will strengthen the trailer as well, by tying all the wall supports together.

 

[Todd T]

I used 25 feet (10' along each wall and 5' in the middle) of it on the garage of my toy hauler to tie down whatever I'm hauling. I also picked up 4 thingys that click in and will hold a 2x4. I use those to run a 2x4 across the trailer as a wheel chock for the bikes.



great stuff!

 

[Todd T]

You can add the E-track yourself, but it doesn't look very nice and isn't nearly as strong as if you would have it installed by the trailer manufacturer. There, they weld it into the walls, and hide all but the actual pieces that are used to tie down. The welding makes the E-track much stronger, and will strengthen the trailer as well, by tying all the wall supports together.

where you getting RV's with metal stud walls? ROFL

 

[y-knot]

Sorry I called it a RV, but it is really a "toy hauler". Which is made on the frame of a enclosed trailer. Their they use metal studs in the walls on 16" centers, or on 12" centers like mine if you spec it. They also use metal studs in the roof and of-coarse in the floor. This makes for a much stronger trailer then if they would simply use wood.

If you order the E-track as a factory option, then they weld the track to the wall supports and finish it off nicely so you only see the actual track, not it's edges and not screws, or welds visible.