$2 truck bed tie downs - using exhaust clamps as hooks - cheap GENiUS hacks

So this is one of my very truly genius ideas. I've done this a few times and it never lets me down. Stake pockets can be nice for using ratchet straps, but usually you want to tie DOWN to the bed...not UP to the bedsides. I did this first in my GMT400 Z71, and now again with my GMT800 Silverado. The newer silverado already had cargo hooks down by the bed floor, but the 6.5 short bed had nothing in the middle (stake pockets or hooks) so I added four more just in front of and just behind the wheel wells. Then one of the factory hooks broke the weld off the support plate, so I just drilled some new holes and used my old clamp trick. Can't go wrong.

2pk clamps: https://amzn.to/3FEHRkS

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