5picker
Bronze Member
The stake pocket D-ring conversion looks like a handy concept, and would work great for light duty tie down, However looking at the design and the way it would be secured inside by a through pin would either mean having to drill a hole through the stake pocket or either the pin would simply go through under the pocket, only have the 2 ends of the pin holding in the D-ring insert from pulling back out, not a good idea...
Why not?
Pins hold stuff all the time with just the two ends of the pin sticking through... look at the attachment points of most top links on a 3 point hitch.
Sure people can (and people will) bust anything. Someone could break that short chain in the linked picture too, if a person tried hard enough.
Just because someone might not secure a load with it verses attaching directly to the frame doesn't make it a bad idea.
We likely couldn't afford anything (or even be able to use them) if all things were made indestructible.
Anything you use... has to be used with common sense.... something a wise man said (my dad) folks seem to have less of these days.
Just sayin'