Sometime during the night 1/03/12 my tailgate was stolen, i usually keep it locked, but of course the one time I don't someone stole it.

When the police came out to take my statement he told me that mine was the 3rd one that day to be reported.

Make sure you double check the lock on your tailgates!

 

What a PITA
You would think that there would be a lead on that with that many tailgates gone

 

Dorito,

Bummer. Where are you located? Big city or small town?


Timothy

 

Same thing happened a few years back on my old truck. What are you driving? I ended up getting a lock that goes inside the tailgate so anytime I locked the doors the tailgate locked. No forgetting there... Unless you forget to lock the truck, which I do not.

**Edit** I just saw you drive a 2010 F250... So where are you located?

 

I live in a small town just north of Houston, I have a 2010 F-250. I made a call to the dealership to see if it is even worth claiming on insurance, after about 45 minutes of adding he came up with $4700 without paint!!

Mine has the step and the camera in it. That PITA *** step is $1000.00 alone.

 

I saw one on ebay for around 600.00., here's one in Houston for 500.00 with step, may even match your color and vin.

2009- **09 F-250 tailgate W/STEP**

and another for 650 2011- F250 SuperDuty Tailgate with Step


I know how it feels to walk out and see it missing, not a good feeling. Hope this helps a little.

 

I appreciate the links, I will call and see if they are still avaliable, i wonder if you can get the camera from Ford? I have become very dependant on it. I can hook my boat up by myself with one try everytime

 

I would have rep'ed ya for the efforts but you know the story. Good job

 

You can get it for a price...

Just trying to give back, do my part if you will...

 

Hose clamp around the sliding hinge on the right. That will slow them down at least for the $0.50 it will cost you.

 

Mind if I ask where?

 

my neighbors 04 superduty was stolen.. and my cousins 99 superduty was stolen. the 99 was never found... but my neighbors was found 4 hours later with a broken door lock and a tailgate missing... its pretty bad over here on the eastside man. im in houston as well. sorry bout your tailgate..

 

hey dorito, i'm in houston. come to tink of it, there's quite a few of us around here. there's robert, me, and .....and...... i know there's a bunch of u guys out here! lol.

sorry to hear bout ur little mishap. i hate it when some dingbat tinks he can get away wif stealing someone else's hard-earned property.

 

I got in contact with one of the guys who has the listing on Craigslist. He has a black talegate with all the options mine has..

 

I live in Crosby.