Tailgate cable load capacity?
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Tailgate cable load capacity?
I want to put my 740lb ZTR mower in my truck for service. Will the cables hold the weight of the mower and the ramps, or should I remove the tailgate before loading? Last time I did I scratched it and don't want to if again I don't have to....
Anybody have an idea? 04 FX4.
Thanks.
Anybody have an idea? 04 FX4.
Thanks.
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I want to put my 740lb ZTR mower in my truck for service. Will the cables hold the weight of the mower and the ramps, or should I remove the tailgate before loading? Last time I did I scratched it and don't want to if again I don't have to....
Anybody have an idea? 04 FX4.
Thanks.
Anybody have an idea? 04 FX4.
Thanks.
Part of its on the ground end of the ramps, and once the front is in the truck bed, just the rear wheels are on the tailgate.
I myself have loaded heavier things than that into my many F150 trucks, and they have been fine.
Is that a guarantee your tailgate will be okay, NO.
But i doubt you will hurt it.....on average at most you have half the load on the gate at once, and since that is only about 370 lbs, i personally would not hesitate to do that to my truck.I tested my tailgate by having myself and some pals stand on the tailgate of my 2004 F150.
The combined weight of us 4 guys was 860 pounds, or roughly there abouts.
We did not break it.
Although I witnessed with my own eyes a nearly brand new toyota tacoma tailgate fail with just 2 guys standing on it in a parking lot.
it was a 2005 tacoma, and while both guys were pretty chubby, i bet they were no more than about 550 pounds combined.
I was shocked to see it break.
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My 500 sportsman is about 750 lbs so you should be ok
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I believe Ford rates the gates at 500lbs in the dead center (a very conservative figure... safe for the manufacturer). As mentioned above... at no time is ALL of that weight on the gate. I loaded my 600+lb ATV more times than I could count, on my old 06.
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c'mon guys...these aren't Tundras 
that being said, the weight of a mower will be just fine
same here...almost 300 lbs by my lonesome self and the tailgate doesn't even budge when I'm moving about on it
that being said, the weight of a mower will be just fine
same here...almost 300 lbs by my lonesome self and the tailgate doesn't even budge when I'm moving about on it
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I've had 2500lbs in the bed with the tailgate down. Enough load on the tailgate that I now have a 6" diameter 1" deep dent in the tailgate. So I would have to say the metal will bend before the cables will break....
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Although I witnessed with my own eyes a nearly brand new toyota tacoma tailgate fail with just 2 guys standing on it in a parking lot.
it was a 2005 tacoma, and while both guys were pretty chubby, i bet they were no more than about 550 pounds combined.
I was shocked to see it break.
Although I witnessed with my own eyes a nearly brand new toyota tacoma tailgate fail with just 2 guys standing on it in a parking lot.
it was a 2005 tacoma, and while both guys were pretty chubby, i bet they were no more than about 550 pounds combined.
I was shocked to see it break.
Thanks for your memory,