Tailgate lock
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Tailgate lock
Saw a website yesterday where they were selling tailgate locking devices that wrap around the right hinge pivot, for $19.99, plus shipping and handling, totalling around $24.00.
They talked about how easily tailgates are being stolen off trucks, especially ones with the "man-step". One of our local dealers had 3 "man-step tailgates stolen recently.
Thought it would be a good safety feature until I started thinking about it.
So I went to the hardware store and bought a hose clamp. Installed it around the pivot point with the screw head facing downwards behind the bumper.
Unlikely someone will have a screwdriver handy to crawl under the back bumper and spend that much time to steal my tailgate.
I spent $1.49!!
They talked about how easily tailgates are being stolen off trucks, especially ones with the "man-step". One of our local dealers had 3 "man-step tailgates stolen recently.
Thought it would be a good safety feature until I started thinking about it.
So I went to the hardware store and bought a hose clamp. Installed it around the pivot point with the screw head facing downwards behind the bumper.
Unlikely someone will have a screwdriver handy to crawl under the back bumper and spend that much time to steal my tailgate.
I spent $1.49!!
Tuned
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From: Tennessee
Is it that easy for someone to steal the tailgate with the handle locked? never thought about it. Although I don't have a man step tailgate I would be terribly P*O'd if I came out to my truck and my tailgate was gone. How would they get it if it's locked with the key? Sorry, just not a tailgate expert.
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Last weekend I bought a louvered tailgate for a fifth wheel from a guy who worked as a mechanic for Ford. He advised me of the same hose clamp idea. If someone wants it, they will still get it, but this would slow them down!
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From: Pflugerville, tx
Is it that easy for someone to steal the tailgate with the handle locked? never thought about it. Although I don't have a man step tailgate I would be terribly P*O'd if I came out to my truck and my tailgate was gone. How would they get it if it's locked with the key? Sorry, just not a tailgate expert.
with the hose clamp, at least they have to fight it in the open.
I am working on getting an electric lock, so I can remember to lock the tailgate when I lock the truck.
Sam
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The tail gate lock is surounded by the same plastic BS that the door locks are. Without the Jimmy Jammers a simple screw driver unlocks them. Maybe the same for the tail gate?
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Same for the tailgate. But, Jimmi Jammers also makes a lock protector for the tailgate. I've got them on all four doors, and the tailgate.
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