Gooseneck tailgate

[George2615]

Ever since I started pulling goosenecks I have dented bent crumpled and ripped off every tailgate. Once I remembered to let it down and got a cooler out of the truck. But I forgot to put it up and drove off. I saw it in the mirror when it came shooting out from under the trailer tires.

I have thought about a tailgate for the goose neck. I have even got a piece of ss expanded metal and some ss angle. But I can't get by the fact that the cut needs to be about 3" tall. I don't think that's enough for strength of the gate. I have an oak board 1 1/2" x 8" that's cut to an exact fit and rides in the groves made in the bed.

I almost think that if it was a feasible project, somebody would already be marketing them.

I think the last sentence says it all then.

 

[Jimbrown]

This guy could probably make you one.

Tailgate Picture Page

 

[oldpilgrim]

how about a rope mesh style with the center pulled down?

 

[Walkin Horse]

This guy could probably make you one.

Tailgate Picture Page

I think looking at the pictures those are 5ers and too tall

 

[CJen]

I probably would just get a 5er if the trailers had electric jacks but hand cranking them up that extra distance, what 6+ ", would be a PIA for me and a no-go for my wife. I'm pretty busy starting on a new house for us but a deep V gate made from aluminum is what I have in mind to build in my spare time. Strong enough to hold hay bales and buckets.

 

[handirifle]

Sure seems to me that a 5th wheel gate, with a removable center section. Something like this doesn't seem hard to build, of course I have never tried either, so take it for what it's worth.