Tail Gate Crush Problem

[CanyonCreekMT]

I think this one needs to be posted in plain view!!!</P>


Posted in one of the forums about building a bumper for the RTVis a note postedby Messick Farm Equipmentn that you cancrush the tailgate by raising the bed with a receiver hitch attached. I would never have thought of that and since you are inside the cab when you raise the bed you would not see it was going to happen.</P>


Thank you for bringing that to a new RTV owners attention you may have saved me some money.</P>

 

[Nolefan]

I believe that it is only a concern if you have the tailgate in the down position or if your ball hitch rises upquite abit from the receiver. I know that the ball hitch I use is approximately a 2" rise and as long as the tailgate is up it doesn't make contact with the ball hitch when ever I raise the bed.

 

[CanyonCreekMT]

By up do you mean with the cables holding the gate? you would have to open the gate to dump. Maybe they had the wires that hold the tailgate disconected?

 

[Nolefan]

No, I mean up by the tailgate being in the closed position. If the tailgate is down then you do run the risk of hitting it on the ball hitch!

 

[KitC]

But, on a brighter side, it only happens once...my wife found out the hard way. Made a nice dimple on the tailgate, but since then, it's been no problem..

 

[forest dweller]

<FONT color=#0000ff>I think it can only occur whenthe tailgate is hanging all the way down. It is one of those things you don't think about until you hear the crunch!</FONT>

 

[Peanut]

the bumper is comin trust me i got it figured out. i just got a few orders to get out and i will have a demo model for twoguns to showoff to ya'll. but there will be a bumper for the rtv!!! there is a crushing factor to think about but i have figured it out i just need to make it .lol

 

[milkman]

I knew Tommy and crew would come through....can't wait for the pictures.

 

[Peanut]

this is the plate bender we just got through makin so we can bend plate. lol it's 29" wide but we can only bend plates up to 24" and 1/4 thickwe still need to put some gusetts in the angle irons but it's workin good right now.total cost was 43.00 lol i used som old trampoline springs to help pull the jack back up and they work great.</P>

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[TWO GUNS]

LOOKS SUPER **** THAT WILL GET THE JOB DONE !!!!!!!!!!

 

[Deerlope]

No to many years ago I use to buy angle iron that had a true 90 degree on the inside. Not a radius like you have in the pic's. I think the true 90 stuff would gie a tighter bend.

 

[RUSTY ANVIL]

Tommy,</P>
<P style="__styleDocument: [object]">You DA MAN......[]</P>
<P style="__styleDocument: [object]">Two Guns he DA SALESMAN......[]</P>


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Rusty Anvil,,,</P>

 

[Peanut]

yea it all started with "twoguns" i really can't thank him enough for the help he's givin me .

 

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[quote user="Nolefan"]I believe that it is only a concern if you have the tailgate in the down position or if your ball hitch rises upquite abit from the receiver. I know that the ball hitch I use is approximately a 2" rise and as long as the tailgate is up it doesn't make contact with the ball hitch when ever I raise the bed.[/quote]</P>


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Yea, for this to happen the cables need to be unhooked and the tail gate hanging stragiht down. </P>

 

[grapeman]

Several months agoI posted a picture of what can happen if you raise rtv body with tailgate cables cables unhooked. Do a search in this forum for "cable unhooked".</P>


Grapeman</P>

 

[Peanut]

i did a few aluminum plates with a true 90 degree angle but every so often i would end up with a split on the end. to get a true 90 degree if i needed i put a 1"flatbar on each side of the bottom angle and it allows the top angle to drop furthur into it makin a true 90. i'll post a picture of the shims i made.</P>


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[quote user="Deerlope"]No to many years ago I use to buy angle iron that had a true 90 degree on the inside. Not a radius like you have in the pic's. I think the true 90 stuff would gie a tighter bend.[/quote]</P>