Weight limit on an 86 tailgate?

[Joe Mc]

I need to load a 900 pound walker mower in my truck, how much weight can the tailgate handle?

 

[pafixitman]

A lot. It is the cables you need to worry about!

Mine broke w/ 25 sheets of 12' drywall in her! Heard the one side let go and before I got stopped, the other side snapped. Some guy in SC got my new cables when he bought my factory gate! Eric! Tweaked my 5r gate nicely!

I'm sure all of the 900 won't be on the gate.

 

[bikepilot]

I had a wood stove (~500lbs) plus myself (~160lbs) on my tail gate with no trouble.

The tail gate is really easy to remove - just lift off (at least on my 94) if your worried about it.

 

[Joe Mc]

I'm sure all of the 900 won't be on the gate.

Most of the weight will when it comes up the ramps, maybe I will just take the gate off.

Thanks.

 

[pafixitman]

Most of the weight will when it comes up the ramps, maybe I will just take the gate off.

Thanks.

That is your safest bet Joe. I load my JD GS-45 using the gate and have had numerious riders across it w/o issue.

 

[Brickman]

More than likely your cables will let go before the gate itself.

 

[Joe Mc]

Loaded it using ramps to the tailgate today. Mower with driver getting it on the truck, owner of the repair shop drove it across the tailgate and down the ramps without getting on it, that was interesting to see.

Tailgate, cables and truck are fine. Thanks for the help...

 

[Brickman]

Loaded it using ramps to the tailgate today. Mower with driver getting it on the truck, owner of the repair shop drove it across the tailgate and down the ramps without getting on it, that was interesting to see.

Tailgate, cables and truck are fine. Thanks for the help...

I used to could do that when I had one.

What shop did you take it to?

 

[Joe Mc]

Dan's, at the north end of Fort Collins.

 

[Brickman]

OK, I didn't know many shops around Ft C.

I bought my new walker from Mac's Equipment in Loveland.

 

[NapaBavarian]

Most of the weight will when it comes up the ramps, maybe I will just take the gate off.

Thanks.

Exactly what I was thinking

 

[Joe Mc]

This one belongs to a friend it just won't fit in his toyota. I think this walker came from Mac's, but **** likes the service he gets from Dan's. He usually has Dan pick it up for service. This was an unscheduled trip, someone lost a trailer lock and **** found it with his walker, we don't know all the damage yet, but they guess it broke the gearbox on the mower deck.

 

[NapaBavarian]

This one belongs to a friend it just won't fit in his toyota. I think this walker came from Mac's, but **** likes the service he gets from Dan's. He usually has Dan pick it up for service. This was an unscheduled trip, someone lost a trailer lock and **** found it with his walker, we don't know all the damage yet, but they guess it broke the gearbox on the mower deck.

Dang! Must of ben a hellofa lock!

 

[Joe Mc]

It is a big lock, it slides on to the bottom of the tongue so that you can't place the trailer on a ball. The mower took a couple of big chunks out of it.

 

[82fordtruck]

wow - I've taken on big trees with my little rider and not had that trouble before.

I have gotten the belt so hot that it flew off and by the time I found it it still burned me pretty good.

I'm easier on my new 455- all the trees are already gone.