Posted on 03/25/2022 9:43:59 AM PDT by justme4now
Not sure how many of our "gun nuts",<<<---(yep, me too!) have seen this but if you haven't .. Enjoy!
It is from the site: "Black Sheep Innovations".
You'll enjoy their gallery.
(Link to web site and gallery below)
The site is in German which Google does a good job in translating.
But the pictures are universal.👍😁
Click on the square with the 3 lines, (upper right) at web site for gallery.
Kinda like the tailgate mod.
Me too!👍
Just keep the tailgate locked. Apparently a sought after item for thieves.
Pretty slick.
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Hmmmm... do they make one that can be deployed from the cab? One on each side might deter tail-gaters.
Yeah. Seems like worst case scenario should have been OOOO steel wool and a fresh coat of finish, afterward. Maybe they saw a chance at a free refinished floor and jumped at it.
Doesn't completely prevent theft, but does make it very difficult, noisy and time consuming to steal the tailgate and didn't interfere with functionality of the gate...EXCEPT removing it.
Stainless steel hose clamp on hinge.
Rotate the tightening nut inward to minimize accessibility.
Once tightened, apply jbweld/epoxy to nut and clamp area to prevent loosening.
Doesn’t completely prevent theft, but does make it very difficult, noisy and time consuming to steal the tailgate and didn’t interfere with functionality of the gate...EXCEPT removing it.
Good idea. Tailgate is always locked and the toneau cover helps too. I think.
“...steal the tailgate...”
???
Are you kidding? I’ve never heard that one.
Around here,I know one guy who had three of them stolen off of ONE of his high end Ford trucks. Also heard a couple people with dented tailgates having shady types randomly come up and offer to sell a replacement for cheap, like the great stereo speakers that “fell of a truck”.
Tailgate theft happens.
New tailgate for high end model truck is $1500+
Easy to remove
Drop the tailgate
Raise it slightly and release the cables on each side
Lower the tailgate below level, without denting it on the bumper or hitch ball
Lift up end with wide pin hinge
Slide to that side to disengage pin on the other
Carry it away
Popping the lock and prying open a tonneau cover is the only noisy part of the operation. Other than that, makes no noise. Two guys and gone in twenty seconds.
Racked my Brain for a spot
to mount a CB in my F250 !
It’s a Plastic and Aluminum
Mother.
AR in the Rear !?!
Nasty Environment for that
Equipment, my take.
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