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I was tired of looking at my rusty old tailgate


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I hated the look of my rusty tailgate, so I made this out of scrap steel we had laying around the farm.

Im not sure if I like it yet, but I do like the fact that I can see through it. It makes backing up to trailers and wagons a lot easier. It keeps things in the bed and its more rigid than a net, so I'll keep it on for a while.











So what do yall think?
 


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i like it
 

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Diggin it. I was actually just coming in here to make a post asking about custom tailgates. I need to make one and im lookin for ideas
 

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thats sweet lookin. nice job
 
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I got the idea from an AEP truck I was sitting behind at traffic light. All their Rangers I have seen have tailgates similar to that. I was even able to use the stock latches and cables from the old tailgate. It took me about 2 hours to build and I was painting a trailer at the time so I already had primer and then semigloss black in the gun.

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nice work .
 
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Now that's the way to fix a rusty tailgate!
 
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thats how its done if its broke fix it if you cant fix it make it:icon_welder:
 
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it looks nice man!
 

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im going to have to be trying this soon as well. one question though. how did you open and close it now without the handle?
 

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xc2stroke said:
im going to have to be trying this soon as well. one question though. how did you open and close it now without the handle?
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It appears that the op made some bolt latches on the right and left hand upper corners.
/deadthread.
 
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Make me one, shit! how strong is it? I need one for mine cause mine got all bent up.
 
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That came out really SWEET!!!! The cat's meow!!!!

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