Thought I finished my small trailer upgrades but not quite yet. I spent today rewelding some spots on the tailgate, but mostly adding 14” on length to the front. I was able to use all scraps I had laying down and recycled the front railing to make it all match. I also added a small flip up panel in the middle of the new extension just for straps and whatever other minor tools I’d like to keep in it.
Unfortunately the 14” was not enough to fit both my quads while closing the tailgate. Not sure what I’m gonna do but I guess I’ll explore a few options. I’d have made it more than 14” if I could but the tongue jack would.
The easiest is to essentially have adjustable tilt tailgate. So it could lean a bit depending on load but still be nice and secure. Maybe just get some chain keepers so it can be adjusted in small increments easily.
A more complex option is cut the tailgate in half and add a hinge point so it can fold in half when stowed. This will solve the problem of the quads not fitting because the only thing that hits the tailgate is the rear racks. The tires have plenty of space now.
The last option which I like the least is build a ramp and a step up in the front so the front quad can be sitting at an angle which ends up freeing up maybe just enough space to fit both. I don’t like that idea because the ramp or step will always be there and I use the trailer for a lot more than just quads.
Anyway here’s a short clip of me letting my truck triumphantly ghost crawl through the sand with the trailer because I went and realized the quads didn’t fit like I wanted. Also interestingly enough at first I only locked one hub in to go through the sand but the truck started to get stuck! I figured a single locked hub+a lockrite would go through the sand like it did with an open diff, but I guess I was wrong.
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