Trailer Gate Lift Assist Homemade

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Trailer gate lift assist homemade.

Trailer tailgate lift assist. Four heavy duty bolts 1 2 or larger with washers and locknuts. A friend of mine needed a lift assist for his gate as the hand crank unit he had on it was becoming sort of a pain in the a time wise. Shackle material this can either be an actual spring shackle from a junkyard vehicle probably the same one you got the leaf spring from or a shackle lift kit from amazon like the one below.

Smartxchoices pair 7 5 folding truck ramps aluminum trailer loading ramps w straps for atv utv motorcycle snow blower lawn mower pickup 1500lb capacity. The girlie gate is now officially installed now to connect it to the tailgate ramp. Some extra steel for creating a crossmember if needed and reinforcing the top gate mounted bushing. Every gate is a different size and especially weight.

You can use 5 16 or 3 8 hardware if you have a bigger gate do double springs on both sides still cheaper than a gorilla lift and works better imo. 4 7 out of 5 stars 282.