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TurnThePage wrote:
On the one hand, it looks like that tailgate might solve some of the issues trailer guys have with opening the tailgate while hitched up. On the other, it looks like it might hang too low and could contact the stinger.
That was the first thing I thought of... no more possible interference with your power tongue jack.- I dont know, I think the tailgate is a little gimmicky. I haul stuff in the back of my truck all the time without any problems. Looks like an expensive tailgate to booger up plus more to go wrong and break. I like simple things.
Dan 2001400ex wrote:
At first I agreed the tailgate was gimmick. Then I saw this. Pretty cool actually. I've been debating on upgrading now or waiting until 2020 and the new HD comes out. This and push button start are a couple reasons for me to wait.
https://jalopnik.com/heres-exactly-how-the-2019-gmc-sierras-six-way-tailgate-1823447722/amp
If you listen closely, you can hear Howie Long crying in the distance.- On the one hand, it looks like that tailgate might solve some of the issues trailer guys have with opening the tailgate while hitched up. On the other, it looks like it might hang too low and could contact the stinger.
- ^ Idk, maybe when I get older the step would be welcome. Admit I use the built in bumper steps on my Chevy occasionally because they're there, but a normal tailgate has been a work bench/saw horse since the invention of pickup trucks. Not sure what the "fast food tray" feature would be good for in the real world except maybe as a bar when tailgating!
And how is carbon fiber economical for a truck bed? Has it come down enough in price/mfg? Guess I'm still used to it being an exotic material for real lightweight applications. Grit dog wrote:
Put me firmly in the soccer dad category. That tailgate would be awesomely useful for those weekend trips to the big box stores. Much less work to secure a dozen 2x6s in the rain or snow. And being a month into my new bionic knee, those steps look very usable. My working man mode is firmly in the rear view mirror.
Tailgate in a tailgate is a total gimmick feature, but it'll sell more trucks to soccer dads and sell more fords to working men.Grit dog wrote:
Tailgate in a tailgate is a total gimmick feature, but it'll sell more trucks to soccer dads and sell more fords to working men.
Ha ha ! That's a good one Grit !!! I have a Ford dually and a Nissan Frontier, and the Frontier gets used by this "working man" around the horse farm a LOT more than the Ford.
I still think the tailgate on the new GMC looks very handy.- At first I agreed the tailgate was gimmick. Then I saw this. Pretty cool actually. I've been debating on upgrading now or waiting until 2020 and the new HD comes out. This and push button start are a couple reasons for me to wait.
https://jalopnik.com/heres-exactly-how-the-2019-gmc-sierras-six-way-tailgate-1823447722/amp - Tailgate in a tailgate is a total gimmick feature, but it'll sell more trucks to soccer dads and sell more fords to working men.
- I think the tailgate is very cool. I use my daily driver truck around the horse farm, and am all the time needing a small work surface at standing height.
Same when I am traveling. When I am one the road it's usually for at least weeks at a time, and often months at a time, so always having to do a little work on something or another.
It's not that complex of a mechanical system there, so I don't see it having any real problems in use or time.
