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wanderingbob
Explorer II
Feb 03, 2020

how do dey do dat ?

Commercial on television where they make your trailer " disappear " .and while I have your attention , how much does that fancy tailgate on GMC cost ? I ain't gonna buy anything but a Ram Tradesman , I m just curious !
  • ksss wrote:
    If your concious or checkbook says tradesman, does it really matter how they do it or how much it costs? Pretty sure its more than your willing to give.

    But I will humor you regardless. When you build a GMC it adds about $250 for the tailgate.


    I stand corrected, I built it using WT type trim and it can be added in a package or the states the individual price is $445.
  • If your concious or checkbook says tradesman, does it really matter how they do it or how much it costs? Pretty sure its more than your willing to give.

    But I will humor you regardless. When you build a GMC it adds about $250 for the tailgate.
  • OK I watched it on YouTube, that truck has 15 cameras and at least one is on the trailer.
  • NJRVer wrote:
    wanderingaimlessly wrote:
    3 cameras including one on the trailer. All feeding a single monitor.
    The tailgate? half the cost of a Cummins. And the rest??????
    You dont want to consider.




    Tailgate half the cost of Cummins?!
    Cummins on my '17 was somewhere around $11,000 option.

    $5,500 for a tailgate??


    Thought the Cummins was closer to 9 but the tailgate is on a GM, so yes, it will add up quickly.
  • wanderingaimlessly wrote:
    3 cameras including one on the trailer. All feeding a single monitor.
    The tailgate? half the cost of a Cummins. And the rest??????
    You dont want to consider.




    Tailgate half the cost of Cummins?!
    Cummins on my '17 was somewhere around $11,000 option.

    $5,500 for a tailgate??
  • Just what we need! RVers concentrating on what’s behind them.

    “Wheels are made to roll, mules are made to pack. I never saw a site that didn’t look better lookin’ back.”
  • Don't really know exactly how it is done, but there still idiots out there that will try backing one up without a spotter, and will run all over something or someone.
  • I haven't seen the commericail since I gave up the tube during Bush the first's term. But it's probably done via ggreen screen or even by stopping the camera, removing the trailer and starting the camera. Or filming with the trailer and then without and spicing them together in post production software.
  • 3 cameras including one on the trailer. All feeding a single monitor.
    The tailgate? half the cost of a Cummins. And the rest??????
    You dont want to consider.