Tailgate pad to carry bikes

Campfire Time wrote:
I have personally never seen anyone using the tailgate pad. I seriously considered trying this but then didn't do it for the same reason you are concerned about. Backing up sharply is more of the issue that I thought about.

I've never seen one of these tailgate pads either but anytime we camp our truck gets filthy so my immediate reaction is a pad like this, with sand & dirt all over the tailgate, would only serve to destroy the finish, just like sandpaper would. :E Seems to me it would be a lot simpler, a lot cheaper, and a lot safer to just put together some sort of bike rack that would fit the back of the truck. This is the one I built out of scrap plywood for our '06 Silverado that would hold 4 bikes upright & totally securely.



Once our boys got older and we no longer had the need to drag bikes along camping with us I rebuilt it, cutting it down in size, and now use it to hold my fresh water Aquatainers, hanging it off the garage wall where the 'Tainers can air dry between camping trips.