Tailgate for a truck camper

deltabravo wrote:

Optimistic Paranoid wrote:
There are some exceptions to this. The 10 foot Alaskan Truck Campers are designed to be used in 8 foot beds with the tailgate down and supporting the last couple of feet.

There's an exception to this exception. A lot of newer trucks have a tailgate that is not meant to be a weight carrying support.

I've seen bent tailgates on shortbed trucks where people haul motorcycles that the rear wheel rests on the bed.

yup and thoes guys are gambling with wrecking there tailgate and there bike. a lot of them though are not realy on the tailgate but just on the end of the bed. if you ever are out driving and you wondered what some one did to put that curve in there tail gate, its usaly from the motorcycle sitting to far back and they hit a bump.

I seem to remember 500lbs sticking out for what most tailgates are rated for weight wise. some could be more, older classic truck ones were definatly less but check the owners manual it usaly tells you.