FrazzledHunter
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Wow it looks strong enough for me to stand on to get to my roof rack to fetch 20L gas cans.
Tailgate Party
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Loading up for a weekend of sports dad stuff. Tailgate is great place to sort as you load/unload.
After 10 days of rain and a Memorial Day washout, I made a spontaneous decision to go camping Sunday to WV. Had a few work calls this AM at camp in Dolly Sods Wilderness. No cellular coverage but Starlink for the win.
The tailgate is my desk and hatch keeps the sun off my laptop screen. Tailgate is one of the most used items on the truck.
The tailgate is my desk and hatch keeps the sun off my laptop screen. Tailgate is one of the most used items on the truck.
Great for easy loading heavy packages.
They've been around a little longer than that. Good for a party but can fill in as a work bench too...
FrazzledHunter
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ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING! It would have been my dream job location as I wrote/managed software projects.
I could have done my job from literally anywhere I could get internet but I went and retired in 2016.
Good on you!
Wow. That looks awesome.
I was in a Duluth Trading Co store and they had this:
Not a Cruiser but gave me an idea to take a junk 60 or something tailgate and make a fold up work surface/ cabinet in my shop.
Not a Cruiser but gave me an idea to take a junk 60 or something tailgate and make a fold up work surface/ cabinet in my shop.
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Not mentioned yet, but another important functional feature of a tailgate is the ability to fully open the rear when towing a trailer. Full hatches will hit the tongue jack of the the trailer. That's a dealbreaker for how I use my 200-series.
Both tailgate and lift hatch clear because of the split hatch. A sideways opening hatch like the GX fails this test.
It's easy to think to extend the ball hitch, but that's bad form and keeping the ball close and tight is a critical dimension that minimizes leverage to tongue weight and sway of a trailer.
Both tailgate and lift hatch clear because of the split hatch. A sideways opening hatch like the GX fails this test.
It's easy to think to extend the ball hitch, but that's bad form and keeping the ball close and tight is a critical dimension that minimizes leverage to tongue weight and sway of a trailer.
^ on the same line, opening the hatch when having bikes on my 4 bike hitch rack. Can't open the lower part but can still open the top.
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My location tells you everything 
It's by far the most useful feature on the rig.
I'm not wild about the 250 series but if it had a tailgate I would probably feel a lot differently.
It's by far the most useful feature on the rig.I'm not wild about the 250 series but if it had a tailgate I would probably feel a lot differently.
This post reminds me I need to turn my phone 90° more often so I can pay more attention to yalls signatures.My location tells you everything
I'm not wild about the 250 series but if it had a tailgate I would probably feel a lot differently.
Looks like your buddy lost his pants.
Has anyone brought up the pew pew? Tailgate makes a great spot when outside. Plus you can always hide a side piece in that back panel
Agreed.Has anyone brought up the pew pew? Tailgate makes a great spot when outside. Plus you can always hide a side piece in that back panel
@Artie need more details on that setup! Thats badass!!
My submission, new Bow day the other day..
My submission, new Bow day the other day..
It’s nothing fancy, the trail tailor locking tailgate thing, which I now can’t find on their website, and some foam from Amazon. The pews are. S&W performance center 629 44 mag, a Ruger SP101 .357, the white one is a pistol I built a few years ago that was part of a his and hers matching set for my wife and I from Santa. Her’s was the white one and once we got the Cruiser it made sense that it would be the Cruiser pew. It’s a tight fit in there for the white one so I have a QD mount for optics and some MPBUIS. The brace is a maxim defense that accepts a captured spring so it’s super short and can fit in there. Oh, and a Geissele because I like my lobster extra buttery.