[AT] Tractor hauling, central Ohio

[Cecil Bearden]

Steve:
It is a 2003 Dodge Grand Caravan with the electric defrost.   2000 to 
2003 is all that will work.   The trouble with aftermarket tailgates is 
that they are just not heavy enough to work.   I had one of those on a 
chevy.  I loaded the 4 wheeler and bent the tailgate when I got the 
4wheeler on the tailgate.  A Chevrolet gate would not bend like that.

Cecil in OKla


On 2/7/2016 6:19 PM, Steve W. wrote:
> Cecil Bearden wrote:
>> Dean:
>> Funny you mention backing up.
>> I was on my 4 wheeler trying to get an old sheep headed to the pen last
>> year and when she turned, I threw it into reverse and hit the throttle.
>> BAM!  Wife's mini van was about 30 ft behind.  I did not remember it
>> being there even though i had just passed it. There is a massive dent in
>> the tailgate.  I can't find a tailgate for less than $700 at salvage.
>> About 6 months later that old ewe died of old age....
>> I was moving hay a few weeks later, after my wife had said her piece
>> about her mini van, and backing my Belarus tractor up to get out of the
>> way of the trailer, when I hit the loader forks on the New Holland
>> loader.  That time it was a $50 tire boot and patching the tube.
>> About 3 weeks later, I was trying to keep a 2 day old calf from getting
>> away from the herd, and started backing my Ford pickup that I had just
>> overhauled and spent a fortune on.  (the drug forfeiture) When I hit my
>> head on the back glass when it hit the end of the header of an old junk
>> JD swather parked in the pasture.  I know that time I had looked in the
>> rear view.  I now have a big dent in the tailgate on my pickup.
>>
>> I really look now before backing sometimes 4 and 5 times.  My neck just
>> will not turn like it used to, so I rely on mirrors a lot. The silver
>> lining to the pickup tailgate....   Ford F150 tailgates are being stolen
>> like there is a clearance sale on them..   Mine is not too desirable
>> with that bid dent in it!!!!   Just FYI to all.  If you need to protect
>> your tailgate, you can put a worm drive hose clamp over the end that has
>> the cutout for removing the tailgate and it takes a screwdriver to
>> remove the tailgate.  If it takes longer than 30 seconds the thieves
>> will leave it....
>>
>> Cecil in OKla
> Cecil, What the mini van, I can see if anyone has a good one that could
> be shipped.
>
> Oh FYI you can probably buy a new after market gate for the P/U for less
> than a used OEM one.
>
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