[AT] OT-Insurance question - Truck repair

[Carl Szabelski]

Here in Michigan, Craigslist is full of “ Rust Free Southern truck
beds”sales,  a lot of them go for somewhere around $1500. At that price I
would guess that a tailgate would only be a few hundred (??). From the
included Craigslist pictures, it doesn’t seem like they include the
tailgates, so maybe they don’t include them with the body. That would seem
to imply that the tailgates are still down South. Maybe you could see if
one of those sellers would be willing to get you a tailgate for a decent
price.

Carl

On Thursday, February 17, 2022, <deanvp at att.net> wrote:

> I damaged the tailgate of my 2003 F250 7.3L Diesel several years ago by
> backing into a row of mailboxes.  The backup sensors never went off because
> the boxes and frame were up high and the sensors looked right under them.
> Face the same potential costs so I decided I will live with it but keep a
> constant eye out for a used replacement. Took me several months but I found
> one for $250 on craigs list. Same color, same fit. The old tailgate is
> still in the barn.   Tailgates are stolen quite a bit so they are not all
> that plentiful out there but you might get lucky,   A place to look is a
> shop that does bed conversions on pickups.  Like going from a standard bed
> to a utility or stock bed.  At one point I was going to make a trailer out
> of a used 8' bed off of a pickup that would match my pickup. Never got
> around tuit.  I found mine on Craigs List and the company was switching
> beds on their trucks so had extra tailgates.  Since truck prices have
> inflated so much in the last few years a used
>   tailgate probably will be a bit more expensive. But how much is your
> deductible?   5th wheel owners quite often remove their tailgates and put
> in hitch friendly tailgates. So RV lots might be a good place to look as
> well.  They are out there just need to get lucky.
>
> Dean VP
> Apache Junction, AZ
>
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>
> Question for you all. A friend of mine is on vacation, and I am keeping an
> eye on his house for him, plowing him out when needed; I basically drive up
> and down his driveway to make it look like someone is living there. The
> last time I was there I pulled up to the garage door and then started to
> back out, it's fairly steep. The first pass was snow, so no problem, when I
> went back up, I broke through the snow, and was on glare ice. I slid down
> his driveway backwards, and bashed my tailgate into a pine tree. There was
> nothing I could do to stop the slide.  Talked to a local body shop, and
> they said it would probably be in the area of 2K to fix. I called my agent,
> and she said it was an "at fault" accident. Any thoughts would be
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike M
>
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