"Jcarr" (jcarr)
10/15/2015 at 12:22 • Filed to: Ram 1500
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"Jcarr" (jcarr)
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According to a !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , the 2018 Ram may have a tailgate design like the illustration below, which can open either horizontally or vertically. Looks pretty interesting.
HammerheadFistpunch
> Jcarr
10/15/2015 at 12:24 |
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Cool. I can’t quite figure out why this would be better, but its interesting if nothing else.
Sam
> HammerheadFistpunch
10/15/2015 at 12:29 |
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Having a horizontally folding tailgate means that a forklift can get closer the the actual bed of the truck. That’s why you’ll often see guys who have no bed or a mesh bed.
vondon302
> Jcarr
10/15/2015 at 12:30 |
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About time somebody did this!
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> Jcarr
10/15/2015 at 12:30 |
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So this:
+ this:
...and it only took 49 years from when Ford introduced the Magic Door Gate and 23 years from when GMC introduced the Astro dutch doors.
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HammerheadFistpunch
> Sam
10/15/2015 at 12:30 |
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Okay, that’s a good one. You will have to be careful not to hit the split gate doors but otherwise I could see that as being handy.
Scott
> HammerheadFistpunch
10/15/2015 at 12:31 |
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I can see some advantages, like carrying some long boards but you still want to contain the rest of the load that fits in the bed. But I can almost guarantee that this will be an option, not standard. So the question then is, how much with that option be. Probably way more than I will want to pay for a cool feature I use once every year or two.
Wacko
> Jcarr
10/15/2015 at 12:31 |
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this was there too.
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HammerheadFistpunch
> Scott
10/15/2015 at 12:32 |
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These split gate systems have had a tough time catching on in the past, perhaps its just too niche of an offering
Moves-Like-Senna
> Sam
10/15/2015 at 12:35 |
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Most forklifts can push the fork forward enough to not have to worry about that no?
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Moves-Like-Senna
> HammerheadFistpunch
10/15/2015 at 12:35 |
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I can only see this being helpful for short beds (4 foot boxes). The door would be weaker which is a huge problem for anyone actually hauling.
Party-vi
> Sam
10/15/2015 at 12:35 |
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If the skidsteer can even fit between the now 3’ long tailgate halves sticking off the back of the truck.
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HammerheadFistpunch
> Moves-Like-Senna
10/15/2015 at 12:39 |
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Good point, I suspect the door would be made strong, but you are basically adding a nice and neat little failure point in the middle.
Stapleface-Now Hyphenated!
> Jcarr
10/15/2015 at 12:40 |
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Kinda neat, but I can’t say I’ve ever said to myself that I needed a split tailgate on a pickup truck.
450X_FTW
> Jcarr
10/15/2015 at 12:40 |
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They’re giving us something we didn’t ask for. What I’d like to see is the step-bumper that GM uses on all trucks. Unfortunately I think they have a patent on it.
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Jcarr
> Wacko
10/15/2015 at 12:46 |
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I don’t like the headlights, but the rest of it looks good.
Bandit
> Jcarr
10/15/2015 at 13:00 |
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Olds Vista Cruiser did it first with their “Dual-action” tail gate
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Jcarr
> Bandit
10/15/2015 at 13:03 |
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Eric Forman approves
shop-teacher
> Jcarr
10/15/2015 at 13:18 |
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I like it!
M54B30
> Jcarr
10/15/2015 at 13:24 |
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Looks like a great idea, makes you wonder why it hasn’t come yet
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Wacko
> Jcarr
10/15/2015 at 13:43 |
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that’s cause the rest is the current truck.
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Sam
> Moves-Like-Senna
10/15/2015 at 13:56 |
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Yes, but when you’re a contractor working with tons of different companies you can’t really expect that it will or won't.
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Moves-Like-Senna
> Sam
10/15/2015 at 14:05 |
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It only takes 10 seconds to remove most rear doors and another 20 to put them back on, and you get to keep a stronger rear door.
BaconSandwich is tasty.
> Bandit
10/15/2015 at 23:35 |
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I came here to post something similar. My parents used to have a 1980 LeSabre wagon. The tailgate could fold down, or swing to the side, and the window could roll down. Pretty amazing, but perhaps not quite up to truck duties:
(Not my parent’s wagon, but very similar looking)