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star2323 Enthusiast

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I have a 03' 2005 HD. How much weight can I put on the tailgate while loading the bed?

 

I'll be using ramps and loading a larger 4x4 ATV or mower.

Zembonez Senior Enthusiast

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I have a 03' 2005 HD. How much weight can I put on the tailgate while loading the bed?

 

I'll be using ramps and loading a larger 4x4 ATV or mower.

 

I haven't seen it in writing, but I was told by my dealer that the GMT800 tailgate cables were load rated at 400 lbs for the pair. I was told this when I had the originals replaced under the recall on my 2001.

 

Maybe somebody in here has a spec on it. Keep in mind this is just what a dealer told me.

lsufan Enthusiast

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I know this isn't an exact answer but I load my 750lb sportsman and me 220lb all the time in my hd without any problems also did this on my 98 z71. I never had a cable break on either truck, I am wondering if you can buy hd cables for the tailgate that have more weight capacity than the factory cables.

BlackSilver Senior Enthusiast

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I don't think the weak link here are the cables, but the structure of the tailgate itself. It isn't much more than a reinforced chunk of sheetmetal.

 

When I load heavy stuff via ramps, I simply lift the tailgate off (15-second job) and run the ramps directly to the bed of the truck.

4ws f 7 Enthusiast

4ws f 7

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You guys are worrying me, I load a 700 pound snowmobile with 200 pounds of me on it. If

I took the tailgate off the snowmobile would not fit.

Ptnomore Enthusiast

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The tailgate is definitly the week link. I've bent the tailgates on my last two F250's...nice and neatly though, you can't tell when it's closed. It bends slowly over time. Mine was from loading and unloading my 720lb motorcycle in it.

 

That being said, you are MUCH less likely to bend it loading snowmobiles and quads into it, then you are with Motorcycles due to the load distribution differences between the two.

 

If you can tell me what the diameter of the cables are on the tailgate, I can tell you what they will be rated for.

SLESierra Enthusiast

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I hauled a 3208 caterpillar engine block in the bed of my dads truck to the rebuilder and back with a block attached to brackets setting right on the tailgate under the front of the engine and never broke a cable - however it did push the center of it down between the top and bottom of the gate on the inside.

Roofer Senior Enthusiast

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The tailgate and cables are rated for 600lbs. I believe the older silverado's with the composite bed were rated for 800. I load my atv's all the time. I have had cables break on two different trucks. If they get a crease in the rubber where it bends for the tailgate to close, you may want to replace them soon.

 

I notice from my '00 Z71 to my '02 2500HD, the HD has a much heavier duty tailgate.

dwags Enthusiast

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I have an 2005 2500HD and I haul my Eiger in the bed and the rear wheels are barely on the gate, so therefor no problems yet. On my old 1996 1500 the cables rusted and broke. I learned to strip the black rubber coating off of the cables. Water would run into the cables and stay at the low point of the loop (when closed) and rust through the cables. Once I took the coating off the water had no place to sit.

99silverado1500 Senior Enthusiast

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I have had my snowmobile, four wheeler, engines, transmissions, lawn mowers, etc on my tail gate, and i have yet to have a problem with overloading it and breaking a cable or bending it. My cables are perfect and no dents in my tailgate yet

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