What is the maximum weight Tailgate can withstand? - Page 2

bgcntry72 · 09-27-2006, 09:08 AM

I load and unload a 750 lbs. Polaris quad a couple times a week, driving up ramps, with no issues whatsoever.
HTH

*bbomar* · 09-27-2006, 09:29 AM

I would guess it depends on what type of weight you put on it!!

**Carbeaux** · 09-27-2006, 09:37 AM

I call FOUL! LMAO

**walleeme** · 09-27-2006, 10:37 AM

The only thing more foul than that would be a picture of a guy having sex with that, on a tailgate.

Wiscdave · 09-27-2006, 10:42 AM

Ahhhhhhhhh..I'm going to lose my lunch.

FireCapt103 · 10-10-2006, 01:48 PM

I call BS on Nissan's ratings.

Some lawyer must have decided that if they rate it low and someone loading a 4 wheeler breaks it, they won't have to pay.

The attached image is from the fact sheet that came with my truck. First line - 200# on an open tailgate.

side note - they used NEWTON as a unit of weight measure instead of the more common kilogram. Weird. Anyway, 1N = .224 pounds.

SRJesse48 · 10-26-2009, 10:19 PM

Anyone else have a four wheeler that sits on the tailgate, or a snowmobile? I have a 144" track snowmobile and I built a ramp out of 3/4inch pressure treated plywood with plenty of support and old bed liner as runner boards for the skis. The piece of plywood alone is probably nearing 100lbs, plus the weight of the sled extending out past the tailgate. Let me know if anyone else does this, and if not I suppose I will give valuable (or expensive) feedback!

**helomech** · 10-26-2009, 10:23 PM

My 4 wheeler rides on it regularly.

dv3andrs · 10-28-2009, 03:11 PM

1st, the Newton would be taking into account Gravity, your typical unit kg doesn't take into account the acceleration of gravity. Weird the way it's done, but the kg is just the mass of the object, to get the actual weight you take mass times gravity and wind up with newtons. Enough of physics though! I think Nissan is full of crap on that rating as well. The typical truck owner is in the 180-250lb range, i'm saying typical, i know some are below and some are above, so don't shoot me on that one. Anyway, i'm 200, if my tailgate only supported that then I would have a problem when my wife would sit next to me, or I was pulling anything out of the bed. I've even driven from Seattle Wa, to Fallon Nv with a motorcycle in the bed, the rear tire was on the gate the whole trip, not a problem. I think I would worry if I was putting the max load weight allowed in the bed just on the tailgate. Then a cable might snap and you could wind up with a very unique tailgate!

jasonwabc · 10-28-2009, 05:02 PM

I had a 2200 lb forklift battery on a pallet jack rolled across my tailgate and put in the bed of my titan. I had a sheet of 3/4" plywood across the tailgate and into the bed..but when the weight of the front of the pallet jack rolled off the dock and onto the truck the cables stretched and I was holding my breath that the tailgage wouldn't buckle......all went ok.

I will never do that again..it was really hard to steer with that much weight behind the axle.

mxracer450 · 11-01-2009, 11:22 PM

SR- Your tailgate will be fine with the sled, I had an M8 153" track and would ride it out backwards. The carbides on the skis will eventually rip of the plastic strip that runs the length of tailgate, then you gotta watch the big plastic piece with the nissan emblem, skidoos seem to rip that off the best. My tailgate is battered from sleds and dirt bikes but it works just fine. On your custom loading ramp be sure to add chains to hook around the cables, if the carbides hook loading it without chains it can get a little crazy.

Learjet · 11-03-2009, 05:58 PM

that 200 lb limit is while driving, bump etc will increase the load several times, hence the 200 lb limit for the extender.