Gate King Adjustable Truck Bed Extender Installation - 2023 Toyota Tacoma- Video
Hello neighbors, it's Brad here at etrailer and today, we're taking a look and installing the Gate King Tailgate Extender on a 2023 Toyota Tacoma. And this is gonna allow you to get your tailgate in multiple different spots and that way you can really get it custom fit to whatever you have in your bed. (tailgate clicking) And the great part is, is whenever you need to close it up, (tailgate clicking) it goes back to being a normal tailgate, so let's first take a look at why you might want one. If you haul an ATV or a dirt bike in your truck, sometimes you're gonna realize that maybe the truck bed isn't long enough to account for that, or if you're doing any household projects, you got a ladder or two by fours, whatever it may be, a lot of times you're gonna have that shooting up over the tailgate, which is totally fine, but if you have a camper shell or a tonneau cover, you can run into some issues there and that's where having a little bit of adjustability from the tailgate is gonna allow for that to drop down low enough to still be able to maintain that tonneau cover. We're gonna be putting a mid-height ladder rack on here and that really could be an issue with some taller or larger things, so having that tailgate to be able to drop down to really account for that is gonna be huge. And this, again, is super helpful with those dirt bikes and ATVs, obviously this wasn't a dirt bike, but similar concept where we are kind of hanging off to where we don't have a tailgate really holding anything in place, so this can act slightly like a wheel chock in a sense, 'cause as you raise this up, you're gonna at least have some back pressure against that rear tire to really keep it all nice and tight in place. more
4/2/2024 1:14:29 PM
DeeZee Custom Tailgate Lowering System Review- Video
Hi, everyone. It's Evangeline right here at etrailer and today we have the DEE ZEE Tailgate Lift Assist. These are going to be cool tools that you add to your tailgate so that you can go from this to this. Now we do have different DEE ZEE Tailgate Assist systems for different trucks. This is a custom fit, so please make sure to find the right one for your truck. You put your year, make, model, and then we will suggest the correct kit for you. more
11/1/2023 10:48:02 AM
Review of DeeZee Tailgate - Ford F-150 Tailgate Assist - DZ43204- Video
Hi, there. I'm Michael with etrailer.com. Today we're gonna take a quick look at this DeeZee Tailgate Assist Custom Tailgate Lowering System. Now, this is a gas strut that's gonna install on your truck and your tailgate to allow you to safely lower your tailgate at a controlled rate. That's gonna help to prevent injuries, and make loading and unloading cargo easier. You won't have to worry about controlling the tailgate all the way down to its maximum low point. more
8/29/2023 2:58:54 PM
Gorilla-Lift Utility Trailer Tailgate Lift Assist Installation- Video
Hey everybody, Ryan here at etrailer. Today we're gonna be taking a look at and showing you how to install the Gorilla-Lift tailgate lift assist for utility trailers. So right off the bat, the whole point of this, what it's going to accomplish, is make it much easier to open and close your tailgate back here. A lot of times these can be pretty heavy and cumbersome. We actually have a relatively small trailer today but a lot of the bigger ones out there seems to be pretty heavy, especially if you use this for work, lawn care, something like that, you're up and down all day. And so it just puts just enough tension on this to essentially you can pretty much close it or or drop it with one finger. more
8/16/2023 9:34:27 AM
Review of Gate King Tailgate - Adjustable Truck Bed Extender - GK77FR- Video
Hi, everybody. Andy here with etrailer.com. And today we're gonna take a look at these Gate King Adjustable Truck Bed Extenders. These durable stainless steel tailgate adjusters are going to replace your factory cables, allowing you to adjust your tailgate to eight different angles from open to closed. So you can carry longer load such as your ladder in your truck bed or create a wheel track for your dirt bike or four wheeler. Now, this is a custom fit part that is designed to fit the 2020 and newer Jeep Gladiator. more
8/1/2022 4:42:07 PM
DeeZee Tailgate Assist Custom Lowering System Installation - 2011 Ford F-150- Video
Hi everyone. It's Evangeline here at etrailer and today we'll be taking a look at our DeeZee Tailgate Assist Custom Tailgate Lift Assist here on our 2011 Ford F-150. So maybe you're tired of just having your truck tailgate slam down whenever you open it. Or maybe you're holding items in one hand and you don't wanna have to jump out of the way of your tailgate when it comes down. That's where a tailgate lift assist like this comes in handy. You're holding something heavy, you just let it glide down to a stop and now you can throw your other items into your truck bed without having any worries at all. more
6/16/2022 1:37:56 PM
What's up everybody, Adam here with etrailer. Today, we're gonna be taking a look at the DeeZee Custom Fit Tailgate Assist on our 2012 Chevrolet Silverado. So, my dad bought a new pickup and he doesn't like how the tailgate just flaps down real loud. It's not good on the components. So, I told them it's kind of a no brainer to grab the DeeZee Custom Fit Tailgate Assist. This is just gonna prevent all of that stress happening on all these different joints, in the cable and everything. more
11/29/2021 11:26:18 AM
DeeZee Pickup Truck Tailgate Assist Lowering System Installation - 2019 Ford F-150- Video
Hey everybody, Ryan here at etrailer today on our 2019 Ford F-150, we're going to be taking a look at and showing you how to install the DZ tailgate assist. So without a tailgate assist, we all know how they work. You know, once you unlatch it they're going to drop down with speed unless you're steadily kind of helping it come down. Not really a huge deal in most cases. But the times when you got your hands full or it's really cold outside, something like that, you don't want this tailgate to get away from you slam down and you could potentially not only damage the tailgate but the hinges and stuff like that as well. So by adding that assist, it's really going to help slow things down and keep it safe and predictable. more
4/5/2021 1:51:28 PM
Review of Buyers Products Tailgate - Trailer Tailgate Assist - 3375201000- Video
Hello everybody, this is Jeff at etrailer.com. Today we're gonna take a look at this Buyers Products EZ Gate Tailgate Assist for landscape and open trailers. This EZ Gate Tailgate Assist will help reduce physical strain when you're lifting or lowering your heavy trailer tailgate. Basically on the inside of this tube is a spring-loaded mechanism which will mount to the trailer side-rail, and it uses these three mounting brackets when you install it. It is designed to work on most standard open trailers with either round or square tubing. I wanted to zoom in on this end to show you, here's the eye bolt, this eye bolt that's attached to the internal spring. more
3/24/2021 1:45:58 PM
Review of DeeZee Tailgate - Tailgate Assist Kit - DZ43300- Video
Ellen: Hey everyone, I'm Ellen here a etrailer.com, and we're going to be taking a quick look at the Dee Zee Tailgate Assist Kit. This allows you to easily lower your tailgate on your truck so that you don't have to worry about any kind of injuries or having too many things in your hand and you're trying to lower that down gently, and it just often wants to kind of slam down. So by putting this in place, it's going to let that tailgate gradually open so we can just operate it with one hand and it will come down, and it'll make loading and unloading our truck bed a lot easier. This kit is a custom fit, it will work for the 2002 through 2008 Dodge Ram pickup, the 1500, and then the 2002 through 2009 2500 and 3500. So if you got one of those trucks, this is the kit for you. Let's take a closer look at it and talk about what it's going to take to install, and also what you can expect whenever you're doing that.So we'll have our shock itself. more
9/15/2020 7:17:09 PM
Ryan: Hey everybody, Ryan here at etrailer. Today on our 2019 Ford F-350, we're going to be taking a look at and showing you how to install the DeeZee Tailgate Assist Lowering System. So tailgates can be a little bit cumbersome to handle especially in our customer's case when he has an aftermarket ladder installed. And those days where it's rainy, everything might be a little slick. Without the assist, those tailgates can really just come slamming down. And that's something you don't want to happen, obviously.And that's where the assist is going to come into play. more
5/13/2020 2:53:56 PM
Gate King Adjustable Tailgate Support Bars Review- Video
Shane: Hey everyone. Shane here with etrailer.com. Today, we're going to take a look at the Gate King tailgate adjuster. Now if you're like me, you use your truck for a lot of different things. For instance, carrying loads where it sticks out past the tailgate, you have to have your tailgate down all the time. I've actually lost some loose items when carrying something like this. more
4/7/2020 4:17:32 PM
Gate King Adjustable Tailgate Support Bars Installation - 2019 GMC Sierra 1500- Video
Hey everyone, Shane here with etrailor.com. Today I have a 2019 GMC Sierra, and we're going to be installing Gate king's tailgate adjuster. Maybe you're like me, you use your truck for a lot of different things., For instance, carrying loads, where it sticks out past the tailgate and you have to have your tailgate down all the time, I've actually lost some loose items when carrying something like this, I've lost some loose items from the back of my truck, going down the highway. Well, there's a solution and that is the tailgate adjuster, it's going to allow you to adjust your tailgate in different positions, to help keep those items in the bed of your truck, keep you from losing them.As you can see here, this is going to work great for our longer loads, we're able to raise our tailgate up, kind of get the ladder up in the air rather than being in flat, potentially, maybe losing our ladder or anything else. This is also going to work great for your ATVs and your dirt bikes, you can use your tailgate as a wheel jump, so a lot of times when you put your dirt bike inside, the tire is going to stick out past the end of your bed just a little bit, you take your tailgate with the adjustment on it, lock it up against your back tire and it's going to keep your dirt bike from or four wheeler for that matter, from moving forward and backward in the bed of your truck while you're traveling.Another nice thing that I really like about this, as you can see with our tailgate up or ladder in place, maybe you have surf boards, are going to work basically the same way as we have our ladder here, you raised your tailgate up. Another thing that I really like about this set up is we're still able to use our tonneau cover, this being able to use our tonneau cover like this is going to help secure or better secure items up there towards the cab of that truck even with our tailgate, partially open.As I mentioned, we're going to have eight different locking positions. more
4/7/2020 4:17:23 PM
Review of DeeZee Tailgate - Truck Tailgate Lowering System - DZ43206- Video
Michael: Hi there. I'm Michael with etrailer.com. Today we're going to take a quick look at the DeeZee tailgate assist custom tailgate lowering system for your pickup trucks.This is going to attach to your pickup truck's tailgate. It's going to allow it to lower at a much more gradual pace, so you're not going to have to worry about it slamming down against your bumper, potentially hitting you or others around or causing any sort of damage to your tailgate or anything like that. It does have a shock absorber in it, so that it's going to just make that tailgate lower much more gradually and smoothly.It has been extensively tested to make sure that it's going to hold up well. We know how often your tailgate gets used when you're using a pickup truck, so they wanted to make sure that this would stand up to all that rigor. more
4/6/2020 1:12:08 PM
Gate King Adjustable Tailgate Support Bars Review GK37FR- Video
Hey guys, John here for etrailer.com. And today we are going to be taking a look at the Gate King Tailgate Adjuster to demonstrate how the Gate King works. Let's first see what our tailgate acts like without the Gate King installed. So this operation will be normal with the gate team. When we push our tailgate back up and in place, that's where the Gate King will stop it so we can basically put pressure or anything in the back of our pickup or to hold things up in place. With just our cables here our tailgate's going to fall down at any angle that we have at, until we put it up, back in place. more
3/26/2020 11:42:17 AM
Gate King Adjustable Tailgate Support Bars Installation - 2016 Ram 1500- Video
John: Hey guys, John here from etrailer.com and today we are going to be installing the gate king on our 2017 Ram 1500 pickup. To demonstrate how the gate king works let's first see what our tailgate acts like without the gate king installed. So this operation will be normal with the gate king when we push our tailgate back up in place, that's where the gate king will stop it so we can basically put pressure on anything in the back of our pickup or to hold things up in place. With just our cables here, our tailgate's going to fall down at any angle that we have it at until we put it up back in place. So the gate king's installed now so let's see how it performs compared to how our initial tailgate was working. So we can still operate it like normal down and pushing it back in placebut when we want to use the gate king, pop the pins here and now we can adjust it at different stopping points all the way, depending on what kind of cargo we have in our truck bed. more
3/26/2020 11:37:11 AM
Review of DeeZee Tailgate - Truck Tailgate - DZ43103- Video
Ellen: Hey everyone, I'm Ellen here at etrailer.com. Today we're taking a look at the Dee Zee Tailgate Assist custom tailgate lowering system. Now, this is a custom fit for the 2019 through 2020 GMC Sierra 1500 and the Chevy Silverado 1500.So basically, this is just going to help us lower our tailgate without it just slamming down. And then also it helps to make it a smooth operation to put it back up into place. So it prevents any kind of injuries from that tailgate coming down too hard on your chest or your knee or whatever the case might be. It also prevents it from knocking into anything that you might have hitched up to your trailer and just allows that tailgate to come down nice and easy.There's no drilling required with this. more
9/23/2019 1:07:52 PM
Adam: Hi everyone. Adam with etrailer.com. Today we have a 2019 Ford F450. We're going to be taking a look at the DZ Tailgate Assist.So this is going to be a very economically priced way to just save your truck from all that stress. Sometimes when you have stuff in your hands and you lower the tailgate, it puts a lot of stress on these cables, on your tailgate, and where it mounts to the bed of your truck. The less amount of stress, the better, because at the end of the day you got to protect your investment.So the main benefit of this is really just going to make it a lot easier to get into your tailgate when you have a bunch of stuff in your hands. more
9/17/2019 11:12:34 AM
Review of DeeZee Tailgate - Truck Tailgate - DZ43302- Video
Today we're going to take a look at the Deezee tailgate assist, custom tailgate lowering system for pickup trucks. This is a custom fit part. It is designed to fit the 2019 Ram 1500 trucks and on a custom fit part like this I always like to recommend for you to go to our website, use the fit guide, put in your year and model vehicle and it'll show you if this will work for your application. Now this is a nice tailgate assist which will provide safe controlled lowering of your tailgate, safely controls the drop rate of your tailgate. It helps prevent any injuries and even makes loading and unloading your cargo easier. It's a very smooth operation, has a built in gas shock absorber and the ball and socket connection on each end. more
7/29/2019 1:34:47 PM
Review of DeeZee Tailgate - Truck Tailgate - DZ43301- Video
Today we're going to look at the DZ Tailgate Assist Custom Tailgate Lowering System for Dodge trucks. This is a custom fit part, it is designed to fit the 2009 and newer Dodge Ram and Ram 1500, 2500, and 3500 trucks. This tailgate lowering system is custom designed for your vehicle's factory tailgate cable. It uses a shock absorber as well as a ball and socket connection on the truck to make opening your tailgate smooth and easy. The tailgate assist provides controlled lowering of the tailgate, prevents any injuries, and it makes unloading and loading your cargo easier. It's a very smooth operation with the built-in shock absorber and the ball and socket connection, and it is extensively tested and built to withstand heavy use for the life of your truck.And again, it's custom designed for your vehicle, one kit is all you need for easy opening of your tailgate, and it is an easy no-drill installation on the driver's side. more
5/6/2019 2:32:44 PM
DeeZee Tailgate Assist Lowering System Installation - 2013 Ram 2500- Video
Hey guys, it's Jake here with eTrailer. Today we're going to be taking a look at the DeeZee tailgate assist. What this is going to do is it's going to take the weight of your tailgate and slow it down and actually take the weight away from you and just allow the tailgate to slowly set down.We've all had those times when we are trying to open up the tailgate while carrying something and you can't hold the whole weight of the tailgate with one hand. Now you can see how much easier it is to open that tailgate and just let it drop and let the piston take the weight while you're still holding whatever you're holding. It's going to have a very low profile and non-invasive design, which is going to look really, really good when you close up your tailgate and you can't see it at all.When your lifting your tailgate into place it's going to have no resistance of when you're putting your tailgate back into closed position, but then when you see when you drop it it's going to take that weight and rest it easy.As you can see here, we do have a little bit of wear on the rubber coating on our cable and what will happen over time, that cable will begin to rust and if someone we're to drop your tailgate full force you could risk breaking those cables. This tailgate assist is not only going to make it easier to lower your tailgate, but it's also going to prolong the longevity of your cables on your tailgate.Now I'll go ahead and show you how to get everything installed. more
5/6/2019 10:42:37 AM
Buyers Products Open Landscape Trailer EZ Gate Tailgate Assist Review- Video
Hey guys. Today we're going to be taking a look at Buyers EZ Gate Tailgate Assist for Landscape Trailers. This is a great accessory for your trailer. We all know your tailgate can get heavy, and the last thing you want to do at the end of the day is try to lift it up to close it so you can head home, because that can be up to 180 pounds and you just don't have any energy left. That's where the EZ Gate comes into play. It's going to take a lot of the weight off that tailgate, to make it a lot easier to lift up and close, thus taking the strain off your back. more
2/19/2019 11:43:06 AM
DeeZee Pickup Truck Tailgate Assist Lowering System Installation - 2018 Ford F-150- Video
Today, our 2018 Ford F150 we're gonna be taking a look at, the DZ tailgate assist custom tailgate lowering system, part number DZ 43204. A common problem with trucks is whenever you go to open the tailgate, especially it you have something in your hands, you'll open it up and the tailgate wants to slam down and either have to let it slam or guide it down all while we're trying to hold everything in our hands.For their tailgate assist we're not gonna have to worry about holding our tailgate, we can simply open it up, it'll come down nice and slow so we don't have to worry about any damage. The shock absorber on our tailgate assist, it's gonna allow our tailgate to come down slowly so we're not gonna hurt ourselves or damage or truck but at the same time it's still gonna allow us to push our tailgate up with minimal effort.It is gonna be a custom design fit for and F150 which means we're not gonna have to cut, drill, or anything at all. It's gonna be a completely bolt on instillation. Let's show you how I do that now. Here's everything that's gonna come with our tailgate assist, it's gonna come with all the brackets and the shock necessary to get it installed. more
1/24/2019 10:52:13 AM
DeeZee Tailgate Assist Installation - 2016 Ford F-250 Super Duty- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2016 Ford 250 Super Duty we're going to be taking a look at and showing you how to install the DeeZee tailgate assist custom tailgate lowering system for pickup trucks. Part number DZ43203.What the DeeZee tailgate assist system's going to do, it's going to help you with loading the vehicle with one hand. As you can see, the shock is going to prevent the tailgate from slamming open. All you're going to need is one kit for your tailgate. It's going to be a custom fit design. It's going to come with the necessary hardware and there's going to be no drilling required.Now that we've gone over some of the features, let's show you how to get it installed.First thing we need to do is on our nutsert we need to adjust the head of the bolt from the washer, 3/4 of an inch. more
7/30/2018 1:47:45 PM
Hopkins EasyLift Truck Bed Tailgate Lift Assist Review- Video
Speaker 1: Today we're going to be taking a look at the Hopkins EasyLift Truck Bed Tailgate Lift Assist, part number 74211. Whenever we go to get in the back of our truck, opening and closing the tailgate can be a hassle, especially on a truck like this where it's all steel. This can be extremely heavy. With our Lift Assist, not only is it going to help lower it down, but the real benefit we're going to get out of it is when we go to close it. What used to be a two-handed job where we might have to even bend over a little bit to get enough oomph to lift it up, I can lift this tailgate with two fingers, and it feels like there's almost nothing there.Now, our Lift Assist is going to accomplish that because it's going to use this torsion bar. Whenever it's opened, it's going to be under pressure, so when we go to lift it up, it's going to relieve that pressure and start to relax, making it a lot easier for us to lift it up. more
7/3/2018 10:22:35 AM
Speaker 1: Today on our 2017 Ford F250 Super Duty, we're going to be installing DeeZee's Tailgate Lowering Assist System, Part number DZ43205. This will really come in handy when you've got your hands full and you just need that help to get things in the back.This lowering assist system will make it easier and safer to lower down your tailgate. This will support some of the weight and slowly lower your tailgate into position. The system consist of a shock to help assist when lowering the tailgate. It'll help support some of that weight and slowly lower it down. Additionally, you get custom brackets that'll bolt right up to your truck with no drilling required. more
6/21/2018 3:37:15 PM
Gorilla-Lift Utility Trailer Tailgate Lift Assist Review- Video
Today we're going to be taking a look at and showing you how to install the Gorilla Lift Utility Trailer Lift Gate Assist with cable. This offers a 300 pound capacity. It's part number is GL1. Here's what the Gorilla Lift's going to look like installed on your trailer. As you can see, we've got a dual system here so we're not just supporting our gate. We're assisting our gate from one side so it's going to pull up evenly on both sides. more
4/28/2016 3:44:07 PM
DeeZee Tailgate Assist Installation - 2008 Ford F-350- Video
Today on our 2008 Ford F-350 Super Duty, we're going to be taking a look at and installing the DZ tailgate assist custom tailgate lowering system for pickup trucks. Part number DZ43203. Here's what it looks like before it's installed. You can see if we let go of our tailgate, it's going to snap down and bounce around. Now we'll try it with out DZ tailgate assist installed. Watch how it slows down the action of our tailgate. As you can see, it slows it down considerably and stops it from bouncing. more
3/2/2016 12:16:06 PM
Gorilla-Lift Tailgate - Trailer Tailgate - GL1 Review- Video
Today we're going to be taking a look at part number GL-1. This is the gorilla lift utility trailer tailgate lift assist. It's a two-sided tailgate assist, which is a little bit different compared to other tailgate assists out on the market. It's going to attach to both side rails on a trailer, and it's actually a benefit because it's going to prevent the trailer gates from warping or the hinges from wear from uneven stress. So actually having it installed on both sides is a great benefit because it's going to extend or it can extend the life of the trailer gate. This unit, once installed, is going to reduce the lifting force that's necessary to lift or lower the tailgate, so it can be raised and lowered with virtually no effort. Makes it very lightweight, very easy to operate, and very simple to do. more
5/28/2015 10:06:03 AM
DeeZee Tailgate Assist Lowering System Installation - 2015 Ram 3500- Video
Today on our 2015 Ram 3500 heavy duty crew cab we're going to be installing the Dee Zee Tailgate Assist custom tailgate lowering system for Ram trucks, part number DZ43301. Now here is our fitting that we're going to need to install into the tailgate. It has the tool actually to install this little crush fitting that will allow you to thread the bolt in. It will actually be this little ball and socket piece here. It will go in here. This pieces right here are actually for installing it. more
1/7/2015 2:31:15 PM
DeeZee Tailgate Assist Lowering System Installation - 2014 Dodge Ram Pickup- Video
All right, today's 2014 Dodge Ram pick up, we're going to start with part number DZ43301. This is DZ's tailgate assist. We're going to show the tailgate before and after. This is before. All right, the first thing we need to do is go ahead and open the tailgate and look for the hole that's built into your tailgate near the pivot point. We need to install 2 fittings. more
5/30/2014 1:55:26 PM
DeeZee Tailgate Assist Custom Lowering System Installation - 2013 Ford F-150- Video
Today in our 2013 Ford F150, well be installing the DeeZee Tailgate Assist Custom Tailgate-Lowering System for pickup trucks part number DZ43200.Lets begin by showing you how the tailgate can just simply drop when you release it. To begin with, we need to adjust the nutsert tool so that theres approximately three quarters of an inch from the washer to the head of the bolt. If you need to move it, you simply loosen the nut and screw the bolt in or out to get to the proper length and then tighten down the nut. As you can see here, weve already got our three quarter inch length set properly.Next, were going to use an M5 Allen wrench, as well as a 10-millimeter wrench to install the nutsert in the opening in the tailgate pivot point. When installing this, were going to need to turn the nut 360 degrees nine times. To make things a little bit easier, were going to take our paint marker and mark one side of the nut so that we can keep count as were turning the nut in tighter. more
11/5/2013 10:00:22 AM
Rackem Double Barrel Trailer Tailgate Assist Installation- Video
Today on our utility trailer, we'll be installing the Rackem Double Barrel trailer gate assist, part number RA-27C. To begin with, we will need to go ahead and mark the four holes that we'll need to drill in our trailer, two in the gate where our chain will hook to the support bracket for lifting the gate up and down, and two on the actual side rail of the trailer. Once we have all four holes marked, we'll go ahead and begin drilling. The two gate holes will be a little bit smaller, and we can go ahead and just drill them straight through. Now for the section that has the springs in it that will mount to the side of our trailer, we're going to go ahead and start with the smaller drill bit first, and then go ahead and step up to the actual size. With all the holes drilled, we'll go ahead and mount the double spring mechanism on the side of the trailer. more
8/30/2013 1:01:36 PM
DeeZee Tailgate Assist Installation - 2003 Ford F-250- Video
Today on our 2003 Ford F250 Super Duty we'll be installing the DeeZee Tail Gate Assist, part number DZ43203. Our first step will be opening the tail gate. Next we'll go ahead and prepare and install the nutsert. Using the nutsert and nutsert tool we'll need to set the depth. There'll be 3/4 of an inch from the face of the washer at the end of the nutsert tool. Now we've got our depth set we'll go ahead and install it into the pre-drilled hole in the tail gate near the hinge. more
3/1/2013 4:13:23 PM
