Stromberg Carlson Tailgate Installation - 2014 Ford F-250 Super Duty- Video

Speaker 1: Today, on our 2014 Ford F-250 Super Duty Crew Cab, we're going to be doing a test fit on the Stromberg Carlson fifth wheel louvered tailgate, part number VG-97-4000. The Stromberg Carlson fifth wheel louvered tailgate makes it easy to disconnect and connect with your F-250 to your fifth wheel trailer.The cutout design is going to allow your king pin to pass through, saving you the hassle of lowering or removing your tailgate each time. It features a lock, so it cannot be removed. Two keys are included. It's made with a nylon composite for strength and durability. The black color is going to complement your truck color. more

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6/21/2018 10:02:23 PM

Stromberg Carlson 100 Series 5th Wheel Tailgate Installation - 2014 Ford F250 Super Duty- Video

Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Ford F-250 Super Duty Crew Cab, we're gonna be doing a test fit on the Stromberg Carlson vented fifth wheel tailgate. Part number BG-97-100. This fifth wheel tailgate is gonna make connecting and disconnecting from your fifth wheel trailer easier. The cutout design is gonna allow you to back up to your king pin without any interference. The vented design is gonna help reduce drag and it's gonna be more aerodynamic.It's a powder coated steel, so it's gonna be resistant to rust and corrosion. The black color is gonna compliment most trucks. more

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6/21/2018 10:07:20 AM

Stromberg Carlson 100 Series 5th Wheel Tailgate Installation - 2012 Ford F-250- Video

Today on our 2012 Ford F250 we're going to be taking a look at the Stromberg Carlson 100 Series 5th Wheel Tailgate, part number VG-97-100. This is what our tailgate looks like fully installed. It's going to have that nice big cutout so you're going to have access to your 5th wheel, as well as when you're backing up you're going to be able to see. The louver design is going to cut down wind noise and drag, possibly increase your gas mileage, and make it easier to see when you're backing up to your trailer. As you can see, this is a custom fit tailgate, and the lines of it are going to contour perfectly to the body of our truck. Now, this is made of a heavy-duty steel tube construction, so it's going to last a while. It comes with this nice gloss black finish, but it is paintable if you want it to match your truck. more

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3/15/2017 2:54:12 PM

Stromberg Carlson Tailgate Installation - 2008 Ford F-350- Video

Today on our 2008 Ford F-350 Super Duty Crew Cab we're going to be doing a test fit on the Stromberg Carlson 100 Series Fifth Wheel Tailgate with Open Design for Ford Trucks. That's part number VG-97-100. The Stromberg Carlson Louvered Tailgate is perfect for when towing that fifth wheel or gooseneck trailer. As you can see, it's going to have that convenient cutout so it's going to help visibility when driving and when backing up to that trailer. It also has that vented design right here, so it's going to help reduce drag and it may improve fuel economy. It uses latch pins on each side, so it makes it easy to open. It's made out of a heavy-duty steel construction with a primed finish so it's ready to paint if you want. more

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1/25/2017 10:27:41 AM

Husky Liners Tailgate Installation - 2008 Ford F-350- Video

Today on our 2008 Ford F-350 Super Duty, we're going to be taking a look at installing the Husky liners premium fifth wheel louvered tailgate with locking handle, part number, HL15130. It's got a large cut out to allow access for your fifth wheel or your gooseneck trailer, without having to let your gate down you can simply pass it across and attach it. You can see it's a nice fully welded, aluminum tailgate, weighs about half what a traditional tailgate weighs. Still uses a center style latch like your factory, and your safety cables, and it has a key so you can lock it and keep it in place, so nobody can run off with your tailgate. This tailgate really contours the body of your truck, gives it that OE appearance. It's got an E coating to help protect against rust, and scratches, but it can be painted to match your vehicle if you desire. more

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3/4/2016 12:41:06 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

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3/2/2016 12:16:06 PM

Stromberg Carlson Tailgate Review - 2005 Ford F-250 and F-350 Super Duty- Video

Today on our 2005 Ford F250 we've got our Stromberg Carlson 100 Series 5th Wheel Tailgate. Were going to show you how to install it but first we have to take off our stock tailgate. This is good to have a partner. We're going to go ahead and open this up. Take off this cable. I'll show you how we do it on the other side. more

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11/13/2015 10:52:19 AM

Stromberg Carlson Tailgate Installation - 2013 Ford F-350- Video

Today on this 2013 Ford F350 Super Duty, we're going to show you the Stromberg Carlson 100 series 5th wheel tailgate, part number VG-97-100. Okay, let's go ahead and try it out. We'll back up to our trailer and in this case a gooseneck trailer and see how useful it is. First off you can see it has an open design. It improves your field of vision when backing up to your trailer. You can see the nice, big, convenient cut out for towing a 5th wheel or a gooseneck trailer. Go ahead and get a quick measurement of the opening. more

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7/6/2015 10:41:06 AM

Husky Liners Tailgate Installation - 2012 Ford F-350- Video

Today, on this 2012 Ford F-350 Super Duty, we're going to show you Husky Liners Premium 5th Wheel Louvered Tailgate, part number HL15130. This is what the tailgate looks like when it's installed on our truck. Take a outward look, you can see it has a nice silver finish to it, which works with a lot of different variety of colors of trucks. We'll go ahead and check the shape of it, it actually matches the contour of the truck lines pretty well. Of course, it's a 5th wheel tailgate, so you got a nice opening for your 5th wheel to fit into. Also, it works great with the previously installed Gooseneck Hitch as well. All right, let's go ahead and check out the opening. At the minimum, it's going to be about 15 inches and its maximum is going to be about 29 inches. A couple other details, is that this is constructed from all aluminum and also with a painted finished as well. more

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4/23/2015 11:28:30 AM

Stromberg Carlson Tailgate Installation - 2011 Ford F-350- Video

Today on our 2011 Ford F350 Super Duty we're going to be doing an installation of the Stromberg Carlson 100 Series 5th Wheel Tailgate with open design. Part number VG-97-100. The first step in our installation is going to be to remove the Ford's factory tailgate. Just open it up, let it come on down and we're going to be able to gain access into the two points we need to disconnect our cables. We'll take a small screwdriver and as we lift up on the tailgate we'll move that metal out of the way to where it will slide on, up and over. Then we'll make our way around to the driver side and do that same thing. You will want to support the weight of the tailgate. If you don't it's going to come down and make contact with your bumper and it's going to rest on there, and that's not something that we want. more

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10/28/2014 7:46:31 PM

Stromberg Carlson Tailgate Installation - 2011 Ford F350- Video

Today on 2011 Ford F-350 Super Duty, we're going to be doing an installation of the Stromberg Carlson 4000 Series 5th Wheel Louvered Tailgate with lock for Ford trucks, part number VG-97-4000. The first step in our installation is going to be to remove the Fords Factory tailgate. Just open it up, let it come on down and we're going to be able to gain access into the two points we need to disconnect our cables.We'll take a small screw driver and as we lift up on the tailgate, we'll move that metal out of the way toward the slide on up and over, then we'll make our way around to the driver's side and do that same thing. Now, you will want to support the weight of the tailgate. If you don't, it's going to come down and make contact and it's going to rest on there. It's not something that we want. The tailgates can be a little bit heavy. more

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10/28/2014 7:44:48 PM

Stromberg Carlson Tailgate Installation - 2013 Ford F-350 VG-97-4000- Video

Today on our 2013 Ford F-350 Crew Cab, we'll be installing the Stromberg Carlson 4000-series 5th-wheel louvered tailgate with lock, part number VG-97-4000. Because this particular vehicle has a backup camera, which is mounted in the tailgate, we'll need to unplug that. To unplug it, you just squeeze the tab, pull it apart, and in this particular case, as you can see here, there's an orange cap that'll go on top of the factory harness once we've unplugged the tailgate. To get the plug apart, we'll go ahead and squeeze the tab and gently pull apart. Now, we're ready to go ahead and remove the tailgate. To do this, we'll use a small flat-head screwdriver, to lift the tab up and release the safety cable or the cable holding the tailgate. Once we have that done, we'll open the tailgate just a little bit and lift up on the passenger side. When we do that, it'll lift the tailgate off of its tab. more

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9/4/2014 3:34:23 PM

Stromberg Carlson Tailgate Installation - 2004 Ford F-250- Video

Today on this 2004 Ford Pickup well be installing the Stromberg Carlson 100 Series Fifth Wheel Tailgate, part number vg-97-100. To begin our install well first need to remove the older manufacturers tailgate. To do this well open it up and bring it down three-quarters of the way leaving slack in the cables. Then we can go ahead and remove the cables. Moving over to the drivers side well need to pry back the safety clip first, then slide the connection point end into the oblong hole and then remove it from the post. Now well go ahead and remove the tailgate. more

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6/18/2013 3:32:09 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

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3/1/2013 4:13:23 PM

Stromberg Carlson Tailgate Installation - 2008 Ford F-350 VG-97-4000- Video

Today on this 2008 Ford F350 were going to do a test fit of part number VG-97-4000. This is Strongberg Carlson 4000 Series fifth wheel louvered tailgate. This tailgate has a cut out for towing a fifth wheel or gooseneck trailer. It also constructed from a glass filled, black composite plastic frame and louvers. It also has a louver design that helps reduce drag. The tailgate is lockable. more

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12/26/2012 10:02:25 AM

Husky Liners Tailgate Installation - 2003 Ford F-250- Video

Today on our 2003 Ford F250 were going to install the Husky Truck Bed Accessory Tailgate part number HL15130. First, well need to go ahead and remove the manufacturers tailgate cables. To do this well remove the torque headed bolt and set the cables and hardware aside. Then we can go ahead and remove the tailgate by hinging the tailgate to a 45 degree angle and pulling up on the passengers side and sliding the drivers side toward the passengers side to remove the tailgate completely. Before we can install the cable onto the new tailgate well first need to remove the old hardware. To do this, well need to remove the hold down washer and spacer. more

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11/19/2012 1:39:04 PM

Stromberg Carlson Tailgate Installation - 2006 Ford F-250- Video

Today on our 2006 Ford F250 were going to be test fitting the Stromberg Carlson fifth wheel tailgate, part number VG-97-4000. First, well remove our factory tailgate. Once weve done that were ready to fit on our Stromberg Carlson gate. Well fit our tailgate over the drivers side hinge then over the passengers side hinge. Next, well fit the vinyl ends of our new cables over the attachment points for the old. And with that our tailgates installed. more

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8/15/2012 12:37:09 PM

Stromberg Carlson Tailgate Installation - 2006 Ford F-250 VG-97-100- Video

Today, on our 2006 Ford F-250, we are going to be test fitting the Stromberg-Carlson open fifth wheel tailgate, part number VG-97-100.All right, we have already got our tailgate assembled so now we are ready to mount it up on our truck. First we need to remove the factory tailgate. We will lower the tailgate and we will undo the support cables on either side of the tailgate. We will turn the tailgate to about a 45 degree angle so that we can slide the hinge on the passenger side off. To fit up our Stromberg tailgate, again we will hold it at about a 45 degree angle and we will slip the driver side over the hinge post first. As we close the tailgate, we want to pull open the latches, push the tailgate into position and release the latches so they will hold the tailgate in place. more

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6/29/2012 12:34:22 PM

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