Yep your a wuss...I do it all the time

 

Me too. If you don't like the looks of the cables, buy new ones. The cables are stronger than the rivits in the old metal hinges. And if you back up the ramps, your truck will ride better, with the heavy end in front of the rear wheels. Besides, backing up the ramps is more fun.

 

I've done this many times. The trick is to line everything up before you go up the ramp. I didn't do this one time, and ended up giving it too much gas. Long story short, I ended up on the slamming on the tailgate after the "safety" straps gave way.

The tailgate held, but there was a nice bow in it from 1,150 lbs comming down in it like a load of bricks. Although the tialgate still worked, I had to replace it as it was buldged out.

Now guess what tailgate I use when I need to load the RZR?

 

Don't worry about it, I load the RZR or my motorcycle all the time w/no problems.

 

Yeap. No problem. My 07 Tundra has cables too and drive right up the ramps. I'm trying to figure out a way to back it in the truck. Since I replaced the tires and wheels on the RZR it is now too wide in the back to fit between the wheel wells. Is anyone driving over the wheel wells? with the rear tires? I was thinking of building a ramp, something like car ramps to ease going over the hump. Has anyone found something easier? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

 

I just bought some ramps from a site on the web that are aluminum, 17.5" wide and can hold up to 1500 lbs per ramp for total of 3K lbs plus 9' long when unfolded. It makes going up the ramps backwards a lot more comfortable.
I too went w/aftermarket wheels and tires but extra width doesn't affect the Nissan Titan's bed because it doesn't have the standard wheel wells like a lot of other trucks do. Mine fits in the back perfect.

 

Don't be a wuss! Try it an let us know if it works or not. [B)]

Colby

 

I have a 250 and do it.
No worries unless you are 400 pounds!

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by rd350

I just bought a '95 Ford f150 in great shape.
Before I break the tailgate I want to know if you guys just run it up ramps into the back.

I don't like the 2 small cables that support the end of the gate. They look real week.

In my old dodge '82 it has a folding metal hinge and I have put a ton on it with no worries.

Do you think I'm being a wuss? Let me know what you do.

Thanks
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I use a Ramp Rite with my truck and it's only a grizzly I"m loading. Just my preference.

 

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I've done this many times. The trick is to line everything up before you go up the ramp. I didn't do this one time, and ended up giving it too much gas. Long story short, I ended up on the slamming on the tailgate after the "safety" straps gave way.

The tailgate held, but there was a nice bow in it from 1,150 lbs comming down in it like a load of bricks. Although the tialgate still worked, I had to replace it as it was buldged out.

Now guess what tailgate I use when I need to load the RZR?
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The blue one?
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Wrong! It's the one that's now shaped like a semi-circle and has 2 dents where the RZR's frame rails came to rest. The cables still held though...

 

I just got my RZR but loading and unloading in my pickup bed has been no problem with rear wheels riding on the tailgate.

 

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Rafael

Yeap. No problem. My 07 Tundra has cables too and drive right up the ramps. I'm trying to figure out a way to back it in the truck. Since I replaced the tires and wheels on the RZR it is now too wide in the back to fit between the wheel wells. Is anyone driving over the wheel wells? with the rear tires? I was thinking of building a ramp, something like car ramps to ease going over the hump. Has anyone found something easier? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
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You know they are having problems with the tails gates splitting and bending easily[:0]


There are lots of pics. Some are almost bent in half

http://www.autoblog.com/tag/toyota tundra tailgate/

http://www.tundrasolutions.com/forums/tundra/116033-tundra-tailgate-problem-action-taken-current/

Just a few

 

I have a 95 f 150 and a 02 f150. The cables look the same and I drive mine intothe 02 f150 all the time with no problems

 

Also if you have a long bed truck you dont have to have the tailgate but the wheels will be at the end of the bed assuming stock tires and such

 

i have a chev and i've loaded/unloaded the rzr several times, no problems..
my pickup is lifted so it does get a little scary up there sometimes.. it's a long way to the ground.

 

I don't understand the problem, I put my XP in my pick-up bed, drove it over the wheel wells, used ramps on the tail gate,hauled it 300 miles, and snuck it in the garage for Christmas. A RZR weighs how much less? Why wouldn't you drive over the wheel wells, don't you drive over rocks? A truck is a thing to be worked and beat on a little, it's not a car, it won't cry if you loaf it up with your toys! That's what it wants you to do, too many people are treating trucks like cars, and the trucks are crying inside, just begging to be trucks again. Go ahead, ding that bed up, scratch that tail gate! Your truck will love you for it!

 

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I have an '04 Tundra Doublecab, and I had the same question rd350 posed -- will those cables hold the front wheels while driving 120+ miles to the desert? And, is the tailgate strong enough for loading & driving?

In my searches, I found several threads on tundrasolutions.com referring to weak tailgates on the '07 Tundras. It does not appear to be a problem with older models, but instead a result of the body redesign they did with the '07 models. Everything from destroyed tailgates to welds that were separating over time. Rafael, I would *highly* suggest you check it out. Do a search for "Tundra tailgate failure", either in Google or on the site directly.

In the meantime, I'm backing my RZR into the truck so at least the light end is resting on the tailgate.

I also found this product, although I haven't purchased it yet: http://www.ramprite.com/

 

I regularly load my Rhino in a '97 F-150 with ramps on the tailgate lip. Zero issues.
The Rhino is 1500 plus pounds with me, coolers, tools, etc.