Ouch that is bad. Yea crosscanadaparts is about $400 new also to I believe.

 

No doubt...


you just need a pitbull

 

HAHA yeah the chihauhau just won't cut it

 

Not sure it's what you want on your truck, but I'd consider one of those aftermarket fifth wheel tailgates.

Also, you may want to call one of those shops that build flatdecks and service bodies for trucks. They must have some take-off pickup boxes and tailgates kicking around.

 

That could get you killed down here.

 

Thats what I was thinking.. Caytec, General Body, Milron they all pull off boxes for service bodies/decks.. May have a few laying around. I saw a whole stack of them in Stettler at Strad Compression off of their trucks. Full dually boxes and gates, all white though.

 

I'll keep all those in mind. Dad talked me into taking it into the body shop of a family friend. The plan is a rough repair and then get it sprayed with bedliner as the trailer sends back gravel all the time anyway.

We'll see what he has to say and if feasible - still up in the air.

 

Well, she went from the pics in post #9 to this:

Today, I had Dad pick it up from getting sprayed with bedliner after repairs were complete as I'm in Airdrie.

 

Believe it or not, mountain bike handlebar - the bike was stationary.......in my garage..........hanging.....................I was rushing to get Lisa's ring into the house and hidden as she wasn't far behind me coming home from work and not watching how far I was backing ......................It still bugs me.


No damage to bike..............I really don't wanna talk about it no more.........

 

Let me check wed on what I could get for a price on a new tailgate for a 2007 dodge 3500.

 

Probably cheaper than repair then bedliner..............but I would have still had to get the inside sprayed too.

 

That is a pretty bad bend...Tailgates are so hard to fix..Looks like the bodyshop got it all fixed for you..

 

Festus, I just drove into my mountain bike handle bar yesterday as well, and the bike won the truck lost. I broke the plastic cover around drive side rear tail light. Its only money. I thought would help you feel abit better,

Bike no damage, truck damaged.

 

I also messed my tailgate up recently, had the tailgate down with the trailer on, its just a little 12' tilt deck so it isnt tall enough to hit it or anything but apparently when you back up a driveway with it the handle on the jack goes up quite a bit and makes for a nice chisel effect on the paint. Of course I didn't notice till I backed up it 3 times.

 

I got home Thursday morning and it's on. I wasn't sure if the black bedliner would match up being on the outside. However, I kinda like it - matches up with the limo tint on the back window nicely.