i saw this on another site. its a real god idea so i figured i would share it with yall.For a cheap anti theft device for your tailgate, take a stainless steel hoseclamp and tighten it around the hinge on your tailgate on the side that lifts off. This way anybody that wants to swipe yout gate needs to have a screwdriver to do it. This also reduces the chance of the tailgate falling off if you drive around with it down.

 

cool beans

 

Maybe I'm innocent living in the boonies but why would anyone want to steal your tailgate, is there that much of a market for them?

 

They make good bobsleds.

 

Why does anybody steal anything? Because they can. Not to mention that there's a good market for tailgates.

 

there always getting stolen around here.....

 

I need a tailgate... My 95 came with a slide in dump bed , hence , no tailgate... i can't seem to find any in wrecking yards around here either...

 

Ever priced one?

Even the junk yars around here get $400+ for em.

Plus, they are easily damaged and easily stolen.

 

I have to agree with Blue. Why did they steal my truck? Why did they try to steal my other truck three months later? My answer is because I was unable to eliminate them when they did it the first time! Not really. It was different scum the second time.

It is fairly popular around here. More with Chevy's. Probably a little less in the last few years though. I did install a lock on mine for the very reason. I need to put one on our 97 still.

Randy

 

cool thanks...by the way watch ur ball hitches...i left mine in while i went to class for 2 hours and it was gone!!...who the heck would want one at the univ i go to...im the only one with a truck! oh well that was a year ago

 

Yes, it's sad, scum will steal anything, just because they can. Don't usually need it, just the thrill of taking it. Sometimes you'll find the stolen item used to vandalize someone elses property.

 

Sonds like someones planning something....

 

Good thing JKM is on the other side of the continent, otherwise I might need to go buy a hose clamp

I rarely lock my truck or take the keys out of the ignition. If it comes to people stealing tailgates in my parts it will be time to move.

 

My friend in the sticks found a 2nd gen white tailgate in the middle of the road near his farm he set it up against the fence, no takers. He brought it to town and I put it in the local buy&sell. I asked $400 and in two months no calls, finally sold it for $250 canadian it had one scratch on it.

 

Scrap steel is up right now. They are steeling sewer and manhole covers here. Javahoeo