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Old 06-19-2010, 11:18 PM
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What's the weight limit on the tail gate?
Hi Guys,

I can't find the weight limit in the manual anywhere? I'm a big guy and would like to know if I can sit on the tail gate without damaging it.
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Old 06-20-2010, 12:42 AM
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To be honest i dont think anyone should sit on that tail gate. I am not even sure if it was design to hold a person up.
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Old 06-20-2010, 01:13 AM
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shouldnt be a prob sitting on the tailgate when opened. i do that all the time. it can handle up to 440lbs or 200kg. cheers
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+1.

230 lbs here. I think my daughter sat on it the same time I did as well, can't remember. I do know that it supported a load of 2x6 lumber one time. It's in the manual, under tailgate.
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Old 06-20-2010, 08:05 AM
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Thanks guys for clearing that up for me so quickly.
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Bout to say, I've had a couple people sit on that tailgate with me many times with no problems... I'm 180 lbs and had a couple 110-120 lb girls, so still under the limit.
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Can you post a schematic of that arrangement? Unless they were Cirque du Soleil performers I am having trouble understanding the physics behind that arrangement.

Oh and btw, ... lucky bastard.

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Bout to say, I've had a couple people sit on that tailgate with me many times with no problems... I'm 180 lbs and had a couple 110-120 lb girls, so still under the limit.
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wow i never knewww! i got a new seat now.
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wow i never knewww! i got a new seat now.
+1. Great thread I always wondered this
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Old 06-21-2010, 02:21 PM
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Just realize that it doesn't have a seatbelt so you can't have anyone legally sitting on it while driving...not even your mother in law.

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