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I agree it's a great mod. I didn't have one on my 22 but after a few a my buddies dropped my tailgate on my 25 I installed one. Also you don't need to lose the tie down. Just replace it with a D ring tie down. Works great.
 

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One of the first mod's I did.
It's all about convenience.
Being able to drop the tailgate if my hands are full, without having to hold it or having it slam down.
 
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I recently opened my tailgate and forgot I had the damper expecting it to slam but instead stood back and watched it lightly touch down. A thing of beauty.
 

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I recently opened my tailgate and forgot I had the damper expecting it to slam but instead stood back and watched it lightly touch down. A thing of beauty.
It takes a while for the habit of trying to to catch it wears off. 😂
 

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With the short bed, I haul a lot of longer loads with the tailgate down and like to use the tie down/bottle openers to secure the load. Does a d-ring have the same strength?
 

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With the short bed, I haul a lot of longer loads with the tailgate down and like to use the tie down/bottle openers to secure the load. Does a d-ring have the same strength?
"Backin15" Problem solved
Take a look at Post #15 of this thread. $20+$5 shipping.
I think you'll ratchet strap your tailgate in half before you'll break this sucker.

Like many here, I added a tailgate strut and then the tailgate won't close with the stock tiedown bracket in place. So I made one out of scrap metal I had in a bin and posted it in my build thread here, and others asked if I'd be interested in making a few more. I have a few of these available.

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The steel is thicker than it needs to be, 1/8". Cut, bent, drilled & chamfered, corners radiused, welded, sanded, powdercoated, and shipped to your door for $20 each. Add $5 for a flat shipping cost and that covers anything else that you may want to purchase at the same time as well (see my signature for the other items I make & offer).

Because I make these one at a time by hand, my welding may not look as perfect as one that comes out of a factory in China. But it is well-built and solid and it works like it should, and of course, it's made in the USA.

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PayPal is strongly preferred, but if you don't have PayPal and need me to list one for purchase on eBay, I can do that as well. If you have an interest, please send me a private message (don't post to this thread). The amount is limited. Be aware that I'm not a fabricator. I make things because I enjoy making things. And because some accessories just cost too much, and they shouldn't.



My thanks go to @Dean S (his thread here) who came up with this outstanding minimalist design and shared it with us.

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Dee Zee makes the tailgate assist that FORD sells. Same thing on Amazon for $30 (at least when I bought mine a couple of years ago).
 
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With the short bed, I haul a lot of longer loads with the tailgate down and like to use the tie down/bottle openers to secure the load. Does a d-ring have the same strength?
The ones I got are rated for 1000lbs.
 
 







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