No tailgate? No problem!

[osagebow]

Started to move wood from the stacks in the woods to my shed - tailgate of the s-10 came off in my hands. Whoops.
I have to back the truck down a 15 degree or so grade to my stacks to load. Managed to cantilever skinny pieces jammed into the second row to hold down the third and topped them with heavy splits on top to keep them in place. Definitely set a personal volume record with this load. Locust, oak, sass, and maple with some other oddball stuff. Will post the shed once she's filled.




These stacks are becoming overgrown. Too much trimmer work, and 2 months later it looks like a lost Amazon pyramid again. Abandoning this spot and doing a wood fence on the lawn.

 

[JOHN BOY]

Looks nice and dry Brother ! Great job . my little ranger gets put to the test .

 

[Paulywalnut]

Osage. I have a '97 s/10 and a guy pulled my tailgate off very easily. He put it back on and I'll be dogged if I can do it.
My point is it can be done. Someone on here knows.

 

[osagebow]

Osage. I have a '97 s/10 and a guy pulled my tailgate off very easily. He put it back on and I'll be dogged if I can do it.
My point is it can be done. Someone on here knows.

Cool, thanks- I'll give it a shot then. Round bit on bottom might be too rusted out though. Wanted to plow through and haven't looked at it yet.

 

[clemsonfor]

Y'all know tail gates pull off on purpose?? Like the ranger you hold it at like 45 degrees and pull the right side out toward you the pull the left side out of the pocket after you take the cables off. The s10 s and chevies are similar to pull off.

 

[swagler85]

Y'all know tail gates pull off on purpose?? Like the ranger you hold it at like 45 degrees and pull the right side out toward you the pull the left side out of the pocket after you take the cables off. The s10 s and chevies are similar to pull off.

My 97 F150 is the same way, very easy to pull the tailgate off

 

[Backwoods Savage]

No doubt that bottle helped hold things together.

 

[osagebow]

Y'all know tail gates pull off on purpose?? Like the ranger you hold it at like 45 degrees and pull the right side out toward you the pull the left side out of the pocket after you take the cables off. The s10 s and chevies are similar to pull off.

hahaha...I do now. Dinged up the round connectors good but still easy to beat back into round and put back on. Never even thought about removing it.

 

[Corey]

lol - I looked at that pic and thought DANG - those are some big splits! ...then I noticed it was an S10 truck! Guess it's just a matter of perspective!

You also realize, if you had the tailgate, you could cantilever ANOTHER row and move even more, right?!?