I LIKE IT! But will it fit...

[BillyTungsten]

Very slick, I think, but they do not offer one for older K5's... they do offer ones for chevy full-size. Wonder if it could be made to work?

http://tiregate.com/prod_info.shtml

huh.

 

[PsychoticDeadGuy]

what year is your K5? if they make the tire carrier for the same body style pick-em-up then that will work. the gates for the pick-em-ups and the K5s of the same body style is the same. not sure on the newer trucks though.

 

[BillyTungsten]

1973.

I wonder how recently the gates were the same, meaning how old could a full-size pick-up be and still share my K5's gate?

 

[PsychoticDeadGuy]

same body style from what i have heard, someone chime in if im wrong

 

[muddybuddy]

i think same as well

 

[BillyTungsten]

It seems to be a nice way to carry a full-size spare, keep the rear seat, and still have room for junk...

 

[mikey_d05]

Where in MN are you from?

 

[chrisb420]

i run a 76 pickup tailgate on my 86 k5. only thing i had to add were the bottom tailgate mounts and pickup hinges to my tailgate posts and the holes were already there for them

 

[gauder]

Well if anyone near me wants to try, I've got a bender and I'm sure we could come up with something in a day.

 

[ntsqd]

Saw those at the Off Road Expo. Was it me wanting something like that I'd add some serious gusseting to the 'fixed' bedside. We swung the one @ Expo open and it flexed the bedside a bit. Wouldn't take long b4 the bedside was floppin in the breeze when you opened it.

 

[Leper]

thanks for the link. I'm gonna build one in the next couple of weeks. If you look at the mount, it is U shaped and goes from side to side. Stronger I think.

 

[ntsqd]

Their part is U shaped, but it basically attaches where your tailgate pivots and latches bolt to the bedside and there are no other parts like a frame the goes from bedside to bedside.

 

[BillyTungsten]

mikey, I am in Anoka... about 1 hour north of the cities - you? (I remember a reference you made to Hudson, WI... I get down there once in a while)

 

[BillyTungsten]

BTW, I finally ran down a price for this unit... can you believe $1,200.00???!!!

 

[mikey_d05]

I'm originally from New Ulm, about 1.5 hours from the cities and 30 or so miles NW of Mankato. Anoka is kinda on my way to Gilbert.

 

[fireplug]

BTW, I finally ran down a price for this unit... can you believe $1,200.00???!!!

What a flippin joke. And morons with too much $ driving their Escalades will buy 'em up.