thedole
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So far almost every detail about the R1T has me super excited and I'm very likely to go forward with my purchase. I think I'm down to one detail that I really need to better understand that could end up being a deal breaker. The gooseneck tailgate extends about 30" beyond the end of the bed. The payload on the R1T is over 1,700 lbs. I would like to carry pallets with between 1,000 and 1,600 pounds frequently. I currently am limited to 900lbs as I drive a Tacoma. These pallets are generally 48" long. They are placed in my current truck using a forklift with 42" long forks. This requires the pallet to be temporarily set down and at least partially supported by the tailgate before being slid further into the bed of the truck. With current truck tailgates this means much less than half of the pallet rests on the tailgate. On an R1T the pallet will be placed less than halfway beyond the beginning of the bed using the above numbers. It will actually be only ~33% resting on the actual truck bed. This will result in a large amount of weight being temporarily placed on the tailgate. My question is, will there be enough support provided by this gooseneck tailgate to prevent it from becoming damaged/bowed? I can't find it now, but I did see somewhere that it was rated to hold 1000lbs. Doesn't this seems less than ideal in this situation?
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