BS: Official, I know I am getting old when

Subject: RE: BS: Official, I know I am getting old when
From: BrooklynJay
Date: 19 Sep 11 - 03:59 PM

A warm weather phenomenon:

For the past several years now - alright, a bit more than several years - when I pass young women on the street, they tend to immediately stretch their skimpy shirts downward to cover their previously exposed bare midsections if they even so much as think that I've glanced in their direction.

For the record, I recently turned 56, am still halfway decent looking, and am definitely not interested in girls young enough to be my daughter (if I had one).

But still... it does make one aware of the aging process.

Jay

Subject: RE: BS: Official, I know I am getting old when
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 19 Sep 11 - 08:53 PM

gnu -

My Lift Gate is an Anthony (Scroll down to "Pickup Series"). Main competition is the Tommy Gate. Very similar, but the Anthony has some "durability features" (at least in the ads) that the Tommy doesn't, although the Tommy is more common and very marginally cheaper. There are numerous other brands, but the Anthony was the recommendation from the shop where I got mine.

Used ones sometimes show up in the local ads here, but installation isn't a trivial operation so used ones actually go pretty cheaply. Most trucks will need about $100 worth of "model specific" fittings, and a forklift is a recommended/required tool for getting one on. There'd probably be more used ones for sale if more salvage yards were acquipped to take one off.

Not cheap at about $2600 (US) - new including installation - for a full size pickup. Approx 1750 lb lift capacity, although my Chevy 1500 only has about 1200 lb payload rating and the gate itself uses almost 400 of that. My Chev is a "WT" model (for Work Truck) so it's assumed that they assume it will be frequently loaded a little "over the rating"(?). It doesn't seem to mind, although I haven't put more than about 1600 lb on it (yet).

If you just have my trouble with getiin' in and out of the truck, one of the "Truck Toy" shops here has a mini-ladder that attaches to the tailgate and flips out conveniently(?) after the gate's down, but I thought their $300 was a bit excessive for a $30 stepladder/stool, and the gate is a real help for anything over "that size" where the stuff gets clumsy to handle.

John

Subject: RE: BS: Official, I know I am getting old when
From: gnu
Date: 20 Sep 11 - 05:30 PM

Thanks JiK. I found one available by special order here for about the same price. I find it odd that these riggins are not be made and sold a LOT cheaper. If I had a shitload of money I'd be at makin em.