It's a hell of a lot more than the Tundra's gate could hold.......
Did you guys see the reports and pics of the gates seperating due to ATV loading?

 

I forced the issue with a salesman at my local dealer, Family Ford in Netcong NJ, and after spending a good amount of time in the offices, he came out with a sad face and said 100 pounds. Apparently Ford doesn't want to touch the issue.

I also regularly ride a 600lb atv up a ramp thats on the tailgate, and no problems yet.

Beware of tailgate cables, I've had ones that were just about rusted through, but could not see it through the casing.

Don't get overly confident with the plywood .... its bending, etc

 

I have an Artic Cat TBX (truck box model) that weighs almost 800 pounds. I'm 255#'s so that is almost 1,100#'s all together on the tailgate when I'm loading it. Never a problem! Was no problem for my F150 either.

My back tires on the Arctic Cat rest on the tailgate when traveling too.

I was loading big rocks for a water garden on my tailgate on the F150 and stopped when I couldn't put any more on it, because I didn't have any room. We then loaded a friends Tacoma pickup, and his tailgate came crashing down and ruined it with just a couple of these rocks. I still tease him about it!

The Ford's are workhorses. End of Story.

 

They are, but the new ones will never hold up like the old ones. I'll be shocked if my 01 is still around 30 years from now. I'm sure the ones from the 70's will be though.

 

I've had 8 100lbs batteris on mine and it was fine.

 

Just a clarifying opinion; plywood isn't going to do you any good until (some portion) the load is past the hinge point. While loading (COG behind the gate pivot point) it will all be on the gate and cables- or at best, wherever the plywood's aft point of contact is, which will still be negligible until the load is past the hinge line.

Just envision a fulcrum and you'll see what I mean.

 

But, there is no fulcrum. Its not like a lever.

Part of the weight of the load will be on, at least (because of bending), the rear-most edge of the pickup bed floor. I don't think its negligible.

No??

I cautioned against being overly confident because the plywood would be crushing. The plywoods crushing and resistance to bending makes calculations difficult.

No??

 

The plywood is more to even out the load across the tailgate, not to put some of the load on the bed. At least, that was MY point

 

150 lbs. Its in the manual

 

If that's true, then I'll bet Ford won't honor my warranty anymore since my mother-in-law sat on my tailgate last night

 

Hahaha you didnt say mother-in-law the first time

 

What page?

Personally, I don't believe it. I weigh 300 pounds all by myself. (And that's being nice to me). I loaded my Dad's 4 wheeler plenty of times and I'm pretty sure it weighs a lot more than I do.

 

Just because the manual says 150lbs doesnt mean thats the max. Thats just the max ford wants you to put on there.

 

There isn't a load limit in my manual (2004), nor in a 2006 manual (OP's request).

 

Yeah.. I decided the original version made ME look bad.... but no one like's their mother in law...