Tailgate upgrade

Wife picked this up for me Super stoked to try it out on my day trip in a week
Like the American Flag

 

Looks good. Who makes that?

 

Mountain Hatch. Very well made. Food grade safe as well.

 

Very cool wife!! How would this hold up if I use my truck for construction stuff?? Random rebar, manhole covers sliding around, gravel?

 

Thank you bro yes ride or die chick! Tailgate is well made the part I’m pinching is 1/2” thick. You use factory bolts as you see.

 

Thanks! Just when I thought I was done spending money on this truck..

 

EXACTLY LOL

 

What kind of material is that? I like how it's flat. Thx

 

What exactly is food grade safe? As often as this gets stepped on, stuff being dragged across it, and the amount of dirt in the tailgate, is it advisable to eat or prepare food on it?

 

Yes you can prep and what not. Imo depends on each person they way they use it. Thrash it might not last long. Be a dude like me I like to take care of my stuff.

 

For gravel, I think I'd lay down a HF moving blanket or drop cloth first no matter if I had this or not. But I like the tailgate slick.

 

You’d probably be better off with either of these and a cutting board. Mobtown is doing 15% off till the 4th I believe.
https://mobtownoffroad.com/product/2016-2020-toyota-tacoma-tailgate-reinforcement-plate/

https://www.relentlessfabrication.c.../products/2016-tacoma-tail-gate-reinforcement

 

I recommend sanitizing it before prepping food.

 

Couldn't you do that to any surface?

The flat surface is cool though.

 

Good heavens look at the prices. I can make a perfectly serviceable cover from plywood and some bed liner.

For decades I ran water analysis on a tailgate in some pretty demanding environments. I just used a piece of plexiglass that I’d put on top of the tailgate. I probably didn’t spend as much for all of these combined as these folks are asking.

 

There's a whole recent thread, on the pros and cons of the Mountain Hatch.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/mountain-hatch-thread.664540/

 

I’m good That’s why I bought it

 

Not worried about price. Great quality. To each there own. Thanks for your input