Locking the tailgate

Saw this today ,,, keeps the tail gate from bein opened. This truck has a bed cover that keeps them from being loosened and taken off. He's making me a set, and I'm going to get a different type of head bolt to install them ...it's not 100 %, but I like it.

 

I like it.

 

Interesting but if it was my setup I'd probably go with a hitch pin instead to hook it up

 

In order to open your bedcover do you need to open your tailgate?

 

Please remember he has an automatic bed cover similar to a Rollin lock. I don't , so a lock will be used for mine.

 

Hard cover? Just use a pop n lock.

Soft cover? Pocket knife and pliers and what's pictured is defeated.

There are a few other items in the 'free mods' thread that give reasonable protection as well, with a bit less obstruction.

 

How is a pocket knife and pliers going to take off the locking devise????

 

No...you have to open the cover to open the tailgate.....but I'm putting a lock on mine since I don't have a cover....

 

It won't, but they will allow someone to easily get through the soft cover to undo your locking mechanism by hand.

 

Pocket knife to slash the soft over, pliers to untwist/cut the bailing wire in the picture.

I replied to your original post; you added the use of a padlock later (I assume in place of the wire)

Granted, it will give another level of protection to the removal of your tailgate, particularly for an opportunistic theft. For a 'professional', bolt cutters are in the kit.

It is a creative solution, and could work well for many folks

 

The pictures are from another truck, not mine. Since he has a cover that is locking, he does not need a lock, only the pin pictured.

 

Looks like a pretty good idea.

 

Great idea. I have a locking SnugTop, but would like the tailgate to lock also. My four month old Pop-n-Lock just took a dump last week, so I'm in the market for a better solution