I purchased this unit with the desire to reduce the load weight when lifting the gate. With the springs enclosed and assisting the lift I wish I had gotten this earlier. I had seen other trailers with these units and decided to get them to reduce the lift weight. I recently had hernia surgery and have no desire to do that again!! Reducing the lift weight is extremely important otherwise you may consider trading the trailer in for a tilt trailer or perhaps dropping a heavy ramp and use lightweight aluminum portable ramps. I chose a lift assist unit at a great price and I'm very happy.
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The degree of difficulty was higher than I had anticipated but I managed to install the unit . I suggest anyone installing this type of equipment have lots of mechanical skills as well as good drills and an assortment of good drill bits . It might be even wiser to have it installed by a professional . Once the job is completed you will never have to strain your back using a very heavy trailer tailgate !!
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Product works as described half the price of the same thing at the local farm and garden store. Bolts are designed for tubing rails. My trailer is made of angle iron and I had to purchase different full threaded carriage bolts to complete installation
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Works so good only had to use it on one side- other side saved for spare-\excellent finish and easy install even on round side pipe
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Pretty easy to install other than drilling the holes. My trailer gate is home made and real heavy. Due to that fact it didn't raise it like it would on a most gates. It's still a big help getting it raised back up.
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This had good instructions with it, but they did send all the same sized washers, half should have been for the larger bolts. Other then that everything was great ! I can now lift my tailgate with one finger or stick my foot under it and give it a sharp pull up so I don't have to bend over.
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