Genuine GORILLA-LIFT 2-Sided Trailer Tailgate Lift Assist

So I ordered this and for one reason or another it took 18 months to find the time to install it. Started off slow because my old gate latch was mounted on the top rail and had to be removed. Then had to put new latches on that mounted on the side rail uprights. Total time to install just the Gorilla lift kit was under an hour. Now it is so easy to lift the gate I can not believe it took me so long to get it done. Strongly recommend this product

Easy to install. Makes a heavy gate ready to lift..

This is a great product, really helped my husbands shoulder

Works as described. I was able to adjust the amount of assist to the tailgate can be lifted with 1 finger. Do note that many trailers have a locking pin or latch that may interfere with the cable. I had to cut my original latch off of my trailer and devise another way to secure the tailgate. But I have something wrong with my back and it was worth it. A friend of mine installed a set on his trailer a few days before me and he also had to modify his latch setup. He also ran into a little issue with one of the mounting bolts of the lift coming out directly into the edge of one of the vertical angle arm sections of the trailer. The problems I ran into are possible on many trailers, but the design of the Gorilla Lift was not at fault. It looks like it will last a long time and the yellow tubes are power coated inside and out so it shouldnt rustsoon like the trailer probably will. Im glad I bought it and installed it. If you cant accurately locate and drill 10 1/2 holes, have someone do this for you who can. Youll be happy when youre done. See my photos of a trailer that has a latch thats in the way. Then see the photo with the cable extended and you can see where to watch for a problem.

Love this made lifting my heavy gate lift with ease.

So, my utility trailer has 30 walls, so standard attachment would not work. I had angle iron rails welded 24 to the outside of the bed walls and used it as the attachment points. Mounting the tubes was not a problem, drilling the 1/2 in holes was important for this attachment for movement and clearance. The challenge was installing the pins that ended up against the side of the gate opening, there was not much clearance, but after many attempts was able to make it work. Standard cotter pins would have worked better for this app. SPRINGS , this was the most aggravating part of the install. Testing the spring strength vs the ramp gate was bs. trying to stretch the small spring while inside the large caused the spring to bind and not reflect the true spring rate. Then once a spring was cut, its worthless (cant undo a cut spring). It seems that it the springs were separated, not fixed to the cable, fine tuning what rate is needed for the ramp weight would work better. My app ended up with two small springs, does not hold the gate but takes some effort to lower and raise the ramp. Much better than before. However, a combo of one small one large may have worked better. Only other grip is, the manufacture suggests applying a sealant as the join of the two tubes, but end caps are not provided for the leading end of the tubes and the roller end is open. Makes perfect sense. would absolutely recommend!

I have trouble with lift springs being too strong to allow tailgate to drop down. I have extra heavy tailgate but springs keep it from dropping down past half way. Have to push completely to ground.

Totally worth it, makes it easier to lift the gate

As a woman using a trailer to haul a lawn mower around, I was struggling to lift the heavy endgate. My husband found these online and ordered them and I am absolutely loving them. They take all the work out of raising and lowering the endgate on the trailer I use. I am very happy with this product.

This product is going to save my back over the years to come. I have a very heavy gate on my landscaping trailer and I put it up and down at least 20 times every day. Instead of having to do a squat maneuver to get my gate up, now I flip it up with my foot and the rest of the way I push-up with a finger tip. It is a game changer