Genuine GORILLA-LIFT 2-Sided Trailer Tailgate Lift Assist

Couldn’t be more satisfied. This is a game changer. My ramp gate is over 150 pounds. Now it moves easily up and down and will stay in any position between.

I knew from the installation video I watched prior to purchasing it that the install was not a 5 minute process, but I didnt anticipate the amount of adjustments I would have to make to allow it to release and lift my tailgate properly...oh well, its on and finally working as it should...

Working great, easy to use and wasnt too complicated to install. I think it will be a winner. Thanks

Used it for an extended trailer gate on a new mow trailer.......which was too heavy. The assist was the perfect solution. Seller made the delivery in SUPER time. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!

Fairly easy to install. Springs were much stronger than I thought they would be. I was worried our ramp would be a little to heavy, but it was plenty. We even had to tone it down to just 1 spring, because it was actually too much tension.

I have a tilt-gate trailer like the one they picture except it has 2-7/16 OD round tubular top rails, not flat rails. The yellow spring housings come in two pieces to allow a shorter shipping box. You butt them up and then bolt them down, two bolts for each piece of tubing. However, theres nothing to align the two yellow tubes together. Thus flat-bottomed square tubes are precariously sitting on top of round tubular rails. You are instructed to drill oversized holes through the mounting rails. This allows you to reposition the square tubes before tightening them down, but also allows the two tubes to move slightly as they absorb eventual road vibrations. The yellow spring housing tubes can become misaligned after a while. If that happens, the long garage-style springs inside the housing hang up on the misaligned tube edges in the middle and boing as they slip off. They should have welded ears onto the tubes that force the tubes to stay aligned or be hinged so that they are mechanically aligned after installation. Also, be aware that the threaded bolts are all metric. The carriage bolts look like theyre 5/16-18 thread, and say so in the instructions, but they are not. The gate-mounting bolts look like they are 1/2-13, but they are not. The carriage bolts supplied are not long enough to go through my 2-7/16 tubular top rails. I had to purchase eight new galvanized carriage bolts (didnt want them to rust). Thats when I discovered the threads were not SAE. The supplied nuts did not fit properly. One of the great features of this type of trailer is that you can fold the gate forward onto the bed to get it out of the wind for significantly less drag and better mileage. If you employ their permanently-attached cable system and its 6 long metric 1/2 bolts, you can never fold the gate inward -- the bolts make the gate too wide to fit inward. If you look at the pictures, youll see that I rigged up a different system using shorter, custom-cut 1/2-13 threaded rod with locknuts, washers and a hitch pin. This allows me easily to remove the cables and still fold the gate inward on return highway trips when empty or lightly loaded. I now have the best of both worlds: an easy-lifting gate and an inwardly foldable gate. Finally, a word on the springs. Since they have no idea how heavy or large your ramp-gate is, they supply two coaxial springs that are really strong. Two springs, one inside the other for each side, comprise the default setup. This means you have five spring combinations to choose from. 1. Both inner and outer springs on both sides, if your gate is really heavy. 2. Both outer springs (no inner springs) on both sides, if the gate is heavy. 3. One outer spring on one side, both inner/outer springs on the other side if the gate is a bit less heavy. 4. One inner spring on one side, one outer spring on the other side. 5. One inner spring on both sides. You test the gate using various combinations and S hooks until youre happy with the balance. The problem is that to get the springs apart so you can use only the inner spring, you have to cut the outer springs loop and pull the larger outer spring off the pair. This renders the spring almost unusable if you change your mind. Its a bit confusing in print. Weigh your combinations carefully before cutting. Out of the box and per side, you can attach the cable to 1) both springs or 2) the outer, larger spring. You cant attach to the just the smaller, inner spring by itself. Because my gate is fairly light, the combination I needed was a single inner spring on one side and one outer spring on the other side. I cut the large outer spring off with an angle grinder. Youd need a very large bolt cutter, or maybe a hacksaw, to cut the spring. But spring steel is very tough. Dont know if a hacksaw would make it. Anyway, now that the gate is balanced fairly well, its simply a matter of picking it up with my toe and it rises easily into position to be locked off. Very handy indeed.

I installed this on my trailer and I can lift the gate with one finger now! Its fairly easy to install, there are a lot of YouTube videos to show you.

This thing does what it promised! Saves your back!!!!!

My trailer gate was very heavy and hard for me to lift. I decided to get the gorilla lift to save my back. It was easy to install and works great! No more strained back!

These are great! Can pick up tail gate with one hand now!