Finally have the gates on... Wood is Blackbutt, hinges and brackets are powdercoated steel.. back latches are galv..front are stainless.. All fasteners are stainless.. Gate top edges have an alloy angle piece to stop the wood getting damaged.. Rubber stoppers mounted on the gates.. also stainless eye hooks for tarping.. Final bit was the rubber grip mat..
Very happy/.. I'm about to sit down and price these gates so If any one is interested, let me know.. They were not a cheap job though..
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cheap or not they turned out awesome ! top work

nice gates mate love the black butt

Was thinking about teak but the price was humungous.. That is if you can get hold of any..

sorry... doesnt do it for me, im affraid. OGs would ve been better. like the matt though.

id love to see red ceder ones but its too soft. brush box is nice as well

Thats ok mate.. I've got the original gates which will be repaired some time soon.. I have another 4 2cabs tucked away (unrestored) and will interchange them around a bit.. The rubber mat is great..$200.. What are OG's?

Rob

the originals!

i am looking at using the same mat in mine, when done. understand the pain re the fixing of the original ones... at least youve got em. you see so many now with out as theywere taken off and lost long ago.

My D/Cab is arriving tomorrow from M'bourne and the tray is first on the list, have you guys replaced the floor as well. Any tips or suggestions.

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Peter

Only that mine is refloored using chequerplate steel.. Extra crossmembers welded in underneath.. I am sure others can give you advice.. Don't throw away your dropgates... No matter what condition!

a lot of work gone into them that is for sure ,i may go down this road as well as gates are rare as rocking horse shit i am just tackling the twin cab i just bought ,rust is worse than expected ,a very bodgey job done on mine but it will come out allright

Good luck.. If you need to find any stuff let me now..

i got some timber sides also kept orig in shed,and thay dont look too bad dark timber with flat black will look to see if i have a recent pic,

I wonder if it would be worthwhile tooling up and reproducing the original gates.. There seem to be a lot of enquiries from all over about finding gates../

The cost of tooling up for original style gates would push them up to around the $1500 a set sort of range and that is only if you got a few orders. I looked into it a few years back and yeah there is interest but no one actually wants to pay anything for them....

Interesting.. Thats actually quite inexpensive..

Lookin sweet Rob now all u need is some wheels and to drop it

Nah.. It's a workhorse.. I'm going to lower the splitty though