Chris has fitted gas struts to his well-body ute tailgate to dampen the speed of its fall when opening and to assist lifting for closing. The gas struts or gas springs, as they are sometimes known, have a 150mm stroke and attach to the fixture points of the standard tailgate cable retainers. One of the struts is damped while the other is a straight gas spring although Chris reckons they would function without any worries both being a damped gas spring.

Chris said the kit cost around $150 and took fifteen minutes to fit.

Thanks to Chris for sharing some photos of the unit with us. A couple of books from our Workshop series are on the way.

If you have some innovative adaptions, send them through to us and we will include them in this Ideas and innovations section of Farming Ahead. Email us the idea at [email protected] or send us an MMS of it at 040 111 FARM (040 111 3276).