Originally Posted by KWhitelaw

Thanks for the feedback from all. The diamond plate is bolted to the steel tubing and is long enough that it bridges over the tailgate and touches the bed. Hard to tell from the pictures and because of the bedrug but no weight is on the tailgate (can freely move up with one hand) when loading/unloading or transporting. The ramps were kept short to make it less akward to carry/attach.

I trust steel tubing and the diamond plate suppoted on the bed and by the hitch a lot more than 2 steel cables with me and a 800+lbs ATV so to each his own I guess. Material was lying around so cost a little time and can of primer and paint cheap in my opion compared to replacing a tailgate.

Originally Posted by HammerZ71

Man, they got really short with the beds on the 4th Gens. My ATV sits at about the same place with a toolbox in the bed.

Originally Posted by rolltidehemi

Had the bedrug in my 04 with a tonneau, IMO the best thing there is, it handled my ATV trips to Tenn. from Fla. no problem, after six years it still looked brand new, just took my ATV to Tenn in March in my 09, had no problem with the tailgate or cables, 14 hour trip.