Genuine GORILLA-LIFT 2-Sided Trailer Tailgate Lift Assist

These units are Awesome! I had to make a few brackets for my personal install. In short, it’s been a great upgrade. I added a gate extension to my trailer an had to have the assist an this was the answer.

This was fairly easy to install with the right tools. Watch the YouTube video we found which had clear instructions (not a Gorilla lift company video). Only issue is that 2 bolts are in wheel well and one is in an rail support so we needed a 13mm deep socket. My trailer is 5x8 with a 4foot gate and only one is needed. Prior to this lift, I had to be careful of my back. Now I can almost lift this gate with what I call dishwasher foot lift. I can lift it with one hand, in stead of lifting and resting the gate on my hip and the bench pressing it the rest of the way. Now it is so easy, I have to make sure it doesnt get away from me and go too far forward which is not really an issue.

Very good and works

So this gets 5 stars because of the benefit once it’s right. Truly one finger operation. But there were several functionality issues as designed. One is if you have a fold flat ramp, or need to remove the ramp sometimes, you will lose that because of the way the standoffs stick out and are bolted on. I built A new set of pins and went through two supports on the ramp, and they can be removed in a few seconds if you want fold flat and ramp removability. Which for me, was a must. See pics for easy upgrade. Final product is a life saver, including the upgrade. Btw, that little black bracket with hole is to hang the pin when not attached to the ramp. Just piece of angle attached with the same carriage bolt as the spring housing. Your backs gonna love you!

Replaces an existing unit that rusted out after 9 years.

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.

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

It’s overall a great device. It’s well constructed. It seem to go together pretty well but the instructions were not altogether clear. You will have to do drilling on your trailer to put these in. Do not install them far back so if you have a rail clip on the top you will have to remove it with an angle grinder before actually installing these items. If you do install them and would like to have additional links to pull from you can use the wheels that attach to the trailer frame to guide the cable down and not cause abrasion.

Awesome Product...Have been using it for for months everyday....Only issue I had was the Quality of the Carriage Bolts....The Strip Very Easily...Do Not over torque/tighten...Or Replace them with better quality like I did.

Likes - came as a two pack; easy to install, instructions were clear Dislikes - The provided bolts are longer than what I would have selected for mounting to the trailer. Note the bolts are metric thread. I was going to change them out for standards of a shorter size (as my local Lowes does not have a great inventory if any metric). Luckily, I brought a couple of the carriage bolts with me and figured out that on the closest standard thread, the square part of the carriage bolt on the metric bolt is smaller, so standard bolt would not work in the pre-drilled carriage bolt holes on the spring tubes. I stuck with the metric bolts but did change out the longer bolts on the gate end since they were not carriage bolt application. Also, my trailer has a dove tail and the side rails follow that drop so I ended up using spacers to support end closest to gate. No biggie and I knew this going into the purchase. Also, I added some chain link connectors to the trailer and positioned the gate locations a bit higher to allow for some adjustment if the spring wears. There are actually two springs in each tube, and I opted to use both versus trial and error of testing one then another. I am very satisfied with the purchase.