Bronco Slide-Out Tailgate — 600 lbs capacity of awesome

raqball

Thanks for the video and photos.. It's a shame there is nothing for the 2DR as I'd probably buy one if there was..

RagnarKon

Yeah there's not a lot of options for the 2-door—both from Ford's official accessories and aftermarket.

I had assumed originally the slide-out tailgate would fill up the entire rear of the 4-door Bronco. But, it doesn't—when it's pushed all the way in there is a good 7-8" gap in the frame. So just visually it looks like if they made a smaller frame it would fit in the 2-door, but maybe not—no idea how much room is in the back of the 2-door.

raqball

Looks very useful.. I'd buy it if they ever make a 2dr version but something tells me that's not going to happen or they would have already done so...

RagnarKon

Obviously not a new accessory—this was one of the first Bronco accessories that were teased in the early Bronco Nation video.

It caught my eye early on, but the some of the first reviews didn't seem overly hot on it, so I held off. Looked at a bunch of other options in the mean time: For awhile I was real excited about American Adventure Lab stuff... but whew that stuff is pricey. Saw a few @B MIller videos with his cargo security drawer, but I didn't necessarily want to have that drawer in my Bronco 24/7 and reducing the "everyday usefulness" of the Bronco. The Bronco for me is more of an occasional adventure vehicle and less of a dedicated overlanding vehicle, so I have commitment issues. 😉

SO... I waited for Ford's typical holiday 30% off coupon code and finally pulled the trigger on the slide-out tailgate. Super happy with it so far. And as a huge bonus... Ford rates it at 600 lbs, which means I can easily stand on it and access gear on TrailRax roof rack without having to carry a step ladder.

Available via Ford Accessories.

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jtgensler

Nice. I just picked up the cargo security drawer yesterday off Marketplace for a good price.
It would be cool to find a way to get this to work with the cargo drawer on top of it. slide out work area, slide out storage drawer, still have open space to store things on top. Hmm....

RagnarKon

I think @TechnicalDisaster brought up this idea in the YouTube comments.

My hunch is it would be possible to do this, but you'll probably have to drill new holes in the cargo drawer to line up with the slide-out tailgate. Complete guess/gut feeling on my end, so could be wrong, but I suspect it wouldn't be that much work to make it happen.

RagnarKon

I think @TechnicalDisaster brought up this idea in the YouTube comments.

My hunch is it would be possible to do this, but you'll probably have to drill new holes in the cargo drawer to line up with the slide-out tailgate. Complete guess/gut feeling on my end, so could be wrong, but I suspect it wouldn't be that much work to make it happen.

BuckYeah

But if I had a dime for every time you said "Bada Bing Bada Boom" I'd have a few bucks. 😜

jtgensler

Nice. I just picked up the cargo security drawer yesterday off Marketplace for a good price.
It would be cool to find a way to get this to work with the cargo drawer on top of it. slide out work area, slide out storage drawer, still have open space to store things on top. Hmm....

TechnicalDisaster

You would also need to notch the rear of the cargo drawer so the passenger seats still have room to recline when the cargo drawer sits higher/

jtgensler

To be 100% honest, I didn't know the rear seats could recline lol.