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Hope to make it out there by early Saturday (commitments on that Friday).

And here's a group pic of the last of us leaving Sunday afternoon.

Here's one of the camp on Sunday morning, and a little critter I found hiding under my camo net that morning (I scooped him into the clif-bar box and relocated him a couple hundred yards away from camp).

Here's a couple of pictures of the camp on Friday morning.

I'm on Irwin Rd; should be at camp in an hour. See you all out there.

Looking forward to it.

Three more: My shot of the lineup on the lakebed, Our "assault" on the mine, and SaltyDeuce's delivery of precious cargo (IIRC: the load on the deuce was used Thursday, and the Dump went to Saturday's bonfire).

A few more. (Once your campsite has had its own bobcat - you cant go back to manual firepit construction or firewood handling, the campsite on Friday afternoon, and Saturday's campfire):

I had an excellent time as well - thanks to all present. Here's some of the photos I took. (When I got to camp, and a couple when FastNova's caravan arrived):

I have just turned off Irwind road - starting on Copper City. Expect to arrive at camp within an hour. See you out there.

Count me in. It'll be good to see everyone again.

Rick - good to see another member in HB - Welcome!

Sure. The cable length isn't super critical - that's why I only used a loop on the TG end (for ease of removal, just pull the pin out of the TG bracket); the end that connects to the link at the end of the lever is clamped between a couple pieces of 1/4" aluminum so I could take up the slack...

OK - it looks like that may have worked - so here's the pics of the parts I used (before attachment to the truck): The first one shows the pulleys (small one - under bed, longer bracket attaches to bedside), and the link between cable and spring - before I decided to make a clamp (of two flat...

trying to add pictures Sorry, when I added the pictures last night, I used the "manage attachments" feature - which attached the pictures as thumbnails - they looked OK (and I can open them fine on my laptop), but I can't seem to open them when I view this thread on my phone. Maybe that's the...

A different approach I thought I'd finally add a writeup with how I decided to solve this problem on my truck. While Rusty's approach works, I was not fond of the way that it failed to allow the tailgate (TG) to go all the way down (180 degrees - instead of the 90 or so that the horse trailer...

Here's what I was thinking (hopefully you can see what I'm thinking from the pics I hope will upload)... Upper red pin is anchored to the bed-side (would have to be removable for dropsides); lower red pin is the tailgate's hinge. Blue pin is to connect one end of spring to pivot-link (other...

Rusty, I had not thought of a tailgate assist until I saw this thread, now I want one. I took a look at your hydraulic-cylinder drawings, but I don't see how they could work. The first design (drawings 1 & 2) seems to me won't work because your "welded stop bracket" won't allow the link...

I think the magic show might be finding a car that can survive you guys on those roads (and I'm not sure I condone such vehicle-abuse), but I'm sure it'll be fun to watch. Either way - I'll be there (probably Saturday morning).

So? How was it - was it as windy as the weather reports said (30+mph)? Did you have a good time anyway? Sorry I missed you guys, but apparently I am only a fair-weather friend. Cheers, Bob