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• Increases Volumetric Capacity
• Fast Opening – Fast Acting
• Reduces Tire Costs
• Controls Rock Spillage
• Less Haul Road Maintenance
• Contains Hard-To-Haul Materials
• Balanced Load Distribution
• Provides Better Loading Target
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PHIL’s Traditional Autogate® Tailgate is the first and original commercially available tailgate available! Designed in the 1960’s by Phil Philippi, this tailgate works with your off-highway rigid frame truck insuring full truck utilization. Designed to cap off the back end of the truck body, the PHIL Autogate Tailgate contains most any material no matter what is being hauled or the road condition. Whether they are designed to be built up for sideboards or for standard heights, high-strength steel is used throughout. Trouble free operation is simple: the body dumps, the tailgate opens, without any locks, cylinders or controls to malfunction. Simplicity – part of what makes PHIL Autogate Tailgates An Investment Worth Making.
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We set the industry standard in tailgate design since we introduced the first off-highway Autogate Tailgate to the industry over 30 years ago. Today, we’ve produced more than 5,000 tailgates for both articulated and rigid frame off-highway trucks.
Each fast-opening, fast-acting Autogate Tailgate provides increased payloads, decreased material spillage, improved loading and a balanced load distribution. And, we use a unique, high-strength chain that’s stronger than any commercially available standard chain and oversized gate pivot pins to provide maximum durability.
Whether you’re hauling dirt, sand, gravel, shot rock or soupy material, the PHIL Autogate Tailgate keeps material in your truck bed no matter what the condition.
How Does An Autogate Tailgate Increase Your Truck Payload and Productivity?
Without a tailgate, isolated components such as the front suspension, front axle, hoist mechanism, and steering equipment may be overburdened. While attempting to prevent spillage, operators may pile the load forward in the truck bed causing damage to the canopies, overload to the front tires, and side spillage. By closing the rear of the truck, tailgates provide a bigger loading target helping the loader operator distribute the load evenly from the front to the rear of the truck so weight distribution improves.
With the truck bed closed, you’ll also realize a volumetric capacity increase of up to 15%, depending on the material hauled.
A direct benefit of tailgates is the elimination of rear-end spillage. When a non-tailgated truck shifts gears on an incline or turns a corner, materials can be lost over the sides or out the rear leading to tire damage. Our Autogate Tailgate reduces side and rear-end spillage by keeping the “rocks-in-the-box”. Drivers steer with ease through clutter-free loading and haulage areas.
Operation of our Autogate Tailgate is simple and trouble-free. No lock, cylinders or controls to malfunction. The body dumps, the Autogate Tailgate opens.
Tailgate Accessories
A number of accessories are available to enhance the performance of your Autogate Tailgate.
1. Sideboards
Recommended to increase volumetric capacity when hauling lightweight material. (Does increase loading height.) Special prices are available for Autogate Tailgate/sideboard packages.
2. Body Seal
Installed on sides of body to help seal space between the gate, sidearms and body sides. Reduces most fine or fluidic material leakage, +/- ¾”.
3. Fluidic Seal
Provides a nearly complete seal between the Autogate Tailgate and truck body to haul extremely soupy materials. Uses the body seal components plus additional seal across the bottom gate rear. Recommended when you need more than a body seal to keep your material “in-the-box”.
4. Rubber Cushion Assembly
Recommended for underground operations and operations with high road speeds and uneven haul roads. Reduces tailgate wear, bouncing and noise. May be installed on an existing gate or purchased with an Autogate Tailgate.
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