Managing heavy trailer tailgates and ramps can be a real headache, but not with this ingenious spring latch. The spring-loaded design means you can set it open with ease, slide your tailgate into place, and the latch automatically secures it once closed. Say goodbye to juggling multiple pins and hairpins—this latch makes the process seamless and straightforward, saving you time and effort.
Struggling with misaligned latches is a thing of the past. The clever cone-style design of this latch pin guides itself into the keeper, even when things are slightly off. It’s especially useful when you're in a hurry or trying to lock up in tricky conditions. With this intuitive feature, your trailer tailgate or ramp lines up perfectly every time.
Mounting your tailgate latch shouldn't be a bother, and with this left-hand specific spring latch it isn't. Especially crafted for the driver’s side, its two-hole mounting plate ensures a solid, bolt-on installation. It's engineered for practical use, making your setup process simple and straightforward. Remember to grab your own mounting hardware!
Made from durable zinc-plated steel, this latch is built to withstand the elements. Providing excellent corrosion resistance, it keeps performing perfectly regardless of harsh weather or challenging roads. You can count on it for rugged durability, no matter the conditions your trailer encounters.
With its robust 1/2-inch pin diameter and 5-3/4-inch pin length, this latch suits a variety of trailer configurations. It's the ideal replacement for cumbersome pin and hairpin combinations, simplifying gate operations. Perfect for anyone from landscape trailer operators to utility trailer users, it offers unmatched versatility and reliability.
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Hi, neighbor. This is Brad at etrailer and today we're looking at the Paneloc Heavy Duty Spring Latch system that is zinc coated. For those looking for added protection, we also have a stainless steel option. So if you have a trailer that you use on a regular basis, a lot of times we're not so fortunate to be able to store it inside so it sits outside in the elements, which in turn can cause corrosion, as you see. Same with the hardware. A product is only as good as its hardware sometimes, and honestly, the hardware can make a difference of ease of loading or just the overall feel of the quality of a trailer.
Something else you might consider needing new hardware would be adding your own attachments to the back for repurposing a trailer for something. In this case, loading a golf cart. So this bracket itself, pretty simple, two mounting holes. You have a compression pin here that acts as a lock. If you've ever loaded a trailer by yourself, it can get kinda tricky.
A lot of your attachments can get heavy, so you catch yourself in a position while you're trying to put it up. If the pins are down, you're having to do the dance in between 'em. So something cool with that locking system is you can do one at a time, drop down. Same thing. You can load your golf cart, in this instance.
Put this up. I can walk over here, take my time, and boom, one-person system. So something to take in consideration with this kit and something that you'll have to have some forethought before putting it on is, it does not come with hardware. So what we're using since we have a 5/16 hole is a 5/16 bolt, roughly about an inch long. Depending on your situation, your bracket, metal, it could change.
The 5/16 hole, we're gonna put this through. And here we have a flat washer and a nylon locking nut. Nylons are good, especially on a trailer that has a lot of vibration. You don't want that working out and all of a sudden your hitch pin coming out. So we'll get this tightened up. You're gonna need to find a bracket or fabricate your own bracket for your needs if your trailer doesn't have one, so make sure you match the 1/2 inch hole, maybe a little larger. Something that's nice about this pin, as you can see, it's tapered in so you don't have to have a direct shot in, so it should make for an easy drop in. Something else. This construction, it is steel. It is zinc coated. Zinc coating helps protect it from the elements for a pretty long time. It does a great job. So something to think about when you're buying these for your trailer would be left hand or right hand so these mirror each other, so obviously one side will go to the other. But the way to determine that, if you look at the front face of it, see where the pin is It's on the right and that's your right-hand side. This is the opposite side, so as you can see looking at the front, it's on the left. So the product itself has very good feel to it. As you can see, spring deck is good. A little squeaking, but nothing terrible. You may have some binding issues but part of that could be your hole not big enough, your alignment off, so really making sure when you fabricate it on your trailer, you do a good job to square it up. So that's a look at our Paneloc Heavy Duty Spring Latch with Hold Back. So, if you are fabricating your own trailer as this is, or you just want a refresh on the hardware on your existing trailer, having a nice new touch point for something that you use a lot and not having a latch hang up while trying to load is something that's totally worth it. Thanks for watching..
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