Believe it or not, its illegal to run with your tailgate down in Minnysoda..
Now THAT I didn't know... Thanks for the info - although I don't run with it down anyway.. Still, ------
Ok, now what if you're just coming from the local lumber yard with some 10' 2X4s in the back, laid flat.. Tailgate's down, but covered with the wood.. Illegal??
Get a vehicle built for the job.
LMAO.. Oh, Lordy, that reminds me.. Not to get off topic, but at one time when I was doing a bit of truck farming I bought some crops from other farmers that I couldn't grow here..especially muskmelons..
Old Harry Shindledecker in Cannon Falls, MN grew the BEST melons, and I would often buy his entire crop. One day in August I showed up with my (then) Ford Pinto wagon and he had about 15+ bushels of melons.. Hadda load 'em in loose in order to take 'em all home.. I had melons EVERYWHERE - only enough room to drive and I figured there was about 1200# in that car.. I think it looked somewhat like that pic above...