The TE-25L replaces the current TKL product line, and the entire TE-25 Series was available Jan. 1. According to Brent Stratton, vice president of sales & marketing, “The TE-25 Series offers the industry a low cost single cylinder gate with all the advantages of a large platform.”
The TE-25 Series was engineered in response to customers who required greater platform space to handle more consolidated loads on small trucks with low beds. The platform size is 48” x 78.5”. The liftgate features a wedge flip section that allows for more loadable space, a torsion assisted flip-over that reduces the force required to fold the larger platform area, and a revised extension plate for greater clearance.
The TE-25 Series also features a molded, potted switch that is corrosion resistant, a four-stage 500-hour salt spray tested paint process, and low maintenance pins and bearings that eliminate the periodic greasing requirements, the company said. The TE-25 Series has an opener arm that allows the gate to be opened with minimal effort. Combined with a standard torsion bar, there is no point during the operation of the liftgate that the driver has to strain to fold or unfold the platform, the company said.