tailgate width???

[mikeith]

anyone know what the width for a fleetside tailgate is on our trucks? i'm fixing to cut down a ramp and my truck isnt here

[werewolfx13]

The outter sheetmetal (as you look at the truck from the back with the gate closed, tailgate only) is 66 5/8", the inside part is about 65 1/4". For making a ramp, I'd go 65" wide or a little less.