Help with frozen tailgate

[Cody Wolford]

I have to get in my truck bed for stuff for work tomorrow since it's snowing and ill be working
I can hear the locks release and lock as I pull/push on the gate.
But the tail gate is frozen shut, ideas on how to get open and then how to prevent freezing. Maybe rub Vaseline on the edges.
I have a tonneau cover on so that's why I need it open. Hoping after school today it's warmed up enough and it's thawed enough I can get it to open and then get the stuff I need out, an hopefully help prevent it from happening again.

Thanks
Cody

 

[hershey]

Get some of that spray windshield deicer in a can at the auto parts store and spray the s**t out of both sides. Also get in the handle area and the latches at the bed.

 

[Cody Wolford]

Thanks man
I was thinking about that while I've been in school




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[sturd]

Pee on it. Warms it right up.

 

[GeorgiePorgie]

boil some water....probably not the best idea though.

 

[Cody Wolford]

Luckily it thawed out while I was at school.
Thanks!!

 

[Bill480]

hot water is your friend

doesnt have to be boiling, dont hurt yourself

 

[halffast]

I've had good luck spraying silicone type lube on locks , latches , door trim rubber , etc. to keep them from re-freezing . Instead of staying wet it kind of dries to a film that moisture doesn't seem to freeze to as easily .

 

[Cody Wolford]

That's what I was reading online

I used Vaseline of the edges of my tailgate on top.
So it doesn't freeze to the tonneau cover bar or the chrome edge I have in the doesn't freeze to the side of the truck on the tailgate

 

[GeorgiePorgie]

Vaseline eh?

 

[Cody Wolford]

Vaseline eh?

Honestly it worked
We had a couple cold icy nights and it popped right open the next morning