subject: What Is A Lift Gate And When Do I Need One? Read On And Find Out! [print this page] If you are wondering what a lift gate is and when you need one, your San Francisco courier services have the answer. You need a lift gate when you go hiking around antique stores and find that amazing wooden Indian you have to move somehow. Or you need to lift that upright piano you got on sale, or that life size bronze statue you inherited, or those fifty pound bags of cement that Home Depot left by your vehicle. You need a lift gate to move what you cannot move, from ground level to truck bed level, and here is where San Francisco courier services can save the day.
Unless Hercules is available, not many people have lifting mechanisms lying around, which is why all delivery services offer delivery vehicles with exactly that feature. The gate opens like a regular tailgate, but then the special function of a lift gate comes into play.
A lift gate has both hydraulic and mechanical sets of systems built in, systems that will allow you to lower the gate right from the truck bed frame down to the sidewalk, unlike a regular tailgate, which leaves that massive gap between cement and vehicle (the one you would need Hercules to help with).
Usually a lift gate will require that you strap the item to be lifted onto a dolly (with maybe two other folks to assist). However, once you settle the dolly onto the lift gate, you just press the button and watch it waft slowly and gently back up to the truck bed. From there, you manipulate it onto the vehicle and secure it with whatever material you think best (usually our courier services recommend a padded tarp and ropes to hold it in place).
Once you get the Indian, piano, statue or cement bags home, you settle the dolly onto the lift gate a second time and watch it easily lower to earth level. By the way, you, not gravity, control the lift gate speed, so take all the time you need.
That is why you need a lift gate! You cannot safely move your cargo yourself; so modern physics and a convenient hydraulic system will do it for you. The lift gate feature can be requested on most of your courier services transportation vehicles, and it should cut your moving time down to a few hours. Which means you can tell Hercules to take a hike.
