LiftGator Lift Gates

— About The Company

“Necessity is the mother of invention.”

It’s an adage which we have heard since we were kids crawling through our fathers’ garages. It is also the story of the LiftGator.
The idea for the LiftGator came to be when the co-founder of LiftGator was working as a fabricator. He needed a way to load welders, generators, and air-compressors into his truck, but wasn’t willing to cut the truck apart and weld a permanent liftgate in place. He felt that there was a better way and began the development of a liftgate, which would fit in the truck’s hitch, being there only when he needed it.

From humble beginnings, building LiftGators in a family barn, LiftGator has grown to be a premier manufacturer of hitch mounted liftgates.

Today, LiftGators are manufactured in Watertown, SD, and sold throughout North America and Europe. Each unit is built by experienced fabricators from American made materials. High-quality product standards have always been a focus, guaranteeing each LiftGator will hold up to real-world abuse.

The beginnings

In 2013 the TruckGator was brought to life in Southern California, by 2014 production started in a barn outside of Bakersfield, CA.

Early years

By 2015 LiftGator was shipping product to end users around the country and in 2016 started to be recognized at a variety of trade shows for its innovative design and creative solution. In 2016 the company moved to Mt. Pleasant, TX where they greatly expanded production capacity.

VanGator

In 2018 LiftGator introduced the VanGator which was the first lift gate to mounted on the van exterior that requires no vehicle modifications and allows customers the full capacity of their van's cargo room.

The Move

In 2019 LiftGator moved operations north to Watertown, South Dakota where they went through an extensive re-design to provide customers new features and improved the manufacturing to provide customers a long lasting product they can be confident in.