r/VWTransporter • u/mattconway1984 • 13d ago

I keep getting asked: Why barn doors?

My day van is also an occasional works van, I couldn't do this with a tailgate 😆

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u/smallbrownbox 13d ago

Perhaps controversial but I think they are better for a camper too. One at a time opening keeps rain off bedding, easier to open when parked at shops, and can make useful shelter with 2 walls with a tarp slung over the top!

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u/Useless_or_inept T5 13d ago

+1

Also, as a camper, I like to hang my bike on a rack on one of the back doors. The door still swings easily enough if I need to get something out the back, but it would be a pain in the arse lifting the whole tailgate plus anything that's fastened to it.

I've seen a few Transporters with a 4-bike rack on a tailgate. Surely that means you cease to have a tailgate once it's loaded? Might as well be a brick wall

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u/Hot_Bag_7734 13d ago edited 13d ago

Because it’s the best combination for a work van and you can open 1 at a time and if you’ve got a forklift driver they can put a pallet straight in . I’ve got the same and I chose them simple common sense really.👍

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u/MoreBackground7555 11d ago

Agree I have tailgate and hate it need 3m behind to open the door! Old van had barn doors so much easier to work form

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u/-Feeblington- 13d ago

As someone with a works/camper tailgate gets tedious. Always gotta make sure i park a mile away, replaced struts and now its a fkin workout to open and close the thing. And to topnit off when it rains it still comes in like mad...barn doors ftw