Adjustable end gate assembly for pick-up truck or other vehicle

In combination with a vehicle such as a pick-up truck or the like having a load box and a floor and upright sides partially defining said load box, an improved adjustable end-gate assembly comprising:

• first and second gates, each approximately one-half the vehicle opening width, a pair of sliding hinge assemblies mounting each of said end gates to a respective side of said vehicle, each hinge assembly including a horizontally elongated stringer secured at forward and rear positions to an associated side of said vehicle, a sleeve slidably mounted on said stringer for movement between a forward position intermediate the ends of a side of said vehicle and a rear position adjacent the end of said vehicle, and hinge means carried by said sleeve for mounting an associated gate for pivotal motion about a vertical axis, each pair of said hinge assemblies permitting their associated gate to lower and rest on the floor of said truck box, whereby a livestock chute may be placed against the rear of said vehicle and said gates may be independently positioned along their associated stringers and rotated to contact an adjacent side of said chute to close off the side openings between said chute and said vehicle sides, said gates resting on the floor of said box in all adjusted positions.