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The shorter the wheelbase, the higher the percentage of weight on the tailgate
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That theory doesn't hold water because of the fact that the long wheelbase ATV total weight is about twice the weight of the smaller short WB models. My Polaris 500 is a 715 lb. pig and a short WB Susuki is 400 or less. It's not ramp weight alone causing the problem. Like I posted, I have an aluminum sheet installed on my gate and the other day I bounced my 175 lb. bod up and down as I sat on the middle of the sheet while looking at the metal separation area as best I could. I could see white primer appear off and on as I bounced showing the inner and outer skin working against each other. I'm not saying the top edge can't be bent, but if you pull the black trim off like I did the other day you'll see the outer skin wraps over and is spot welded (not crimped) to the inner in 15 spots along the top edge. Also if you take time to remove the access panel and see how and where the gussets are I think you'll end up with a more well informed idea of just where the problem lies.
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One minor thing you missed -- the weight of the ramp itself,
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My aluminum ramps are 40ft from the back door so I just went out and with one end on the ground and with the other end tailgate height I held the tailgate end up with just my forefinger so that doesn't enter in to the problem to a great extent.
Rather than trying to impress anyone with a theory of angles, weights during loading, and on and on, personally I'll just agree with the service manager I talked to this morning, the tailgate should handle an ATV just like the other brands.