Hold on to yer butt!

[Chrisj CMA]

I love that line in Jurrasik Park, but it applies when you are going up a ramp into a high truck bed.

I didnt want to drill holes in my new truck so I made my wheel chock removable and still very sturdy.

Check out the "fun" I had a minute ago.  The most fun you can have with a bike and a truck at the same time....lol

Chock mounted on "wings" so its steady but not bolted in


Then an extension board to prevent the chock from backing up when I go to disengage


Then the traction plate for the front wheel (for the coming down part) this also shares the weight because the rear wheel falls right on the hinge....this keeps from damaging the edge of the tailgate.


Lastly...the ramps


And they are arched so the bike doesnt bottom out at the top


All thats left now is to drive right up



Front wheel in the chock


Rear wheel on the board


No straps, bike stands firm.....makes it a one man job to tie it down

[Joe Hummer]

Hey Jeff...Do you got a Harley there??    I would say you should find a dirt hill so the ramps are not so steep...but then I remembered you are in Florida...  

Joe

[Chrisj CMA]

Ya, She thought she was a Harley as soon as she got her fat butt up in that pickup.  However.....that may be the only way to get to Daytona this year and bring all the stuff we have to bring.  So I had to test the system

[Denny47]

Pucker factor would go way up for me doing that. Too old for that. Like the bumper sticker.

[Challenger]

Last year I was loading a Lawn tractor into a customers pick-up with the same ramps you have, All was well until the front wheels got to the top of the ramp and the tailgate cables snapped. Now I'm leery of loading without laying the tailgate clear down. But your truck looks new enough to have good cables. Good job on the wheel chock.

[saddlesore]

  It's a nice system but are you going to add a winch?  If the bike was disabled I don't think you could push it up the ramp.

[Mr Whiskey]

SWEET set up!!!
I'm used to ridin' a 754 up a 2x6 with a flat tire into the bed of my 4x4 F250.
Talk about sketchey!
Best was when I had to do it in front of 3 state police bikers at the Conoco.
One cop say's to me, "You're not gonna ride that up there"!
I replied, "Course I am, it's only a flat tire, it still runs, I aint gonna push it"!
That set-up would make it EZ with a Valk. Traction plate & all, seriously!! May steal you design!
Thanks for the the ideas & pic's!
Peace, Whiskey.

[Chrisj CMA]

SWEET set up!!!
I'm used to ridin' a 754 up a 2x6 with a flat tire into the bed of my 4x4 F250.
Talk about sketchey!
Best was when I had to do it in front of 3 state police bikers at the Conoco.
One cop say's to me, "You're not gonna ride that up there"!
I replied, "Course I am, it's only a flat tire, it still runs, I aint gonna push it"!
That set-up would make it EZ with a Valk. Traction plate & all, seriously!! May steal you design!
Thanks for the the ideas & pic's!
Peace, Whiskey.

No need to steal it......thats one reason I posted it.  The rubber is part of an old truck bed mat (upsidedown).  My only suggestion.....if you have an 8' bed then remove the tailgate and hook the ramps directly to the bed.  Mine is 6.5 so I kinda need every inch.  As someone said those cables can fail.  Never happened to me but I do think about it

[Fritz The Cat]

How to load a motorcycle. FAIL!!	powered by Aeva

 

[Skinhead]

It's not only the cables, the tailgates themselves are not designed support high loads in the horizontal position.  If seen guys fold them before.

[Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005]

How to load a motorcycle. FAIL!!  

The Valkyrie falling that far could do some real damage....If it pinned you under it ....That could leave a MARK   
Trailers are for boats but if you must haul the bike I think I would use a trailer over loading that way.

[Stanley Steamer]

I've got a 5'x12' landscape trailer and I used my little HF welder to add a winch post to it in the case my Husky mower wheel motor ever went out again......but it would come in handy pulling a disabled bike onto the trailer also......


















Wireless remote with it......

[Spirited-6]

ATTA BOY Stan.   

[cookiedough]

The main thing I would worry about is the metal grids in the ramps slipping the rear wheel and spinning it out loosing traction going up and down and also if short legged like I am, backing it down flat footed might be a big problem.   It looks like your arched ramps are very long which is a good thing not as step of an angle going up and down though.   

I have loaded my 650lb. full sized ATV with gas and me pushing total of 950lbs. and although my 1500lb. capacity heavy duty arched folding ohio steel industries (one of the best) steel ramps can hold it, I always am not 100% sure it is going to go well loading into the back of my 1/2 ton 6 1/2 bed pickup.  One thing I don't do is attach safety bungee cords/cables onto the top of the ramps to say the hitch of the truck, but really should in case I get too agressive and the 6" lips of the ramps slip off the edge of the tailgate.  Also agree that am worried that near 1,000lbs. even for 2-3 seconds on the tailgate might snap the tailgate cables and that would be very, very bad.  I would never think of riding 2 wheels up there unless say a scooter or smaller under 500cc cycle and feel much safer on 4 wheels than 2 going up and back down.

[Chrisj CMA]

The main thing I would worry about is the metal grids in the ramps slipping the rear wheel and spinning it out loosing traction going up and down and also if short legged like I am, backing it down flat footed might be a big problem.   It looks like your arched ramps are very long which is a good thing not as step of an angle going up and down though.   

I have loaded my 650lb. full sized ATV with gas and me pushing total of 950lbs. and although my 1500lb. capacity heavy duty arched folding ohio steel industries (one of the best) steel ramps can hold it, I always am not 100% sure it is going to go well loading into the back of my 1/2 ton 6 1/2 bed pickup.  One thing I don't do is attach safety bungee cords/cables onto the top of the ramps to say the hitch of the truck, but really should in case I get too agressive and the 6" lips of the ramps slip off the edge of the tailgate.  Also agree that am worried that near 1,000lbs. even for 2-3 seconds on the tailgate might snap the tailgate cables and that would be very, very bad.  I would never think of riding 2 wheels up there unless say a scooter or smaller under 500cc cycle and feel much safer on 4 wheels than 2 going up and back down.

The losing traction thing has never happened while motoring up.  Them ribbed bars grab like glue.  One time, before I made the traction plate the front tire (on the way down) started to slide before it was to the ramps.  then when the whole bike made it on the ramps the front tire took a second to grab and it did slide a bit.  Maybe 3 or 4 inches.  But now there is no slide or loss of traction whatsoever

[Hoser]

Here is my Valkyrie with a flat tire recovery trailer.  WamegoRob likes it!  It's pretty easy to push a bike up on.  I found it at the country club parking lot one day.....  Hoser       Sorry, Rob.  Hoser

This was sitting on it.

[BF]

You've got bigger ones than I've got Jeff. 

I couldn't bring myself to do that.  Trailer I could do, but that looks too much like a high wire act to me.   

[hubcapsc]

As someone said those cables can fail

We went through our used truck we got a few years ago before we started using it. One of the
things we did was install NEW OEM cables for the tailgate. I've heard about them rusting out
over the years inside that protective sheath they are in.

-Mike

[Stanley Steamer]

As someone said those cables can fail

We went through our used truck we got a few years ago before we started using it. One of the
things we did was install NEW OEM cables for the tailgate. I've heard about them rusting out
over the years inside that protective sheath they are in.

-Mike

I was helping a buddy replace some decking and his tailgate cables snapped going up a hill just outside the Home Depot.... I had tried to convince him to spread it out over two loads....he ended up sitting on top of the wood near the cab as I drove us to the worksite once we reloaded.....he was a bigger boy than me.....

[IamGCW]

Who makes those ramps? 

If I ever load into my pickup, my plan is to replace the cables on the tailgate with flat bars.  I would loose the ability to close the tailgate without a wrench. 

I would also put down rods to the ground at the hinge of the ramps.  Simple 2"x4" cut to length for comfort.

[Chrisj CMA]

Who makes those ramps? 

If I ever load into my pickup, my plan is to replace the cables on the tailgate with flat bars.  I would loose the ability to close the tailgate without a wrench. 

I would also put down rods to the ground at the hinge of the ramps.  Simple 2"x4" cut to length for comfort.

These are big boy ramps sold through discountramps.com