Failed ramp construction, How do I make it work?

[Hubbard 0]

he made a ramp out of all the crap in the garage.

We're moving.

 

[sicks]

Come on, Rob! Gotta share what you did after all these pages and days!

Did you dismantle the bike and put it back together on the truck bed? Well-placed IED? Wheelie hop off of a curb? Trampoline?

 

[auntiebling]

How about these - you can find a 20% off coupon on just about every magazine they advertise in so they're pretty reasonable...

i'm late to the party but the harbor freight ramps are too short IMO. most bikes will high center on the tailgate. there's a reason they only show it loading a quad

 

[Bravnik]

He should have used his "phone a friend" option.

He should have backed his truck up to the raised part of his driveway to his left which would have given him a less steep angle (if the yard is level with the curb that is) and it would have worked.

Rednecks use a ditch but those suburban types don't know what one is and why you can use it.

 

[chicagorick]

it's incredible how many times i've loaded my moto by myself onto a truck bed/back of van using inappropriate equipment.

making a foldable ramp was your first mistake. why are you messing with hinges? you're just asking for them to fail.

all you need is to find an appropriately angled driveway that you can park your truck against. the ideal situation would be a driveway angled down with the street angled up away from it, making a mild V. that will effectively lower the height of your truck's tailgate as well as shorten the necessary length of the ramp. just use one piece of wood to bridge the gap. i've loaded a very heavy '71 Honda CB500 into the back of a pickup truck this way by myself. it's stupid and i don't recommend it, but it will work better than what you're trying to do.

whatever yo do, don't film it and put it on youtube.

UM, we dont have angled driveways in Chicago, its flat as far as the eye can see. This is thread is killing me, funniest shit ever.

Hubbard 0, you should take a tree stump with you in case your truck gets a flat, Mythbusters made a spare out of one

 

[motoproponent]

One time when I moved I went to a warehouse, paid the yard foreman $10 and he let me back my truck to the dock, then I rolled my bike down one of thier ramps and secured it to the bike. I unloaded it similarly at a grocery store when I got here, for free.

All you need is a buddy, a ten spot, and some people skills.