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Best way to load ATV into back of a truck?

Posted on 11/26/24 at 1:48 pm
Posted by BayouNation
Member since Sep 2008
2121 posts
Posted on 11/26/24 at 1:48 pm
You can't stop like that, you gotta keep going Ryan!

Posted by tke_swamprat
Houma, LA
Member since Aug 2004
10891 posts
Posted on 11/26/24 at 1:49 pm to
Happened once to me like that. Next time I just used some pull tight straps on the ramp.
Posted by bbvdd
Memphis, TN
Member since Jun 2009
28203 posts
Posted on 11/26/24 at 1:54 pm to
those ramps come with straps so that doesn't happen.
Posted by lowhound
Effie
Member since Aug 2014
9713 posts
Posted on 11/26/24 at 2:00 pm to
I got a GMC, and I'm uncomfortable loading my atv with the whole tailgait sticking out. I'm been dropping that top tailgate so I don't break it, and that leave for a quick stop when I get in the bed. Is that half GMC tailgate rated for that kind of weight? I don't want this to happen to me.
Posted by rattlebucket
SELA
Member since Feb 2009
12617 posts
Posted on 11/26/24 at 2:02 pm to
Or back into a ditch or angled ground and make the angle much easier. I failed to put pull straps on once. Barely made it in the bed. Never again
Posted by bradygolf98
Member since Jan 2021
3284 posts
Posted on 11/26/24 at 2:04 pm to
People didn't learn to put a strap on the ramp to stop this from happening?

Guy is lucky the 4 wheeler didn't land on top of him
Posted by Success
Member since Sep 2015
1954 posts
Posted on 11/26/24 at 2:09 pm to
Wonder if the cig stayed in his mouth after he fell off?
Posted by Homey the Clown
Member since Feb 2009
6025 posts
Posted on 11/26/24 at 2:11 pm to
quote:

I failed to put pull straps on once. Barely made it in the bed. Never again


Same, my ramp had a little chain on each side to attached to the strap hook of the bed. Forgot to clip them once, and the ramp slid out from under me. Didnt damage anything luckily.
Posted by REB BEER
Laffy Yet
Member since Dec 2010
17718 posts
Posted on 11/26/24 at 2:14 pm to
Happened to me once and I went and bought a trailer the next week.

ETA: What's funny is that my buddy was loading his 4 wheeler right beside me at the same time...he drove through his back glass and mine fell off the tailgate. We had another buddy with us and he got to see the whole thing unfold.
This post was edited on 11/26/24 at 2:39 pm
Posted by Shexter
Prairieville
Member since Feb 2014
19228 posts
Posted on 11/26/24 at 2:23 pm to







Posted by 257WBY
Member since Feb 2014
7264 posts
Posted on 11/26/24 at 3:26 pm to
I walk beside the bike and skip riding up the ramps with it. I’m fairly tall. Might not work for all.
Posted by TigerDeacon
West Monroe, LA
Member since Sep 2003
29867 posts
Posted on 11/26/24 at 3:42 pm to
quote:

I walk beside the bike and skip riding up the ramps with it


I do this as well.


I hook the straps up on the ramp and then walk it up with my hand on the throttle. I think strap it down with motorcycle straps. I also put a foam roller standing up at the front of my truck. I've got a dented bed in my camp truck from it hitting the front too hard. I've also had a back window bust out while going down the road from the front rack hitting the window.
Posted by boudinman
Member since Nov 2019
6101 posts
Posted on 11/26/24 at 4:03 pm to
Ive an xtra long tri- fold ramp with straps. The xtra length makes the ramp not as steep, straps keep it from kicking out, and I use a La Guard Dog hitch mount to secure it. Im not trusting my atv with ratchet straps to keep it from coming out my truck bed.
Posted by tke_swamprat
Houma, LA
Member since Aug 2004
10891 posts
Posted on 11/26/24 at 4:05 pm to
Yea that's what I would need. In my 06 Sierra it wasn't a problem riding up. With the newer trucks being so high, the shorter ramps make it way more butt clinching driving it up. So I just use my trailer now.
Posted by TigerDeacon
West Monroe, LA
Member since Sep 2003
29867 posts
Posted on 11/26/24 at 4:05 pm to
quote:

Im not trusting my atv with ratchet straps to keep it from coming out my truck bed.


While I am completely comfortable with my atv in gear, brakes locked and with large straps holding it down, I may just ask for that for Christmas!
Posted by bbvdd
Memphis, TN
Member since Jun 2009
28203 posts
Posted on 11/26/24 at 4:20 pm to
I bought a trailer for mine not long after it got the 4 wheeler. I did not like trying to load it in the bed if the truck on those ramps.

ETA: New truck might be a little easier size you can raise and lower the height of the bed with a push of a button.
This post was edited on 11/26/24 at 4:22 pm
Posted by mcpotiger
Missouri
Member since Mar 2005
8976 posts
Posted on 11/26/24 at 4:21 pm to
Brian is a dumbass.
Posted by White Bear
Deer-Thirty
Member since Jul 2014
17277 posts
Posted on 11/26/24 at 4:21 pm to
That’s a large “quad”.

He stopped to keep from running through the back glass.
This post was edited on 11/26/24 at 4:22 pm
Posted by Clyde Tipton
Planet Earth
Member since Dec 2007
40594 posts
Posted on 11/26/24 at 4:48 pm to
Safety straps, and never do it on concrete or asphalt. Get in the yard so the ramps dig into the dirt if the try to slip a little.
Posted by thejudge
Westlake, LA
Member since Sep 2009
15098 posts
Posted on 11/26/24 at 5:26 pm to
quote:

La Guard Dog hitch mount


Legit as shite. Well worth the $$. You can slide your ramps under the four wheeler and when you drop the bar in it keeps that in place too.

There is one you can bolt to the deck of your trailer too.

I drilled out some extra trailer pins and got some long shank locks and lock the pins and leave the fourbwheeler in the truck u less I need to get it out to fetch a deer.
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