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I am interested. Safety is no accident. Pictures of the whole set up please.
 


I wonder, how does that bend in the middle support the weight of a Rocket and rider???
 
1K9 said:
I am interested. Safety is no accident. Pictures of the whole set up please.
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ok I will take pictures with the rig hooked up including the winch set up remember though my ramp is made from steel not aluminum so it is heavier
 
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1olbull said:
I wonder, how does that bend in the middle support the weight of a Rocket and rider???
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I had question about it as well so I had some feet sliding into posts on my ramp just to feel secure I also have feet at the top near the truck gate for uploading
 
albertaduke said:
I had question about it as well so I had some feet sliding into posts on my ramp just to feel secure I also have feet at the top near the truck gate for uploading
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While I admire and sometimes practice the belt & suspenders approach, my feeling is if I didn't trust the ramp to safely and reliably support the advertised load and then some, I'd look for another ramp. But again, whatever gets you and the bike up and down safely is
 
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Yeah; A set of legs in the middle would protect the ramp at it's weakest point. I have seen them in walkway ramps.
I would like to see his winched design. I have seen some motorized versions but, they cost a fortune, weight a ton and are permanent installations. A winch makes the procedure a two man operation.
 
not... my winch is bolted to a piece of angle iron which slide between the cab and box two pieces of wood in each front corners recesses add resistance to the pulling forces , takes me 20 seconds to place the winch in and 20 seconds to remove I straddle the bike on the way up pulling the bike while using a remote to control the winch and use the bike weight on the way down .
I trust the ramp but it is the cables holding the truck gate that caused my concerns hence the feet under the ramp in the end the whole affair takes between 20 and 25 minutes to load or unload including the removal of the ramp and loading the ramp in the box . I should mention I also tie the top of the ramp to the truck box with a strap on each side , would hate to see the ramp fall flat on the ground while loading!!

on video the loading always look simple in real life it is a very different situation
 


I just loaded my bike for a trip to Vegas using a ramp similar to this. The ramp I used was 12' and my end gate is 41" from the ground. I had traction issues loading, unloading was fine. The ramp I used didn't have bars across it, it was a sheet of aluminum that was dimpled. There was 4 guys standing there to help me so we more or less just gave it a push and it went in. If I had to do this all the time by myself I would winch it instead of using the bikes power.
 
just thought i would throw this in here.
picked up a bolt on the freeway and it went into front tire felt like i had power steering till i got around 25 mph then wobble to a stop. wrecker driver did not know much about loading bikes so i had him put the ram down and road it right up no problem until i started down. both feet down on each side using front brake. what happen was the front tire was sliding or the tire was spinning. anyway i came down the ramp at a fairly fast speed. i did not drop her and i was probably lucky.
this is what not to do.
 
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