Transporting by truck
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Transporting by truck
Hey I need to transport my 883 about 2 hours from my house. I can't ride it because I will need to have my truck there as well. How difficult is it to load and transport in a truck bed? Any advise
Road Captain
Joined: Oct 2008
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From: Nederland, Tx
Get more then just you and get a good ramp.. and when you go to load it up pull your truck up to the curb.. if you have one.. and put ramp on that way.. so that your bike is higher off the ground then the truck.. and buy some good tie downs straps..
Hope that helps..
Hope that helps..
Road Warrior
Joined: Jun 2007
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From: Royal Palm Beach, FL
if you have the money you can buy a 3 piece ramp. you can then just ride right up into your truck. keep the front wheel straight andput your stand down. put some ratchet straps on the bars down to each front corner of bed. you can wrap the strap around the handle bar , leave about a foot of strap on each side and then wrap the strap around the hook about 4 times. so you have a one foot loop around the bars. that way you wont' bugger up the bars. put the bike in gear also. i have trucked my bike around like that quite a few times and it works like a charm. i also only use on 2 x 6 loading ramp i made and have a small hill or swail where i live and the bike almost can driven right onto the truck. same when loading off. look for a swail or something to unload it. good luck.
Road Master
Joined: Nov 2007
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From: Berwick, Pa
Yes, find a small hill, or a big berm to load and unload.
LOL
I saw the word "swail" in the previous post. I never saw that word before, so I googled it. On Urban dictionary, the definition is: "to drink alcohol at great speeds" . LOL
Then I found "swale" and it made better sense. LOL
Swail will make loading and unloading your bike much more difficult I think.
LOL
I saw the word "swail" in the previous post. I never saw that word before, so I googled it. On Urban dictionary, the definition is: "to drink alcohol at great speeds" . LOL
Then I found "swale" and it made better sense. LOL
Swail will make loading and unloading your bike much more difficult I think.
1st Gear
Joined: Mar 2009
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From: Florida
re: transporting by truck
I used a 4' x 8' lawn equipment trailer to move my bike and that worked out pretty good. If you dont wanna spend the cash to buy one, usually a friend of a friend somewhere probably has one layin around in their backyard somewhere that you could borrow. if not, uhaul rents em. The good thing about them is that you can load it and unload it without the worries of droppin your scoot all over the driveway.... and you can fill the back of the truck with coolers....just a suggestion. of couse the prefered method is to talk your girl into drivin the truck and have her follow you on the bike.
also, if your interested i have some pictures of how i strapped my bike down in the trailer. just give me a shout and ill give em to ya
also, if your interested i have some pictures of how i strapped my bike down in the trailer. just give me a shout and ill give em to ya
Cruiser
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Two men and a women or a kid to load and two men to unload.. no ramp needed.
Put the bike in neutral. Put one person in the truck bed (could be anyone even a teenage kid). Two men on either side of the bike on the ground. Two men lift the front wheel and set it onto the tailgate. Person in the bed grabs the handle bars and helps steady as each of the two men on the ground move to the rear - one at a time while the other steadys. Two men on the ground lift the rear of the bike, pushing it forward until the rear wheel is in the truck... at the same time the dude in the bed is just keeping the front wheel straight.
Wow the bike is in the truck faster than you could have setup a ramp.
Do the opposite to take the bike out, but in this case you don't really need the third person in the bed, since the front wheel will stay straight while pulling out, but it's better if you have a thrid person anyway.
As far as tieing it down that's a simple one person job. After you get the bike into the truck bed, set it on it's kickstand. Strap up the left front side make the strap just tight (NOT CRANKED DOWN). Then go to the right side and strap up, ratchet the strap until the bike is standing straight up... this will compress the forks just the perfect amount. Then put the kick stand up and strap the rear just to keep it centered in the bed.
Taking it out is just the reverse, remove rear straps. Put kickstand down, loosen the right side slowly and the bike will rest right down onto the kickstand, remove the left side. Again it was a one person job.
My sporty stayed in my truck 8 hours in each direction on the interstate last summer using this method.
Gazza
Put the bike in neutral. Put one person in the truck bed (could be anyone even a teenage kid). Two men on either side of the bike on the ground. Two men lift the front wheel and set it onto the tailgate. Person in the bed grabs the handle bars and helps steady as each of the two men on the ground move to the rear - one at a time while the other steadys. Two men on the ground lift the rear of the bike, pushing it forward until the rear wheel is in the truck... at the same time the dude in the bed is just keeping the front wheel straight.
Wow the bike is in the truck faster than you could have setup a ramp.
Do the opposite to take the bike out, but in this case you don't really need the third person in the bed, since the front wheel will stay straight while pulling out, but it's better if you have a thrid person anyway.
As far as tieing it down that's a simple one person job. After you get the bike into the truck bed, set it on it's kickstand. Strap up the left front side make the strap just tight (NOT CRANKED DOWN). Then go to the right side and strap up, ratchet the strap until the bike is standing straight up... this will compress the forks just the perfect amount. Then put the kick stand up and strap the rear just to keep it centered in the bed.
Taking it out is just the reverse, remove rear straps. Put kickstand down, loosen the right side slowly and the bike will rest right down onto the kickstand, remove the left side. Again it was a one person job.
My sporty stayed in my truck 8 hours in each direction on the interstate last summer using this method.
Gazza
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