Honestly I am not real sure. I am going with friends. I know we are meeting at the Days Inn(?) I believe. Some of us are staying there Friday night because the drive is so long. Angela

 

I have a 250x I take to tracks in the back of my dads truck and I use 3 in. thick boards about 5ft. long.The scary thing to me is if one tire slides off a board and you flip over sideways or backwards.There is not much grip on wood so I have to get lots of momentum and hit the brake at the top.Never happened to me or my friends and I wouldnt worry.Have fun.

 

Greetings,

After following this thread for while, I am amazed that everyone rides their quads up and down these ramps. I ride mine onto my landscape trailer (two or three feet off the ground with a full width ramp) but never onto a truck.

For tall ramps, its just as easy to put it in first gear and walk beside it while controlling the throttle. Once on the truck, just release the throttle and pull the brake. If its a tight fit or you have trouble stopping it, put an old tire in the front of the bed so it has a good spot to hit. If its on a slant, stick a brick or something behind the wheel to keep it in until you set the parking brake and strap it down. Same sort of deal when taking it off.

If a ramp slips or you run it off the side, just get out of the way -- much better than going down with it.

Do they cover this in an ATV rider safety course? What do they advise?

 

itrak, i also use bi-fold ramps , best $169 i ever spent . i have no problem loading by myself! it has hooks that hook to the tailgate so it doesnt slide off.

 

I remember my dad was loading the warrior up onto the truck using a ramp and the ramp slipped off the tailgate and the quad stood up on end, luckily not falling on my dad. but he took a little chunk out of his elbow letting go of the handlebars. The safety cables weren't tight, so i make sure they're tight now, but we use a trailer most of the time, so no need for ramps.

 

When I had my 300EX and my truck (now have a 400ex and a Stang) I was young and stupid enough to use 2x6's just resting on my tail gate. Worked ok on asphalt but I tried loading in sand once and when the front tires left the wood and hit my bed the rear tires kicked out the boards and the frame of the engine case slammed into my tail gate denting it badly and the quad slid off backwards and stood on end. I slid off and landed on my ***. Luckly neither me or the quad was damaged but i had to get a bed liner to cover my mangled tailgate.

 

I use 2X10X7ft boards. Wood is slick so I attached the leftover rubber truck bed mat I had left over, the back side has dimples all over it to keep it stationary in the truck bed. The rubber on rubber combination is better that rubber on wood, but add a little water or mud and my back tires will spin going up the ramp. I also have the rampart aluminum ends to grab the tailgate. I would still rather have a trailer any day but I have no place to store it since my truck is kept in the garage.

 

Check out the following products as alternatives to putting the ATV in the bed (they all come with nice, safe ramps!) I bought the inline version at www.atvpickupcaddy.com, also found www.quadcaddy.com. WayneB, who posts on this site, also has the model at www.saf-tload.com, which is also nice. Something to consider if a trailer is out of the picture, especially if you want to haul more than one ATV...

 

hey ya'll, I will tell you this, when you drive a big old 600 pound machine up a set of ramps and give a little gas the rear tires tend to want to push the ramps off the tailgate. This not only is a bit unsettling to your stomach but is also very expensive to your right rear *** cheek. A friend of mine was loading a LT-500 into a 94 GMC 1500 Z-71 and was using 2X8 board ramps and that happened to him and down the Zuki went and turned the tailgate into the shape of a banana. It cost us nearly $500 by the time I got him a new tailgate from GM and then had it painted. Just a thought....