Hey guys I just bought a King Quad 500 and have been sketchy of loading/unloading it from my truck. The angle looks kind of steep but its probably just me not being used to climbing things yet. Anyways I wanted to see what trucks you guys are loading onto and with what ramps. Mines is a Nissan Frontier with a 6" lift using 6ft trifold ramps. My truck isn't too high... I only loaded at the dealer using their loading dock and then came home and unloaded it on a downhill so the angle would be less. I'm just worried that if I go somewhere and there is no hill to use then I may be unable to unload. Thanks

 

The 6" lift your truck has makes more of a difference than you think. I use a trailer now because it's just simpler and the newer the truck the higher they sit. To me, the feeling was worse backing down the ramps than driving up. I don't know how guys with 3/4 ton 4x4 trucks can stand to load/unload as high as they sit. Used to be in the 90's 6' ramps were fine, but now you need 8-9' and I don't think they make them that long.

 

I will load on a 1 ton dually with a flat bed some times not sure the angle but it is up there. I tie the ramp to the pickup so it cant fall away and put the wheeler in 4 low and crawl up letting the tires grip the ramp. You just need to go and not think about it!

 

Whatever you do, secure the ramps to the truck. The traction of the atv tires can (and will) cause the ramps to kick out. It will be at this point that you will find yourself in a starring role in a youtube "atv loading fail" video.
I load my Kodiak in my Chevy 2500HD with a set of curved folding 6' ramps, and its not fun, but its doable if the ramps are secured and not wet/slick. I usually put it into 4X4 and walk it up slow. If possible, put wood at the base of the ramps so they can adjust themselves as the truck begins to take the weight and sag down. The brackets will start to try and lift off the tailgate otherwise

 

This is how its done.

 

My thoughts exactly...........

 

Thanks guys..... Measured my tailgate and it sits at 36" so its pretty low. I agree I would definitely **** myself if it were a full size truck.

 

At the poker run I went to last week, I parked beside a guy with one in the bed of his truck and two on a trailer, after getting the two off the trailer, he did something I'd never even thought of, he didn't unhook the trailer, he just put his ramps on the trailer (so it went from truck to trailer then ground), I'd say doing it that way certainly made his ramp angle 2' less steep at least (plus, didn't have to unhook the trailer).

I had 5 Dodge Dakota 4x4's from 93-05, and I could swear each one it felt like the angle I'd go up my ramp was in inch or so higher with each one.

 

I've done that a time or 2, made the ramp angle a lot less steep. My last truck was a 2002 Dakota quad cab 4X4 with the 5-1/2' bad, man it sagged down a ton with the Kodiak loaded up

 

I think those guys unloading in the snow right off the flatbed truck win the award . The others were just not knowing for sure or accidents. Well, except the tailgater guy.