Just make sure you get the right width. I have this buddy that load a small 300 with a raher narrow tri fold. The wheels tend to overhang the side. I guess the trifold e has was designed for a lawn tractor or something.

 

The outside of my tires on my quad is 52" so with a 48" wide ramp you may have the tires hanging out a bit. It shouldn't be a problem, just something to keep in mind so you don't freak out when you load it for the first time.

 

bi-fold or tri-fold oxlite ramp with the straps. fits between the tires, light, snow and ice don't screw up your traction. try atvdirect, they were the cheapest.

when I was young, lucky (I didn't crash), and stupid I rode my banshee up 2x4s at speed. it works, but its stupid

 

Yeah, I have been wondering about the width of the model I have been looking at, which is 46 inches. I am wondering if that might not be a little too narrow for a big bore machine. I found a tri-fold platform on the Northern website that Jaybee mentioned, which is 54 inches wide. But, it is 5 inches shorter, which I doubt would make a whole lot of difference anyway. The platform model on Northern doesn't say anything about coming supplied with safety straps of some kind though. I suppose that if it doesn't, then it wouldn't be too difficult to rig some up. Seems like most of the platform style ramps don't go any wider than about 46 - 48 inches.

 

I picked up some used catwalk material thats works great for ramps. Its about 12inches wide and I cut it into 6ft sections to fit in the box of my truck. Catwalk material is "C" shaped so its incredibly strong for its weight but the real bonus is its perforated ( punched ) the entire length so traction is never an issue. Heck I've loaded the atv in the truck during a freezing rain storm, the tires just grip the perforations like glue and up ya go. I can get pics if you like but I'm sure you all have seen the stuff around before. Best part is I got the material for FREE !

 

I had a truck like yours and used a bi-fold Oxlite and loved it. I sold it with the quad and got another later but bought the lightweight version and it was narrower and I fell off it once surviving unscathed. Arched are for low clearance vehicles. A word of caution. Get in the habit of using the safety cables, they could save your life! I now have a Triton trailer with a self storing ramp that either loads from the rear or side so I can carry two quads and love it. Hope this helps.

 

I bought a 12" ramp kit and 2x12 boards from Home Depot. I also bought some eye lags from there and put them in the outer edge of the boards to hook my tie down straps to when loading/unloading a quad. I go from the eye bolts to the tie-downs in the bed of the truck.

I also got a roll of shingle starter strip and put that on the board for traction with hi-tack spray adhesive. Two other friends liked my setup so much they did the same thing. Whether loading my BF or KFX wet or dry, no tire slip when going up the ramps.

My tailgate won't go up with the BF in the back of my truck, so I also pass a rope from the tie-downs through the eye lags to keep the ramps from wandering out of my tailgate when bouncing down the road or on the hiway.

 

We have the aluminum tri-fold ramp. It is the 6' ramp and we have a 3/4-ton 4X4 and the ramp is plenty long enough for us. If we had to buy a new loading ramp, I would buy one just like the one we have.

Just make sure the ramp will attach to the back of the truck (chains) so you can't flip it out from underneath you when loading your ATV.

 

Sam's club has the trifold (and a very heavy duty unit at that) for $96.00

 

I've used this ramp from Harbor Freight to load my Suzuki Vinson into the truck for the past year with no problems. It's aluminum, tri-fold, has safety chains and it's cheap too!

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=90018