Sofar for my warrior i have somone sit on the grab bar while i pick up the front end and pull it into the bed. Then i get out, have them steer the front wheels around the wheel wells and i get out pick up the back and push it in. I tried loadin ramps but they took longer and didnt seem worth the trouble. Wouldnt mind having one of those nice ones that looks like a big aluminum grate and folds in half when not in use. But for that much money i could buy a spare set of tires. Only problem is i cant pick up the front end from in the back of my truck without somone sitting on the grab bar. Maybe if i tried real hard but i dont want to blow my back out. Theres always the drive the rear end into a ditch method. How do yall load up, ramps? I got some but i dont like em. Too much easier to pick it up if you have somone else around, and i never ride alone.

 

I use loading ramps. They are steel and have the arc to them and yes they fold up. If you think it's hard to lift a Warrior into the bed of a ford Ranger...........try lifting a Polaris Scrambler into the the bed of a full size Chevy Silverado Z71..........you can't do it!!

I did that until I purchased a trailer. Then I put a tonnou cover on my truck to store all the gear for the ride.

Muddy Quads on the trailer..........gear in the bed of the truck.

 

I use a folding ramp when I put it in my truck.

An easier way to put one in your truck yourself is as follows-

Standing on the ground, lift the front of the quad and stand it completely on the rear grab bar. Make sure your fuel is off.

Walk to the back of the quad and roll the quad up to the tailgate of your truck on the rear tires and grab bar.

Push the front of the quad down so the front tires fall into the bed.

Lift and push the rear in.

 

Very good idea, should have thought of that myself. Now if i could only figure out a way to keep the front wheels from running into the wheel wells.

 

For now I use aluminum loading ramps & my Raptor fits snugly in my Dakota.

Next year it will be a fold down ramp into an enclosed trailer.

 

In my Tacoma by myself stand on end then roll until the front tires land, then muscle up the back end. If two people one grabs each front tire and lifts then the back and then one switches to help steer. If my friend with the folding ramps goes then it gets easier. By loading the Raptor myself the tailgait has gotten beaten up pretty good but still works. A small sacrifice for riding I keep telling myself.

 

I can load a 400ex, Raptor, Banshee by myself, havent tried to do a DS yet, but Im sure that I couldnt. skratchnbuldg has the idea. and its not that bad if you use technique and dont kill your back. Go to the front, and stand it up on end, wal to the back and place your hands on the handlebars and walk it toward your truck till you hit the tailgate with the underside of the quad, at that point, grab the rear grabbar, one hand overhand, one hand underhand(this is very importiant) and lift and stand at the same time, if any of you go to the gym, then its a lot like squating.Then just walk it on it, everyone will think you are this ****. I wouldnt recommend it if you have back problems though, or a truck with 44in Swampers on it.
I did see a guy in an ATV mag load a 660 Griz all by himself, he was a big fu(ker though, looked like the lead singer from Crowbar.

 

IF you decide to ride it in, like some of us fools, make sure you WEAR YER HELMET!
thats the voice of experience speakin' there, yep. hehe [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

I have always had dirtbikes, and wasn't about to try and load my CR500 into the bed of my F150 with the 3" lift. So I bought a trailer and built front wheel chalks in it. The trailer tilts so I can ride the quad right onto it, and just have to hit the breaks in time so I don't end up on the tailgate of my truck. Works great, I can put a quad and a dirt bike in my 5'x8' tilt trailer without rubbing. So I put a shell on my truck to store gear, and even sleep in if I decide to camp at the track! So no ramps needed at all.

 

I lift my trailboss into my '93 chevy 1500 4x4 with 31in. tires on it by myself.

I just find a hill and back up against it. it makes the lift 20 inches or less.