If you are a member of AAA call your local AAA tow service and have them bring a flatbed tow truck out. Load the bike backwards on the flatbed and then back your truck up to the back of the flatbed and the driver will raise his bed until it is level with your truck. Slowly ride the bike into your truck bed. Sign the AAA driver tow slip and away he goes. You can do the same thing when you arrive in daytona, or swing by the dealer and they will unload it for you. This way you keep the local economy going and you get your moneys worth out of your AAA membership.

 

Find a hill to back the bike up to Then getting the bike in the truck is cake

 

A little off the pick-up bed topic, but here's a pic of a riding buddies, friends rig, that had some welds fail.
It just shows how the best laid plans, can and will fail at times.

 

 

I just got one of those for Christmas!!!!

 

I bought a set of Big Boy II folding ramps from Discountramps.com for $525.00 delivered. They are 10 feet in length and 38 inches wide when secured together. I loaded my Ultra Classic into the bed of my Dodge Ram 4X4 (Quad cab short bed) with no problem. The ramps fold in half for storage. Once the bike was in the rear of the truck bed, there was enough room to slide a ramp on each side of the bike. I found a wheel chock on sale at Harbor Freight for about $45.00. I used two bolts to secure the wheel chock to the bed of the truck. The rear wheel of the bike was resting at the very back of the bed, almost on the tailgate. I placed a piece of plywood from the wheel chock extending over the tailgate to help distribute the weight of the bike evenly. I also installed four "eye" bolts in the bed of the truck for anchoring the bike. I used four Power Tye 2" ratcheting straps to tie the bike down. Hauled the bike over 2500 miles without any issues. The ramps are great, but I would suggest backing the truck into a ditch or back up to an incline while loading. Loading the bike on a flat surface can be done using these ramps, but it's not for the faint of heart. Safety is always the first concern.

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Find a ditch to back into and you won't need a ramp. I have a 8 foot piece of channel iron that is 7 inches wide that I use. Load and unload by myself. If you can get help all the much better. If not, biker up and git er done.

 

Find a good ditch to back into , worked for me.