Anyone else do this yet? Ive loaded just about everything in my truck except for this deluxe. It looks like the front fender it going to wack my box.
Im think a tire chalk or something? Anyone else do it? I plan on doing this like 4 times this year so any solution would be awesome!

 

Get a piece of 3/4" plywood and cut it to fit in the bottom of your box. Mount a wheel chock on the plywood so that your front fender won't hit the box and you should be good to go. Depending on the size of your box you may need to leave the tailgate down, but if you've hauled sleds in it then it's probably nothing you're not already used to.

 

Stupid me never thought about the wood. That is what Ill do!!! Now I wonder if i can get it on my sled deck!!!!

 

Your box? As in toolbox?
I'd say your first step would be to remove that, since at nearly 8' long, you're going to need every inch for that Deluxe.

Personally I'd consider a trailer, since if you have to do it that often you'll be glad you did.

There's just something about pickup trucks, ramps and 700+ lb., $20,000+ motorcycles that just don't work well together...

 

That video was hilarious.

Personally, when I "had" to load my Fat boy in my truck ('08 Tundra), I have a ditch that I back my truck down into and that leaves about 6 inches of clearance from the ground to the tail gate. Makes it a lot easier to load. I couldn't imagine doing what these guys were trying.

 

I went to harbor Freight and bought the $39.99 wheel chock....

Definitely remove the tool box. And use the correct type of ramp with the proper weight load. I like to use 3 so I can "walk" it up the ramps


That's if you have to trailer at all. I ride when I can

*Edit- Old picture. Don't use the bars to tie down the bike. Use the forks.

 

Tractor Supply had a 5x10 landscape style trailer on sale for $999.00 I bought it and mounted a chock in it. Just ride the bike up the trailer ramp, and it's in. A few tie downs and you're all set...Easy as 1-2-3

 

Damn! Don't you bottom out with ramps that short?

I dunno how you bike-in-the-back-of-the-truck guys do it. My bike bottoms out when I load it in my toy hauler... couldn't imagine trying to get it another foot or two in the air.

Also... why not strap on the bars? I trailer my bike all the time (I live in a toyhauler when traveling for work) and strap it low on the bars... I prefer the highest point of attachment for leverage.

Sweet ride by the way!

 

On my Springer you risk ruining the riser bushings. I go around the forks.

Haven't bottomed out, especially when I had that truck.. That chevy was like a car with a truck bed. The F150 is a little higher, but I always look for a hill or elevated surface to load unload.

 

..exactly. I bought a used one for less than half that.
not only is it safer, it's also cheaper than the repairs you'd need the first time you dropped the bike off a ramp - and you can use the trailer for a lot of other things...