Hello!

I am looking to buy a ramp to load my FLHTCUI Classic onto my Ford F150 pickup truck. Any Suggestions? Any idea how much weight the tailgate can handle?

 

your one brave dude if your going to ride that big puppy into the back of a pick up!!

 

There is a company that makes a ramp that hoists the bike into the bed of a pickup. Can't remember the name, but they advertise in most of the bike mags. It is pretty pricey, but I have seen them at rallys, and they work well.

I am with Mike on this. I wouldn't be trying to load an Ultra Classic in the back of a pickup with a regular ramp unless I had a couple of gorillas to help push it in.

I don't know what the tailgate of an F-150 will handle, but I wouldn't want 800 lbs on it. There are just too many things that can happen.

Regards,

Bill

 

This can be tough. Most pickup tailgates will take the heavy load for a short time, but if you're not very careful, they can bend, particularly if the rear tire is sitting on the tailgate for any appreciable length of time. The heaviest bike that I have loaded into the bed of my Ram was a Road Star. That bike weighs about 700 pounds dry. My Ultra Classic weighs about 100 pounds more.

As for loading it, you can always put something across the whole tailgate when loading to distribute the weight a bit more. If the bed of your truck is long enough to accomodate doing it, though, I would suggest loading with the tailgate removed.

To avoid tipping, etc., get a ramp, and back up against a short but steep hill. That way, the ramp will have a short, level run (if you need to use a ramp at all).

My Ram is a short bed, so to prevent damage to the tailgate from the rear wheel when hauling it (the rear wheel sat just on the tailgate), I built a platform to put it on (two 3/4" pieces of plywood bolted together, with tie down points and a wheel chock). That distributed the weight around enough that I didn't have any problem.

Good luck,

Brien Crotty

 

My neighbor has a Deuce that he loads into his F-150,I have been waiting for him to bust his azz and tear up the scooter (of course I have never seen him try it when he is sober)

 

Well, you know the old saying - God watches out for drunks and idiots.

 

man thats cold!! even from a lawyer!

 

I try!

 

Check out this web site. You will probably find something you will like. Discount Ramps

 

Another site is Ramp-master.com