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Old 11-24-2009 | 04:25 PM
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Done this way all the time. If you are wooried about it, ride down 18 to the farmers market and use their ramp. I have done that before but then you need another person to bring your truck back of course.
 
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Old 11-24-2009 | 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by dawg
That's the way we do it at the dealer I work with. You take one of the metal pallets that the bike gets shipped on and you screw down a sheet of 3/4 plywood. Then you put a small piece of 2x4 leaning against it and the guy rides up onto the pallet and sits on the bike. You then pull under with the forks and lift him up even with the bed. He then rolls right off onto the bed forwards. Unloading would just be the opposite. I do it all the time.
haha...I am in the Safety Dept here at work...I am sure OSHA loves this practice!!!!...I can invision some of our associates trying this and failing miserably!!
 
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Old 11-24-2009 | 04:58 PM
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Kudos to Naples HD for doing it without charge!
 
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Old 11-24-2009 | 05:03 PM
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Originally Posted by hoytheld
haha...I am in the Safety Dept here at work...I am sure OSHA loves this practice!!!!...I can invision some of our associates trying this and failing miserably!!
Oh geez..... there has ALWAYS gotta be one in every crowd!
 
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Old 11-24-2009 | 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted by UltraKla$$ic
We do it all the time. Hardly drop any. Some get away from us though but it all buffs out. Well, most of it anyways.

Warm fuzzy feeling?
 
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Old 11-24-2009 | 05:32 PM
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I wouldn't worry about it. That's what the bikes are shipped on from the factory. We've actually got one of those at our shop for my dad to lift his Road King up onto the mezzanine for storage in the winter.
 
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Old 11-24-2009 | 06:09 PM
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Go for it, the guys at Naples Harley know what they are doing. Same owner at Fort Myers Harley, they do it all the time with new bikes.
 
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Old 11-25-2009 | 11:45 PM
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Yes, I have done this. Believe you will find HD dealers experienced at this, and have a specific forklift platform they use to load / off load a bike from a truck. They lifted the Ultra to my pickup bed height, rolled it on, and strapped it down. No charge.
 
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Old 11-26-2009 | 12:26 AM
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Originally Posted by hoytheld
haha...I am in the Safety Dept here at work...I am sure OSHA loves this practice!!!!...I can invision some of our associates trying this and failing miserably!!
Oh Great! just what you need.
the company Danger Ranger getting in the way of progress.
but I guess as long as there are people without common sence, saftey depts will always have work.
 
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