Can't help you with what brand to buy but I will offer this advice, which ever brand you go with just make sure you secure it to the truck before you try to ride the bike up the ramp as it will kick out on you and we will have to laugh when you drop the bike. To many Youtube videos floating around to depict what I'm talking about

 

Haven't loaded this bike yet, but I have a tri-fold ramp with chains to secure it to the truck. Only problem with mine is that it is pretty short. Have to back the rear wheels down into the bottom of my alley to load it up.

 

I have one called the black widow, have had it for a long time it is really good and wide it is 3 pieces and folds in half. takes up a ton of room in the truck if you try to take it with you.

Got it as a gift from my sister after she saw my ride an old dyna glide up a narrow ramp to get it in my truck. i probably wouldnt have spent that much on a ramp myself.

 

I'm not much help on ramp suggestions, but if you are planning on using them alot I would suggest searching out a used rampage lift, they can be had for around 1500. I have one and have 2 friends who have seen mine and hunted them down for themselves. I can have the ramp in the truck and the bike loaded in under an hour now, if the ramp is in the truck its up and strapped down (which takes the longest time) in under 20 minutes, unloaded in 5 minutes and I never feel like my bike is going to be laying on the ground with some pimple faced kid videoing me for all the world to see.


http://www.rampagelift.com/

 

I built my own using 3 2x12x12 treated lumber... I used 2x4's every 4' to tie the 2x12's together... you can then get the ramp kits so they hold on to the tailgate very well..... Now I should caution you that the ramp probably weighs 75lbs but the 12' approach is comfortable and 3' width is still wide enough to drag your feet while riding up.... probably use this ramp to load heavy equipment.... It's hell for stout...

http://www.autozone.com/autozone/ac...s-Ramparts-professional-series-ramp-top-kit/_/N-2622?itemIdentifier=155276_0_0_

 

A buddy of mine has a pair of ramps from harbor freight not the trifold but look to be the same design. He bolted the two ramps he has together and uses them for a Road King that he puts in the back of his truck on occasion.

I don't really like them because of the spacing between the cross bars. Tires go a little low in them which makes it a little tougher to load. They also flex quite a bit with the wieght of the RK and as you know the RG is heavier. Also pretty steep angle unless you use a hill and then the ramps flex more because they are leveled out and have mor of the bike weight on them.

Just my two cents.

 

Make sure you check the capacity of each section!!!! I have a tri-fold ramp with a 1600 pound capacity. Let a friend borrow it for his vacation to take his dresser. Told him it was 1600 lb capacity, no issues, right? Thankfully neither he nor the bike got hurt but we didn't even consider that that was distributed over the sections. Anyway, bent the hell out of the middle section, but luckily didnt break through. He brought me a brand new ramp to replace (we argued for at least an hour about this, but he insisted). Anyway in the fine print of the packaging, it says 800 lb per section. 900 lb bike, 200 lb man, luckily cheap lesson learned and noone got hurt and no bikes got damages.

 

Thanks for everybody's input so far.

I have been watching the capacity with the ramp I was looking at was 1/2 ton but is total capacity not of each one which is why I was wondering if anybody here had used it. It also has the anchor chains which is nice but the capacity isn't enough.

The rampage lift would be nice but kind of out of the price range right now.

Once again thanks for everybody's input.

 

http://goldwingdocs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=22357#p123374

Butt if ya never done a ramp (riding or not into truck bed) to elevation (rise/run) or unloaded a bike from without a loading dock by yourself (cause you likly have no friends), you better off with a low-boy trailer with drop down ramp. Maybe an enclosed 6'x12'.

 

What Reds said.... Don't be like these guys....

http://youtu.be/qmaVlJmHgGc

http://youtu.be/bME88ZoFmAA?list=PLcsEm2o2JVsre1V84esCb_zTl7vuHlyYf

 

a couple of years back i did a bit of research on ramps for loading into the back of my truck. This site was most reccomended: http://www.discountramps.com/motorcycle-truck-ramps/c/2111/

Big Boy came highly recommended.
The longer and wider and arched the better(safer).

 

I used a ramp from this sight, I have a Kendon trailer but the ramp that came with it leaves a lot to be desired. And a guy at Daytona, recommended them to me. Very good, BTW I used it for my wifes bike.............

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loved the vidoes....but i have succesfully loaded bikes on my pickup many times , most importantly find a spot on grade that will take up half the height differance like a hill or high curb... i just use a 2x10 and thats it on my front lawn to the street is just 2 feet upto my truck... i load my snowmobile without a ramp all the time from a snow bank.
most guys bottom out loading at a steep angle as soon as they hit the top thats why some ramps are arched.
make sure you video tape it for us in case it goes south...or you could just ride the dam thing

 

I have the aluminum Harbor Freight ramp you noted, and it works well for loading the bike on my barn-doored trailer. It handles the weight just fine. My concern would be for using it to load onto a pickup bed, though? Seems they might be a bit short for the height you need to go, too steep an incline? If you load off of an elevated surface (raised sidewalk, back up to an inclined bank, loading dock, etc.) I suppose you'd be okay, but I'd be afraid the bike would bottom out at the transition from ramp to truck bed.

 

Might I suggest this

I bought a ramp from Loadall several years ago and love it! It can be used for loading things other than motorcycles as well. I just leave it in the truck; even when I don't plan to use it to haul the RG. I hauled a new refrigerator for the shop using it a month ago.
I made a fastening system that bolts to the existing attachment points for the tie downs in my F150 so I didn't have to drill into the bed. It works just fine. If you decide to go this route just message me and I can send pix of what I did.
Also, note there is no weight put on the tailgate with this system. You can load the MC by yourself and can ride the bike right up the ramp. You will want to get the wheel chock to assist with loading though. Not necessarily the one they offer but something at least similar. They have videos on their website and I can tell you it is just that easy. I must also say that I am not affiliated with this company in any way, just a happy customer.
Here is the link to their site:

http://loadall.com/

I actually bought an older unit from someone on Cragislist and took it to Loadall and they retrofitted it with a new extension ramp and had me out the door within two hours. Of course I had taken the old parts off that they told me to before I went up to have the work added on. Very nice people to deal with at Loadall.

David

 

I bought a ramp from Loadall several years ago and love it!

looking at the pics, i gotta wonder, where does the ramp go once you've loaded your bike on the back of your truck?

 

X2 on the Rampage. They can be found used on Craigslist in like new condition.

 

Not sure I would want to ride a narrow 30 inch wide ramp. Not wide enough for me.

 

If you are referring to the ramp I posted it is 44 inches wide. Plenty of room for my feet to be planted if needed. I was a bit apprehensive the first time I loaded it but that quickly went away.

 

dwsmith, I was responding to the op's harbor freight length..... the specs. said it was 30" wide.

 

Thanks NG-yep I am so old I forgot what the post was even about!