You ka-knuckle necks got me drivin' 3 hrs to get my new 07

[JerryS]

will it work with the bike fitting in diagonal so I can get the tailgate shut? Anything I need to worry about?

Pat put my name on a bike and so Monday morning I'm DVP bound!

 

[slapnpop]

My '03 would not allow the tailgate of a friend's F150 to shut. I didn't try to get the bike diagonal.

It was stable enough with 4 tie downs properly located.

 

[Ignacio]

Concur with slap. It hung out of the back of my GMC when I hauled mine back from Spokane in '05 (DVP/Sunnyside didn't have an extra back then).

PM me with your details and I might wander over to Prosser to meet you!

 

[Randy]

3 hours would be a sufficient amount of time for you and the bike to get to know each other

 

[vectervp1]

The only thing I would add is to make sure the rear tire is on the bed of the truck, not on the tailgate. Tailgates arent designed to really support that much weight while underway.

 

[mbrinitzer]

will it work with the bike fitting in diagonal so I can get the tailgate shut? Anything I need to worry about?

6ft. bed or 8ft. bed? It makes a difference.

 

[evilmedic13]

Oh Jerry, this is just the first of many things you will be doing that will make go WTF. Just get used to it now and it will hurt less. Just remember resistance is futile here! :dribble:

 

[Groo]

Why not take a bus over there and ride it back? You got snow on the ground?

 

[slapnpop]

will it work with the bike fitting in diagonal so I can get the tailgate shut? Anything I need to worry about?

6ft. bed or 8ft. bed? It makes a difference.

I doubt it,

and

8'

 

[FJRocket]

My '04 fit in one of those little bitty Mazda trucks just fine, straight in with rear wheel on the gate. My '06 rode 8 hours from Alabama just fine in the old Chebby 1500, straight in with the rear wheel on the bed, but the gate down. Might want to put 1x8 in front of the tire to keep the fender from hitting the lip of a bed...maybe. Depends on the truck.

Congrats Jerry!

 

[weekend rider]

Take all the guess work out of it and go get a TAPE MEASURE" should solve the problem

The tail gate will support the weight

Now get-r-dunn and start ridding

weekend rider

 

[cctxfjr]

hauled mine from D&H in Albama to CC Texas in back of Dodge long bed pickup with tailgate down (bed length shortened because of tool box and fuel tank) no problem. However I welded a piece of channel to a gooseneck bolt secured to GN hitch in bed and strapped/trapped front tire to channel-with 4 additional straps to secure bike-one at each corner-used canyon dancers on bars and soft straps on rear solid as a rock all the way home

 

[ohiofjr]

If youze is worried about the tailgate holding the weight put a 10 ft 2x10 down and put the bike on that.

 

[cctxfjr]

tailgates will handle the weight---the hinges, hinge mounts and support straps needed to be inspected-I haul and load (drive up ramps) a grizzly atv that weights in excess of 700 lbs (with gear) often and have never had a problem-the tailgate problems I have seen were caused by old rusted support straps or cracked out hinge brackets on older trucks

 

[velvet fog]

Why not take a bus over there and ride it back? You got snow on the ground?

Not at his house, but there is a little thing called White Pass between him and DVP.

https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/traffic/passes/white/

You can get it in an F 150, even the short bed. Put it in straight for stability and don't worry about the tailgate. The way the tire sits on the gate won't put too much load on the tailgate or tailgate cables. If it is a long bed, you'll get the tailgate up no problem.

 

[E1Allen]

I hauled mine five hours in the back of an F-150, just kept it straight and it did fine the whole way home.

 

[rockabill]

I drove mine 12 hours in a F-150 with a 6' bed with the tail gate down, with no problems. The back tire doesn't sit on the tailgate, but the bike does stick out of the bed over the gate a little bit. I did not try to load it diagonally. With an 8' bed you should be able to close the tailgate with no problem. I did bend the inside my tailgate with the weight of the bike pulling it in and out over time, but it should not be a problem with a quick load/unload.

 

[2006FJR]

What about renting a trailer at Uhaul and pulling it behind the truck?

 

[06INDIXIE]

When you pick up the bike buy a set of canyon dancers as CCTXFJR mentioned and everything will be fine. You'll need three tie down straps. Just returned from a journey to pick up my sons katana 600(just learning to ride) in Tenn. 7 hour return trip home and no problems. You may need to think about how you'll unload when you get the bike home. We had a set of atv ramps we had to adjust a couple of times so the bike would clear the tailgate. After you put the canyon dancers on hook one end of the rear strap to your trailer hitch (where the chains would go if you were pulling a boat) take it through the rear wheel and back to the hitch and tighten it up. Never had a problem with the bike creeping up the bed when braking and very stable.