Winch in my bed :)

[Bulletnjm]

I would like to see a picture of it, i like the idea

 

[Netjetdriver]

Shawn,
I would really appreciate photos. Was it worth doing? Does it work well? I as well don't need any more injuries due to stupid stuff like self loading after a long ride...

Thanks!
Steve

 

[georgesr]

so this is in attached to the bed with a fixture I made and a bed bolt with a 6000 lb D-Ring.
It does work for loading by myself. I teach motorcycle safety so I end up having to load and unload my bike by myself when I have to travel 400 miles to teach.

this setup allow me to walk the Bike a 600 lb, honda VFR1200 up the ramp. this is alot safer then riding it up. I also have control with the remote for the winch. I have a D-Ring on the other side of the bed and I use a snatch block on the bike to bull it up.

So yes you could say that I mounted my winch in the bed of my truck, and I enjoyed myself doing it.

One thing I do like is I made the fixture with clevises on it so i can remove the winch when I don't need it

 

[Bulletnjm]

Hmm thats a pretty good setup. I like that it can be easily removed nice job

 

[Netjetdriver]

Are the rods/bars that run across the bed used in some way? Also, provided the bars serve some unrelated purpose, I assume that the winch cable does not attempt to make the bike do a "stoppie". Thank you for sharing your efforts!

 

[Ruger]

If you put two winches in the bed, you could better control the *****.

But it'll probably take four winches to control a witch.

Don't ask me about controlling a wight. I don't have any personal experience with them.

But for the purpose of getting a motorcycle up a ramp, it seems to me that you're still going to need two people - one to steady the bike and one on the winch control. Unless you've got a heavy cruiser or touring bike, two is all it takes to get a motorcycle up a proper ramp into a Raptor. If the motorcycle runs and you feather the clutch, it only takes one. So I don't understand the problem you're trying to solve.

 

[Netjetdriver]

Winch could be controlled via a key fob remote.
Bike weighs 250. Pushing thru desert sand & up a narrow ramp is challenging for a guy pushing 50 yrs. and sometimes there is no second person.
Maybe I just need to work on the clutch technique but when I tried that method, the front tire washed out in the truck bed and the bike went down damaging both the side rail and tailgate of the truck.
The tailgate pieces were $250 so I'd rather not take my chances every time I need to load up.......

 

[georgesr]

yea so the bike I am trying to load is 600 pounds. its is not a little MX bike. I just feel safer doing it this way. and I don't need the 2nd person as the winch is the second person, I am just there to steady the bike as it goes up the ramp.

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Are the rods/bars that run across the bed used in some way? Also, provided the bars serve some unrelated purpose, I assume that the winch cable does not attempt to make the bike do a "stoppie". Thank you for sharing your efforts!

the rods 2 rods in the pics are for holding stuff in the bed and they are removable. the bar along the top of the bed is a bed buddy and helps keep the bed from bending and some place to tie the bikes front tire to.

 

[Ruger]

I'm 60 and I've loaded a 450 lb Buell and a 250 lb Husaberg multiple times into the truck bed without a *****. It's the most nervous thing I ever do, but I've had no incidents. I have found that a ramp wide enough to walk alongside the bike takes some of the risk out of it, that or two ramps - one for me and one for the bike. Side rails on the ramp also reduce the risk of running the bike off the side of the ramp. The longer the ramp the better, given the height of the truck bed. I like to use terrain features to help lower the angle of the ramp.

I never thought of using a *****. The ***** provides power, and if the bike is in running condition it can provide its own power. I think that the problem with a ***** is that it'll pull to itself, and that might not be where you want the bike to go. The bed of a Raptor is so short that I put the bikes in diagonally so that I can close the gate, but I wouldn't put the ***** in the corner of the bed. I don't know, to each his own, I guess.

 

[ExpeditionFatherhood]

I wasn't able to snap a pic of it, but when i was driving yesterday i saw a guy with an F-250 and he had a headache rack on his with the winch attached at the top of it.. Not sure if it was to pull up a bike but looks like it would be perfect for that.