Mad Ramps for hauling Spyder

[BKing]

I ran across this ramp set-up (maybe part of Blue Ox) and wonder if you could back up a Spyder into a truck bed?

 

[Mikey]

If you set them up so the slope of the ramps isn't too steep, and make sure that nothing's going to hit underneath the bike like the brake assemble, it may work! Go slow and have a friend around to help the first time.

 

[Knizar]

I ran across this ramp set-up (maybe part of Blue Ox) and wonder if you could back up a Spyder into a truck bed?

Hauling a Spyder backwards isn't a very good idea, MHO!

 

[Bfromla]

Hauling a Spyder backwards isn't a very good idea, MHO!

Seen pictures but do NOT recommend. Maybe if absolutely no other way & removed windshield. Maybe but there are soo many other options available. What ever decide & attempt please also do not cover as the cover flutter in wind will scuff paint/plastic anywhere where it touches.

 

[Albec]

I ran across this ramp set-up (maybe part of Blue Ox) and wonder if you could back up a Spyder into a truck bed?

Hauling a Spyder backwards isn't a very good idea, MHO!

Seen pictures but do NOT recommend. Maybe if absolutely no other way & removed windshield. Maybe but there are soo many other options available. What ever decide & attempt please also do not cover as the cover flutter in wind will scuff paint/plastic anywhere where it touches.

If the Spyder is in the back of the truck, what difference does it make if it's backwards or not?

 

[Leaping1]

I think it would be too much pressure on the windshield unless you removed the windshield.

 

[Knizar]

If the Spyder is in the back of the truck, what difference does it make if it's backwards or not?

We assume you're talking about an open box pick-up, "NEVER ASSUME!"
IF you have an enclosed box truck, carry your trike any way you desire!

Bill

 

[Cobranut]

I ran across this ramp set-up (maybe part of Blue Ox) and wonder if you could back up a Spyder into a truck bed?

Regardless which way you load it, it's gonna take some very long ramps to get a Spyder into a pickup without it hanging up underneath.

I brought mine home on my open aluminum trailer, which has a beavertail only about a foot high at the back.
My ramps are 7 feet long, and it will still drag unless the front of the trailer is jacked up a few inches above level.
The height of a pickup bed, plus the fact that it slopes downward from the back to front, is going to make it very difficult to load.

 

[Albec]

We assume you'rre talking about an open box pick-up, "NEVER ASSUME!"
IF you have an enclosed box truck, carry your trike any way you desire!

Bill

I bought my pickup new in 2003, and I've hauled many things over those years. I've learned how the wind flowing over the cab affects whatever is in the bed and in my truck, 2003 Silverado 2500HD diesel crew cab full sized bed, the cab does a fairly good job of blocking the wind to the bed.

In my opinion, in MY truck, a backwards facing Spyder would be just fine. Not that I personally would haul this way, I have a trailer for that, but it would be ok.

YMMV

 

[BKing]

Thanks for the input. The motivation is to take the spyder when I tow (4 down) the pick up behind my motorhome. I have a UTR12 Aluma that works great for hauling the spyder.

 

[Mikey]

Thanks for the input. The motivation is to take the spyder when I tow (4 down) the pick up behind my motorhome. I have a UTR12 Aluma that works great for hauling the spyder.

You may get away with it, but I, myself don't like the thought of towing backwards, even behind your RV. You have what I like calling dirty air, coming off of your RV, like coming up behind a tractor trailer with your bike or have one pass you going the other way down a road and it feels like you have hit a wall that almost takes you off your bike. That would definitely do something to your windshield and or side panels that are not held on well. Yes, the bike has been designed to take air from the front, how much backwards, you need a smarter man than me to put the stamp on that question!! Good Luck!!