Spyder on a Pickup Truck??

[Geosik]

This may be a silly question but.....
Has anyone transported their Spyder on a Pickup Truck... using one of these loaders or anything similar?????

http://tkloader.com/tk-loader-100-series/
http://www.tripledloader.com/index.htm

 

[Bob Denman]

I've seen them used for transporting snowmobiles...
Personally; I don't like putting THAT much weight, that high-up on the truck. :shocked:
Folks do it, but I'd be surprised if it wasn't "stretching the boundaries" just a wee bit...

 

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

This may be a silly question but.....
Has anyone transported their Spyder on a Pickup Truck... using one of these loaders or anything similar?????

http://tkloader.com/tk-loader-100-series/
http://www.tripledloader.com/index.htm

If you're thinking about trying one of these better check the size of the pickup bed. Newer RTs, maybe all, are 62" wide and over 8' long. If the bed is wide enough, and the tail gate stout enough, you maybe could use one of these to load a Spyder in backwards. You could maybe put a platform over the top of the bed like is used by some to haul ATVs and snowmobiles, but it probably would be too high off the ground for one of those lifts to work.

 

[edmarino]

If you have a truck to haul it in you would be much better off with a trailer.

 

[SPYD3R]

NO

First, the width is wider than the bed of any domestic pickup truck... Second, i wouldn't care to leave the front sitting on the tail-gate, for the sake of both the SPYD3R and the truck...
i found a used 16 ft. boat trailer... stripped it down, and converted it over to accept my SPYD3R... it works PERFECTLY... :yes:

if you care to do a similar project and need some help, PM me.... :helpsmilie:
Dan P
Easley, SC

 

[cuznjohn]

now

First, the width is wider than the bed of any domestic pickup truck... Second, i wouldn't care to leave the front sitting on the tail-gate, for the sake of both the SPYD3R and the truck...
i found a used 16 ft. boat trailer... stripped it down, and converted it over to accept my SPYD3R... i works PERFECTLY... :yes:
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if you care to do a similar project and need some help, PM me.... :helpsmilie:
Dan P
Easley, SC

that is a really nice job that you did

 

[SPYD3R]

THX

that is a really nice job that you did

THANX, i really appreciate that... :cheers:
i have since put MAG WHEELS on it....
which i keep in the garage, to make it more difficult for somebody to roll off with it.... :gaah:

 

[Bob Denman]

First, the width is wider than the bed of any domestic pickup truck... Second, i wouldn't care to leave the front sitting on the tail-gate, for the sake of both the SPYD3R and the truck...
i found a used 16 ft. boat trailer... stripped it down, and converted it over to accept my SPYD3R... i works PERFECTLY... :yes:
View attachment 84272 View attachment 84273 View attachment 84274 View attachment 84275 View attachment 84276
if you care to do a similar project and need some help, PM me.... :helpsmilie:
Dan P
Easley, SC

Hi Dan,
What they'll do for a wider load, is simply lift it up above the bedrails... :shocked:

Which puts an awful lot weight up VERY high on the truck! :yikes:

 

[SPYD3R]

Hi Dan,
What they'll do for a wider load, is simply lift it up above the bedrails... :shocked:

Which puts an awful lot weight up VERY high on the truck! :yikes:

NOT A GOOD IDEA Bob..... :lecturef_smilie: my imagination tells me that is a disaster waiting to happen... :gaah: my advise is a trailer...

 

[Dan McNally]

I wonder what trucking it like this does to the windshield after a while, since it is cupping the air, the whole ride . . .

 

[Bob Denman]

At speed? You'll be buying a lot of windhields for sure, if you don't remove it prior to take-off! :shocked:

 

[Bob Denman]

NOT A GOOD IDEA Bob..... :lecturef_smilie: my imagination tells me that is a disaster waiting to happen... :gaah: my advise is a trailer...

That's MY advise as well... :shocked: I've seen them put two snowmobiles up that high... :yikes:

Not my sleds, not my bikes, and not my truck!

 

[2ndChildhood]

I like your trailer I might have to build one

 

[SPYD3R]

NOT

I wonder what trucking it like this does to the windshield after a while, since it is cupping the air, the whole ride . . .

NOT A GOOD IDEA to leave the windshield on...
on my RS, is so low, and i also stuff a towel between the shield and dash... but mine is so small, that it probably wouldn't matter... i've towed it at 70 mph for almost 3 hrs. with NO ill effects... on the RT's, i would STRONGLY advise removing the wind-shield... not a big job from what i've heard....

if anyone plans to build a trailer, and needs help, just PM me and i'll do everything i can to help...
Dan P

 

[Wiredux]

I wonder what trucking it like this does to the windshield after a while, since it is cupping the air, the whole ride . . .

I personally would not haul my Spyder like this with the windshield still on it.

 

[SPYD3R]

TRAILER

Geosik;
here are more pix for your review....

I forgot to mention that i have a POWER WENCH (2000 lbs. Harbor Freight) unit with a remote control...
I had to install the wench because the rear tire would just spin on the flat section, and not pull itself completely onto the trailer... the expanded metal i used is 'smooth'... had i used the normal 'wavy' kind, i don't think i would need the wench... however, the wench allows me to slowly pull my SPYD3R up onto the trailer, while watching all 3 wheels making sure the bike goes up nice and straight... it's a ONE MAN JOB that is easy as can be... PS: i loaded this trailer with a load of bricks (on a pallet) and without the wench, it would never had happened... so the trailer can also be utilizes for more than just your SPYD3R....
good luck if you choose to build your own....

OH..... that's my cat, BUDDY.... he follows me around like a dog.....

 

[james68]

cool :thumbup:

 

[MouthPiece]

It's been done, and someone on spyderlovers did it. I sure as hell wouldn't do it though.

Chris

 

[Jester]

One of good friends used to snatch his RT into the bed of his pickup with a winch attached to RT's trailer hitch. Pulled it right up and then towed the whole rig behind his motorhome!

 

[napper39]

heres one:thumbup: