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Put there sports bike in the back of a hilux ute (aluminium tray type) ?

any tips on how to do it, cause it looks pretty high and im guessing its gonna be a bitch.. reason i ask is, i wanna do a track day on the 30th, and the only way i can get the bike there is on a mates hilux!

Mitch, we had my zx6 on the back of Greenmeanies XF ute to bring it back from victoria, just a long ramp and all is good Or if a using a smaller ramp look for a bank.

Make sure it is long, otherwise the belly will scrape.

as tanya said, the easiest way is to use a long ramp.
but it might be the case the ramp you need won't fit on the back of the ute.
so back the ute up to a gutter. even the driveway will do. the shape of the road will point the ute down towards the driveway. i can get my 9 on the back of dad's XH ute without a ramp at all.
but then you have to find a gutter when you get to the track. can't guarantee there'd be one there.

if all else fails, be a man and pick it up with your bare hands.

I actually reckon we really need to know: Is it 2wd or 4wd?

This will make a difference, due to height of either.....

you can get the bike on anything given a long enough ramp.
mina's ute is pretty high and we've never had a problem getting his bike on.

just ride it up, heaps easier than pushing.

i put a 95 zx6r race bike on the back of my dads HQ one tunner using a very long plank and lifted the ground end when the bike got closer to the tray to prevent the belly scrapping the tray.

hope that helps

The Jap utes are higher than falcon and holden utes, but yeah you really just need a long ramp. But the hard bit is stepping up onto the tray when the bike is halfway up, it isn't always easy. If you have a friend to help you it makes it heaps easier. And yeah look for a bank or gutter to do it, I had to use them for ages till I got my own trailer.

BTW if you get stuck you are welcome to borrow my trailer, just means you will have to drive out to the Northside of Brisbane to pick it up and drop it off. It has a long ramp and is low so no scraping!

its a 2wd hilux just the standard kind of tradey one.

but yep i think its doable with a big ramp and a raised surface! and ill have a friend to help so phew sounds like it should work out!

cheers for the offer hemi, bit of a hike from here to go get it tho lol

how new is it? my missus has one of the '06 ones and they are pretty danged high, admittedly nowhere near as high as her old rodeo, something to do with the big fuggoff rims & tyres it had on it:twisted:

Mitch
2 things to think of, use a bank if poss' (as mentioned) as the lesser angle means the belly pan wont scrape out.
There is nothing worse than gettign the bike half way up, it bottoms out, then falls over
Dont use the sides off the Lux except at a REAL pinch
Do get some others made up but (aluminium footplate, angle ally sides?)
Do make them so two can be joined together (fold one)
Go and see a Fox MX ramp or such

Also on the Inventors on ABC a guy designed the sides of a ute so that it has a ball joint type pivot at the bottom rear and u just unhook the front and swing it up over into a channel (so yo dont lose the sides)
Seemed extreme BUT you could make the ramp as heavy/strong/fold out long as you liked as you would never have to lift the bloody thing....

Swap me your Lux for my Tarago, nice and low entry (roof too low but)
I have to make a ramp for it before Friday for MP !!

seriously tho, smek is right. ride the bike up...
heaps easier than pushing it up, and less likely to fall over.

mate i put my bike on the back of a bravo aluminuim tray ute and its hard work. If u can ride it, do it.

The best size ramp for this sort of thing is about 2.4m. The shorter the ramp the more likely it will foul on the tray after the front wheel has gone on the tray.

Are you going to MP Mitch?
Unloading at MP is easy with a ute, they have a mound of dirt there that you can use...

nah not doing MP, im doing QR on the 30th

I was talking to someone about it the other day, the biggest problem is the angle of the plank going to the ute.... its easy to bottom out..