Yes they are extremely heavy. i find tipping them and using a hand truck works well to move them, but getting them up in a bed depends on the height. If your truck is lifted a cable system can be good, but that is if there is any thing to pull up. A ramp would work even a strong wood one. The only thing I would say is find a way to tie it up and a chain it to the hitch and drive like hell. Ok do not do that, but it kind of sound funny. Sorry, but the guy with the atv ramp idea was great, but if you have no ramp really brute force is the bomb unless you can use an improvise pulley.