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    If there is a small hill close by back the truck up to the hill till the tailgate touches. or you gain enough elevation in land for a board to cross the gap with little slope. Then roll bike down hill into the truck "carefully".

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    Quote Originally Posted by NHscrapman View Post
    If there is a small hill close by back the truck up to the hill till the tailgate touches. Then roll bike down hill into the truck "carefully".
    Being the guy with the Pickup truck since I got my license in 74
    I was always the guy to get the call from the friends that had Motorcycles
    NHscrapman is correct
    I always understood that is why the Media Strips on 95 had the hills >> To make it easier to load the dead bikes

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    Well if you had some cinder blocks and a jack maybe you could put the bike on the pallet jack up one end put a cinder block under it. Jack up the other end put a cinder block under. Keep repeating until it's high enough then push the bike into the truck.
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    I'm going to jump in here and say the vespa probably weighs around 250 lbs, maybe less. Those things are small. Just lift up one end, put it in the truck, lift up the other ends and slide it in. No need to be nice since you're scrapping it.

    Edit - Also, don't have this girl do anything to help with loading. You're going to need to title as well when you take it to the yard.
    Last edited by ryanw; 08-15-2014 at 06:49 PM.

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