![]() ![]() Unloading an ATV without a ramp is a little scary the first time you try it, but it is really easy and fast. Something to keep in mind, if you have an elevated surface that doesn’t reach high enough for you to drive the ATV into the truck bed, is that you can use the method above to lift your ATV into the truck bed from an elevated position and it will make it a whole lot easier on your knees, arms and back. Strap the quad down so it doesn’t move.Put the ATV in neutral and set the parking brake.Drive your quad from the elevated surface into the truck bed.Back your truck into the elevated surface as close as you can get where there is still enough room to lower your tailgate.To use this method, just follow these easy steps. My house as a kid had a nice irrigation ditch in the front that worked well as we could drive an ATV from the yard right into the bed of a truck that had been backed into the ditch. This could be a hill, a slanted driveway, a loading dock or many other things. This may not be an option for everyone, but it makes it really simple to load an ATV into a truck bed if you have some kind of elevated surface to back your truck into. That may have seemed like a lot of steps, but it shouldn’t take you more than a few minutes to easily get your ATV in your truck bed, if it isn’t too heavy, without the use of any ramps. Do the best you can to keep as much weight off the tailgate as possible. Now that your ATV is in the truck bed, strap it down good.You don’t want to put it in gear as the rocking and bouncing of the truck can cause damage to your ATV if it is in gear. ![]() With the emergency brake activated, leave the ATV in neutral.Once the quad is where you want it, put the emergency brake on.Once the ATV is straight, simply walk toward the truck, rolling the quad into the truck bed.Make sure you lift with your legs and keep your back straight. With the wheels resting on the tailgate and pointed straight, lift up the back end until the ATV is horizontal again.With the front wheels resting on the tailgate, m ake sure the wheels are lined up straight into the truck bed before you push it in so you don’t get the ATV stuck on a wheelbase.Once you reach the truck, put the front wheels onto the tailgate.You will want to use your foot to balance the back end. From the vertical position, grab the handlebars and move the quad to the tailgate of the truck.Once you have the ATV standing up, put it in neutral so you can move it to the truck.This is a lot easier if your quad has a front bumper to lift and even better if you have someone to push down on the back of the ATV and keep it stable. Lift, with your legs, the front end of your quad until the quad is vertical, standing on its rear tires.Turn off the gas and the key of your ATV.Put your ATV in first gear so it doesn’t roll away from you as you lift the front end.Make sure your truck is in park with the tailgate down.To lift your quad into a truck bed, just follow these detailed steps exactly to keep your ATV, truck and body safe. Even a 300-400 pound quad may sound heavy, but it isn’t bad since you only lift one side at a time. If you have a lighter sports model, even something like a 700cc Yamaha Raptor, and this should work great for you. If you are getting up around 500cc or higher with a utility ATV like the Polaris Sportsman (pretty consistently the heaviest model in its cc class I could find). How heavy depends on the weight of your ATV. This method requires you to do a fair amount of heavy lifting. You may also want to check out our guide for nearly every truck bed to see how well your ATV will fit. We want to make sure you get your ATV to the trail for an awesome day of riding with no damage to your truck, your ATV or your body, so we detail out the processes step-by-step below. These methods sound pretty easy, and they are, but you are dealing with a heavy piece of equipment and there are some things that go wrong. If you do not have such a surface, you can pop up the front of the ATV and roll the front wheels onto the tailgate before lifting the back end. How do you load an ATV without ramps? If you have an elevated surface you can just back the truck into it and drive the ATV in. I had someone teach me an easy way to load an ATV and thought it was worth passing on, along with another easy way I have used when available that is easier than ramps. ![]() ![]() While it can be a bit panic-inducing to realize you have made it somewhere and don’t have ramps to unload and reload your ATV into your truck, it really isn’t a big deal in most situations. My wife would claim I am the most forgetful person there is, and this has included the unfortunate forgetting of ATV ramps. ![]()
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