Practice loading...

Our son-in-law, Dan, came by today to give us a hand loading the scooters into the truck.  Well, Joan and I wanted to do all the work, we wanted Dan's brawn as a just-in-case.  As it turned out, getting the bikes into the truck was the (relatively) easy part...

To explain the photos, we went in forward with the red bike, then moved the ramp to the other side of the tailgate to load the other bike.  The ramp is plenty solid for my weight and the bike.  We motored the red one into the truck bed.  Since we determined we needed to back the black bike in (to allow clearance for the handlebars), we push/pulled that bike backwards up the ramp.  More effort, but it worked.

Running the straps was the tough part... the second bike strap on each had to work around the other bike.  We may have to put some more thought in this.  I am considering something in the stake pockets to give us a little more height on the second strap.

Proof of concept - we can make this work.

Photos by our darling daughter, Stephanie.