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  1. 03-04-2009, 08:14 PM #1
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    Jumping off a truck bed?

    What do you think about jumping off the bed of a fullsized pick-up with a YTM-225DX?
    Do you think I'm gonna eat the handlebar, break the rear end or it will be a great jump? Anyone tried this?
    I think that if I wheelie off the bed I'm gonna be okay. Should be alot quicker to unload the trike of the truck.

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    try it and let us know how that turns out. make sure you get some vids...
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    You all want video but I have no way to put it on the web...
    Thank you for the help Nick R 23

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    umm...why is it such a big deal to wheelie off of the back of a truck bed... if you're going fast enough so the grab bar doesn't smack the tail gate...why not?

    unless you're truck bed is 6 feet off of the ground, I don't see how it could be that bad.

    I did it with a 500 foreman out of the back of a lifted f250...my back hated me after, but that was all.
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    are you going to start loading the trike into the truck backwards from now on then if you plan to unload it this way? id say you could maybe stick it once or twice but eventually you will eat sh*t
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    Stock height Cheyenne 2500 4x4, 8 feet long bed.
    Maybe I should try to jump 2 feet high, and if it is good try the truck...

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    Its soooooo much easier loading the trike front first that it isn't worth the ease of just riding it out because its such a biotch to get it in the truck rear wheels first.

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    yeah! I made myself some ramps. 3 six foot long 2x6's....

    but what fun is that right?
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    how is a trike difficult to load rear first?

    back it up to the bed, hop in the back of the truck, pick up, done.

    lol...maybe I'm missing something here.

    or maybe you northern boys should eat more spinach.
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Goat View Post
    how is a trike difficult to load rear first?

    back it up to the bed, hop in the back of the truck, pick up, done.

    lol...maybe I'm missing something here.

    or maybe you northern boys should eat more spinach.
    Can't remember who it was on the forum, but someone had in his signature «Real men wear XXL» or something like this.

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    better hope you get traction if it has a plastic bed liner i say you will nosedive
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