What vehicle do you transport games with?

I've been using a 10 foot utility trailer plus a sheet of plywood to help roll games onto the trailer. Since you don't have to roll up very high (like a box truck and ramp) or lift the game (like a truck bed), it has been fairly easy. Probably a liftgate on a truck would be easier but a lot more costly than a utility trailer:View attachment 832778
I've also used a trailer a few times and it makes it so much easier. The board for the ramp is a must for getting them in, it's much easier taking them out. I just don't have the space to keep a trailer 365 days a year for the maybe 2-3 times a year i need one.
 
2 game pickup in my Sierra HD again last weekend. Outrun and Track and Field this time. It's tight, but it works. Someone I bought a game from showed me a trick that has made loading/unloading much easier… use a 3' long piece of 1-1/2" (or similar) PVC pipe as a "roller" under the game. I lay it a few inches in from the edge of the tailgate, so when we tip the game in and start the "lift and push" process, the game just rolls along the pipe until it's most of the way in the bed. From there, it's easy to slide the rest of the way.

Unloading is easier this way too, I will wiggle the game until the bottom of the game is over the transition and resting on the lowered tailgate, then lift the cabinet enough to let the pipe roll under the bottom edge. From there, I can easily roll it out to the tipping point and set it down on the ground.

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big cardboard boxes will do the same thing. I have 2 refrigerator sized boxes i lay in the bed over the open tailgate. tip the cab in. they slide in on the cardboard to the back and slide out easily too. I also have a plastic bed liner so your results may vary.
 
big cardboard boxes will do the same thing. I have 2 refrigerator sized boxes i lay in the bed over the open tailgate. tip the cab in. they slide in on the cardboard to the back and slide out easily too. I also have a plastic bed liner so your results may vary.
I have a spray-in liner which is pretty much 40-grit sandpaper. I put down a sheet of "whiteboard" finished hardboard that I got at Home Depot, and used to lay moving blankets on that. The blankets slide over that hardboard like it's ice, but then they get all bunched up at one end and it's hard to get the game back out. The PVC roller helps get the cab most of the way in without needing as many blankets. I usually still put up up near the bulkhead to help slide it the last foot or two.
 
I have a spray-in liner which is pretty much 40-grit sandpaper. I put down a sheet of "whiteboard" finished hardboard that I got at Home Depot, and used to lay moving blankets on that. The blankets slide over that hardboard like it's ice, but then they get all bunched up at one end and it's hard to get the game back out. The PVC roller helps get the cab most of the way in without needing as many blankets. I usually still put up up near the bulkhead to help slide it the last foot or two.
Spray-in liner is exactly why i mentioned my plastic liner. (y)
 
I get your point, but i don't think the heaviest game that can fit in a truck bed would be enough force to cause any problems, regardless of placement.

I place them in based on how i can tetris them in there.
Yeah. I'm not going over the weight limit for the truck, so that's not really a concern. I just don't want the heaviest games at the rear, as that will do a number on my poor shocks. I'll hit the ground and see sparks on any bump if I load like that.
 
Whoa... You want the heaviest loads right over the axle, right? Not right next to the cab, because if you do that, you are applying a huge moment force onto the frame. Basic statics.

Guess what happens if you try to carry too much weight not over the axle for a vehicle that is not designed for that...

(Picture shows overloaded condition behind the rear axle, but a frame structural failure can happen if you overload forward of the rear axle, too)

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I built a platform in this load(I packed stuff under it to economize space) to get things above the weel weels so I could put the SF Rush crosswise in the bed. I was supposed to pick up a second one enroute from Cali to Idaho, but the seller wouldn't help me load it because of the extra height. It wasn't that bad loading the first one with it tipped up on the front of the cab... all the weight is down low at that point. I did pickup my Tempest CT on that trip, however.
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This load was 600# over the rated GVWR... the heaviest part of the load was forward of the rear axel... I drove it 650miles... I didn't break my truck frame in half. It's all about proper weight distribution. I had no problem rolling this load on this truck... yes, she was HEAVY, and it took a while to bring her to heal when it came time to stop. I knew the truck would handle it because the load was balanced pretty well, and although the truck is a 1500 std duty, the axles, frame, etc are the same on the 1500HD... the HD gets heavier front springs, bigger front brakes and a transmission cooler... without that additional equipment, sensible operation is key. Don't drive too fast, leave plenty of defensible space and braking distance.... not unlike pulling a trailer. It's certainly not the first overloaded truck to roll down the highway. I'm pretty sure that, although unpublished due to corporate liabilities, I was still within the margin of safety factor that GM derated the truck to reach its rated safe load.

Would I make it a habit? No, of course not... but the truck is in good mechanical order, and I don't operate with reckless abandon.

Re: your pic of a broken truck... I call BS on that pic. it is unlikely that the 1T dually pictured would be bothered by that camper even if every bit of gear in the thing was loaded behind the axel... if that was the case, that truck would have severe handling issues due to a lightly loaded steer axle requiring a redistribution of weight long before it got down the road very far. I suspect photoshop is more to blame there.

But of course, YMMV.
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Whoa... You want the heaviest loads right over the axle, right? Not right next to the cab, because if you do that, you are applying a huge moment force onto the frame. Basic statics.

Guess what happens if you try to carry too much weight not over the axle for a vehicle that is not designed for that...

(Picture shows overloaded condition behind the rear axle, but a frame structural failure can happen if you overload forward of the rear axle, too)

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Looks like a Transformer:)
 
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This load was 600# over the rated GVWR... the heaviest part of the load was forward of the rear axel... I drove it 650miles... I didn't break my truck frame in half. It's all about proper weight distribution. I had no problem rolling this load on this truck... yes, she was HEAVY, and it took a while to bring her to heal when it came time to stop. I knew the truck would handle it because the load was balanced pretty well, and although the truck is a 1500 std duty, the axles, frame, etc are the same on the 1500HD... the HD gets heavier front springs, bigger front brakes and a transmission cooler... without that additional equipment, sensible operation is key. Don't drive too fast, leave plenty of defensible space and braking distance.... not unlike pulling a trailer. It's certainly not the first overloaded truck to roll down the highway. I'm pretty sure that, although unpublished due to corporate liabilities, I was still within the margin of safety factor that GM derated the truck to reach its rated safe load.

Would I make it a habit? No, of course not... but the truck is in good mechanical order, and I don't operate with reckless abandon.

Re: your pic of a broken truck... I call BS on that pic. it is unlikely that the 1T dually pictured would be bothered by that camper even if every bit of gear in the thing was loaded behind the axel... if that was the case, that truck would have severe handling issues due to a lightly loaded steer axle requiring a redistribution of weight long before it got down the road very far. I suspect photoshop is more to blame there.

But of course, YMMV.
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Cool. But I wasn't responding to your post....

Even so, if I saw that rolling down the road, I sure wouldn't be behind it...


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Honda Element FTW!
I fit all sorts of crap in that thing as long as I remembered to pull the back seats out already.
Can even shut the hatch and drive with A/C on with a regular size pin with the legs removed and the backbox folded down.
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Toyota Sienna....a regular sized game fits in there nicely, climate controlled victory drive...For something bigger usually use my Brother in Law's Tacoma and it gets plastic wrapped....huge cardboard box method to slide the games on works nicely to keep scuffs away.
 
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