Loadin' 'em whole: a question

[Ben Long]

My 50+ year old spine seems to have a harder time loading a gutted buck into the back of a pickup truck than it used to. What's your favorite tools and tactics for this chore? This season, getting the buck to the truck was easy -- the hard part was hefting him over the tailgate. Help.

 

[Irrelevant]

I keep a 6' piece of plywood in the truck to make a ramp, then use a ratchet strap.

Gotta be roadkill ready.

 

[Nameless Range]

I once tied a rope to a cow elk, ran the rope up through the back window of the pickup and out the passenger window, and tied it to a tree in front of the truck. I then backed the truck up a foot, walked around the back and heaved the elk an inch up, got back in the truck and repeated a dozen times. It worked.

 

[Simeod]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B006VWVFQ4/?coliid=I1FXFHWULAMK9X&colid=3HERU47XAD1LN&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

Worth every penny.

 

[MTLabrador]

I keep a 6' piece of plywood in the truck to make a ramp, then use a ratchet strap.

Gotta be roadkill ready.

This method works well for me.

 

[S13tsilvia]

lump of timber or 3 steel poles welded together and small electric winch which we plugged into an anderson plug which we wired into the back and you can hook up to the bed of your truck and then remove the winch when not required. About $50 for the winch.

My grandfather had this setup into his 80's and could load any deer on his own with no issues

 

[The Hedgehog]

A knife works.

 

[mtmuley]

A knife works.

Yep. Pieces. mtmuley

 

[Bulldog0156]

Find a hill or a ditch you can use.

 

[fishing4sanity]

The plywood ramp coupled with a cheap ATV winch or a manual come along winch should work well. Harbor Freight has some pretty inexpensive winches.

 

[JLS]

You're taking it apart eventually anyway, I'm in the above camp of using a knife.

 

[NEWHunter]

Back into a ditch or into a steep slope and drop the tailgate. I’ve got a blown disc and backed into a ditch to load an antelope this year and into a steep hill to load a whitetail - my back survived both episodes.

 

[ShootsManyBullets]

Knife and a rechargeable sawzall should let you hack that thing up into manageable pieces pretty fast.

 

[Jbotto]

I keep a 6' piece of plywood in the truck to make a ramp, then use a ratchet strap.

Gotta be roadkill ready.

Plywood ramp, rope, pulley in the front of the truck bed. Rope tied to deer, through pulley and then back to something solid. Drive forward.

 

[Irrelevant]

Plywood ramp, rope, pulley in the front of the truck bed. Rope tied to deer, through pulley and then back to something solid. Drive forward.

Ole HF has this as well: https://www.harborfreight.com/2-ton-cable-winch-puller-61964.html

 

[Wildabeest]

Plywood ramp, rope, pulley in the front of the truck bed. Rope tied to deer, through pulley and then back to something solid. Drive forward.

So is the plywood ramp somehow attached to the truck? Otherwise I’m picturing a major fail as soon as you start pulling forward.

 

[D4570]

Once you try it you never go back.
Click the link

Ultra-tow hydraulic truck lift

 

[longbow51]

As others have said, very simple. Plywood ramp. Tie a rope or strap to the fromt of the pick-up bed. Tie a come-along to the strap, attach the end of come-along rope to antlers/neck and just crank it in. No wiring, very cheap.

 

[antlerradar]

My 50+ year old spine seems to have a harder time loading a gutted buck into the back of a pickup truck than it used to. What's your favorite tools and tactics for this chore? This season, getting the buck to the truck was easy -- the hard part was hefting him over the tailgate. Help.

Usually it is not that hard to remove the tailgate.
If you can not do that it is nice to have a deere.

 

[Jbotto]

So is the plywood ramp somehow attached to the truck? Otherwise I’m picturing a major fail as soon as you start pulling forward.

Haha! Good point! Didn’t think of that! Plywood ramp would have to be long enough for it to have room for the truck to move. Once the deer rides it up a bit there should be enough pressure/weight to have the deer complete the ride up.