Help setting up a trailer

Hey all-

Ok, I'm getting ready for my move to Georgia next month. I picked up a pickup yesterday, and today I went & picked up a trailer I made a deal on last weekend. I had to rip out some pretty nice shelving that had been built into the trailer by it's previous owner, and do some light repair, but it's pretty nice.

It's a 5 X 10 X 6 enclosed single axle with dual rear doors, a forward side door, paneled interior, 12v ceiling light, new tires (including the spare) and more lights than a friggin x-mas tree!

What I need to figure out is the best way to:

A) Secure my bike. There are no tie down hooks or eyebolts inside it. I'm trying to decide if I want tiedown points, or a wheel chock system.

B) Devise a ramp. I'll be loading and un-loading everything by myself, so however the ramp is done it needs to be light enough to be managable for 1 person, and at the same time be wide enough and long enough that I'll be able to put my feet down should I need to catch my balance during un-loading. Also, the ramp needs to be out of the way when the doors close...


Soooo...... This is the part where ya'll show pics of how you did yours...

Thanks!!!

 

I've personally always preferred to have a static mount point to which I can anchor tie-down straps for transporting a bike. As far as strapping it down, I tend to use 2 come-along style tie down straps (you can find them fairly cheap at any Lowe's or Home Depot). I put the first on the front end, wrapped around each fork and going down to each side, and the second I use to strap the back down by looping it around in the subframe of the bike. The ratchets on each strap go on different sides (say the ratchet on the front strap is on the left, I'll put the ratchet of the rear strap on the right side), and tighten them both down till the suspension starts dipping down on both ends. At that point, you can practically go off-roading and that bike wont move an inch.

 

harbor freight has great deals on chocks and other supplies.

the nice things about chocks is no load on the suspension.

 

I hadn't thought about harbor freight. I was gonna go look at northern tool later today. I already decided I'm going to mount large eye-bolt anchors in the floor, but I'm not doing anything until I look at some layout ideas. I have two bikes, and 2 large pocker-rockets to rig for, so I'm looking into the idea of setting up quick detach chocks so that I can configure the trailer however I need it at any given time.

 

I put two of these on my trailer and love em. I also use tie down strap too, just to make sure.

Motorcycle Wheel Chock