how to load a motorcycle alone?

Hey, im getting a vespa, gonna estimate the weight at 400lb, it does not run.
I have a ford ranger and do not have a bike-specific ramp. any ideas how to make a ramp and get it up there?,
like two 2x4's supporting a piece of plywood? I have a 4x6 pallet that i hope the little wheels could roll up alright, im just weary I dont have enough strength to push it up myself, Id rather not pay someone to come along.

Think it would be light enough for the small little girl, previous owner to just steer while i push? i probably dont wanna put them through that.
thoughts, people?




Can I just bring it into the scrapyard as is? and get whole car price, i think that is a thing there.

No great advice on loading it, but Vespas can be worth really good money in parts, especially older models...

If there is a small hill close by back the truck up to the hill till the tailgate touches. or you gain enough elevation in land for a board to cross the gap with little slope. Then roll bike down hill into the truck "carefully".

meh, its like a 2003 with a cracked frame, probably a ton of working parts in it. just trying to get some quick cash cuase im taking off for a few months pretty soon. i need to get rid of a whole bunch of things sitting at my parents house before I take off too, small piles of this and that, ink printer cartriges, escrap, gold clubs, a whole bunch of bike parts

Well if you had some cinder blocks and a jack maybe you could put the bike on the pallet jack up one end put a cinder block under it. Jack up the other end put a cinder block under. Keep repeating until it's high enough then push the bike into the truck.

I'm going to jump in here and say the vespa probably weighs around 250 lbs, maybe less. Those things are small. Just lift up one end, put it in the truck, lift up the other ends and slide it in. No need to be nice since you're scrapping it.

Edit - Also, don't have this girl do anything to help with loading. You're going to need to title as well when you take it to the yard.

she already tried to sell it on craigslist, no takers.
im trying to over estimate the work so i dont go there thinking i can handle the job. it is vespa brand and in my time of scrapping, just looking at it, I feel like it had to be more than 250 lbs.... biggest dip is from the street to the driveway which isnt much at all. i got a huge half of a motorcycle in there with a friends help and that took some time... after forever, two guys in a truck passed by, pulled over and we go just picked it up and in, lol

Whatever you do, have someone shooting video.

I am going with SSA's 200 lbs. If it is scrap then flip it, end on end onto the deck, no need to treat it nice.

If it runs, then I suggest doing a wheelie up a piece of 4x2 up onto the deck, no wait, thats just what I would fail at trying to do.

Compared to real motorcycles, a vespa weighs little more than a bag of sugar.

Try fleabay many listed on there with bids from £149 to £700 (auction) with time to run as restoration.
Do a short listing and get the to pick it up insitue.
Saves the accident thats waiting to happen happening
More money - less effort - Work smarter not harder (£149 it would need to be 1500lbs plus to get this return)

We call scooters 'chicken chasers' - don't know why

i had a 7 foot long tabletop that we use as a gate to our side yard so i put it in the bed of my truck! then i parked in the dip between driveway and street, slid it out halfway onto the driveway and half on the bed of my truck and near level. i pushed the bike onto the tabletop, laid the bike down on the tabletop and then i pushed the table back into the bed of my truck... if it would have been too heavy, i would have just ratcheted the tabletop back into my truck

actually reminded me of this, but much lighter, removabler and free... also doubles as a skateboard grind box!
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10154478042630112

OK SO NOW PROBLEM
they filled out a CA dmv form that was change of ownership... and thats all they gave me, i realized that when i got home?
well they have at their house a registration reciept from the dmv and its circled at the bottom where it says JUNKED
and they told me
"thats all they have becuase its junked so just print and provide that.
you wont have a pinkslip cuase its junked.
if someone wants to re-registerm they have to go back to the dmv and re-register to get proof of ownership"
no pinkslip??? will i not be able to sell this at the scrapyard?

also can i ask them for whole car price on the motorcycle?