Loading quad sideways

[Huntindog]

I am contemplating getting a TH.
I have two 2004 Arctic Cat 650 V2s.
They weigh about 800# each.
To make them fit in the garage, the one loaded first would need to be loaded sideways.
I am thinking of some sort of lift/rotating mechanisim to spin the quad and position it once it is in the garage.

Anyone done something like this?

TIA

[Bumpyroad]

don't know if this tread is dead but today I saw a trailer from aluminumtrailers.com.
bumpy

[Bedlam]

I have the heavier 1000 lb version from Harbor Freight, but it would be hard to roll that over the door threshold without a bridge plate.

[RanchDweller]

I put two full size Polaris ATV's in my toyhauler sideways. I bought a hydraulic lift table from harbor freight and put it under the first atv sideways. I used a winch to pull it up the ramp sideways and into the garage. I then dropped the atv down and lifted the second one up and pulled it in. It only took about 5 minutes.

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[Huntindog]

I like the lift idea. I am concerned about those little steel wheels damaging the floor though.

I am pretty sure I can get some larger rubber, maybe even pnuematic wheels mounted on the lift. I have welders and various metal working tools, and haven done quite a bit of fabrication work. So this is a doable project for me.

I still need to get the exact measurements of a 399TH garage though. None in AZ to look at as of now.

[996Pilot]

Edd505 wrote:

996Pilot wrote:
Use a motorcycle lift like THIS. I use one for the 930# Harley in my garage all of the time. Easy to roll around with the bike on it. Not bad to have if you need to work on the Quad either.

That was the exact one I had in mind. Did you need to modify the front wheels to caster wheels to push side ways? My tool boxes have the casters on one end so need to be steered but I can't move side ways.

Fixed wheels up front, casters in the back. Easy enough to move to where I want it.

[Bedlam]

I wonder if you could order your toy hauler with a wide side door so you could drive right in from the passenger side and the second one could come from the rear.

I used to side load a mini buggy in the rear of my TH by driving up the ramp at an angle before sliding it fully side ways on the ramp and working left and right sides into the TH. It was too long to rotate once inside and this work out got all my frustrations out.

[Edd505]

996Pilot wrote:
Use a motorcycle lift like THIS. I use one for the 930# Harley in my garage all of the time. Easy to roll around with the bike on it. Not bad to have if you need to work on the Quad either.

That was the exact one I had in mind. Did you need to modify the front wheels to caster wheels to push side ways? My tool boxes have the casters on one end so need to be steered but I can't move side ways.

[996Pilot]

Use a motorcycle lift like THIS. I use one for the 930# Harley in my garage all of the time. Easy to roll around with the bike on it. Not bad to have if you need to work on the Quad either.

[JAC1982]

We don't have a GD, but our garage is a similar size. The only "protrusions" on the side are the rails for the rear beds. Probably about 1.5" on each side, and they do not go all the way down to the floor and are in the back end of the garage. I believe the GD has the same sort of set up in the back (assuming there's no built in floor cabinets towards the front of the garage). So if you load them in one by one and store them towards the front of the garage (where there are no side protrusions), then I think you'd be fine.

[Huntindog]

Some more info:
We are looking at a Grand Design Momentum 399TH.

It supposedly has a 13' garage. But I think some of that is taken up by the rear doors/screen.

So I figure about 12'6".
I also figured the width conservative due to various things like protrusions from the walls that may be an issue.
So 94" is what I settled on.

(Obviously measuring a 399TH would be best. But we haven't been able to find one to measure yet.)

We then taped this off in our driveway and did a test fit. It appeared workable. One thing about the diagonal measurements...
People are assuming the quads are rectangle shaped when viewed from above. The Arctic Cats are not. The corners are slanted or cut off. This makes a diagonal calculation based on overall length and width inaccurate.

We presently load them on a 96" wide truck bed rack side by side.
It is a very tight fit.

[Bumpyroad]

a similar situation could be solved with a trailer I saw, triton, aluminum, and both sides let down to side load equipment.
bumpy

[Bumpyroad]

how wide is the garage and how long is the cat from LF corner to the RR corner?
bumpy

[ScottG]

We used to load them on a flatbed trailer I built. Didn't take a whole lot of effort to slightly lift the back and spin them sideways.

[Wild_Card]

That turning them sideways is ****. All good till there muddy or you hurt yourself