Loading a riding mower

[8NTX]

UPDATE: I fashioned a harness out of heavy rope and looped them around the frame next to the wheels. Attached the hook from a come-along with a long cable (standard looped cable will not be long enough). Ran a chain between the bottom tie-downs at the front of the bed, then attached the hook at the end of the cable to this, and started ratcheting. Worked great.

 

[Kevin Beitz]

Don't want to drag around my 18' trailer I use for my tractor, and I just acquired a new riding mower. Also bought some arched ramps for loading it into the bed of a pickup. I've got some ideas, but does anyone have a sure-fire way to make loading and unloading it a one-man operation?

I had my share of close calls loading tractors...
So I bolted a chunk of 4" channel across the back of my truck by the back window. Then I mounted a winch in the middle of it... I made a extended handle that comes over to the side of the bed, so I can crank it standing along side the drivers door and crank away... Its so easy loading and unloading with no help from anyone...