Lift for Trike

IMG_1802 by Steamboat Ed
IMG_1802, a photo by Steamboat Ed on Flickr.

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Hoist base slid into the receiver hitch tubing beneath the truck.

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IMG_1800 by Steamboat Ed
IMG_1800, a photo by Steamboat Ed on Flickr.

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Even without a motor and batteries mounted the trike is heavy and awkward to lift. Getting it into my pickup truck requires a hoist of some kind. I’ve got a smallish truck so the hoist had to be mounted off to one side. This contraption fits into a bit of receiver hitch that’s part of the subframe of my Ford Ranger. An old wheelchair hoist I bought from a pal will bolt on top of this.