Can you carry a scooter (motorcycle) in your truck?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by lupe, Aug 26, 2010.

  1. lupe

    lupe Medium Load Member

    I was wondering if I could carry around a scooter in the truck somehow (if so, how?)? That way I could travel to nearby cities perhaps.

    And I also heard you can sleep in truck dock (is that what it's called? dock?) at Malls.
     
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  3. o.m.d.

    o.m.d. Heavy Load Member

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    yeah i dont see that one happening unless it was your own truck and you outfitted it with a custom built storage unit behind your sleeper to hold the bike in.
     
  4. chompi

    chompi Road Train Member

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    I have seen a lot of drivers do it. It is a really good idea! I don't know about a motorcycle, although I have seen it done, but a scooter should easily fit behind the sleeper on the catwalk. Scooters should be light enough to just pick up or you could just get a little ramp.
     
  5. dude6710

    dude6710 Road Train Member

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  6. lupe

    lupe Medium Load Member

    Would one have to smell radiating gasoline smell from the scooter? (I'm guessing if it's behind the sleeper it must be in the same space as where you are sleeping?)

    I didn't know what catwalk is.
     
  7. Rerun8963

    Rerun8963 Road Train Member

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    the catwalk is the grate behind the sleeper (outside)

    it would NOT be wise to have any gasoline powered device in the truck.
     
  8. lupe

    lupe Medium Load Member

    Is the catwalk large enough to fit a moped/scooter in?
     
  9. Rerun8963

    Rerun8963 Road Train Member

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    well..........it could be...........but generally no, as it can only be as wide as the truck frame. anything wider than the truck frame would be in most instances the battery box, or a step, or even a platform the sits just above the fuel tanks, and there is no guarantee of the strength of those other cat walks to support a scooter, over a long period of time.

    best to just get the job first, and when they assign you a truck, YOU take measurements and go from there. leave the bike home for now.
     
  10. Jolsen

    Jolsen Heavy Load Member

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    I have been struggling with this idea for a long time. and in a company truck you will struggle to fit anything back there short of a bicycle. the trailer tends to impend upon the catwalk space when you are backing. so thus your best bet is a razor scooter or cheap bicycle.
     
  11. gdyupgal

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