Transporting the paramotor in the back of a pickup truck

I wanted a way to comfortably get the paramotor in and out of the bed of the truck with a cap over the bed. The motor needed to be tilted at a specific angle to let it slide in without hitting in either corner so I built this rack.

[@KyleJPilot]

I just put a cap on my truck and need to figure out how to make this work now! Thanks for the inspiration! 🤙🏻

[@joemotoracing]

Very nice, Mark!

[@rolloverriderpgr]

Put the blueprints up! Great idea!

[@PPGATL]

What's a "Blueprints"? :-) I just went by trial and error but was fairly simple. All the hardware was Home Depot. I made the frame roughly similar size to the paramotor frame, then used flat right angle braces to attach the two vertical tubes, and then screwed some wood pieces onto those. It took some experimentation to find the right angle for the motor, length of the vertical tubes and best ways to attach the wood but it works. My truck is a Ford Ranger (new 2019 version) but other trucks may have different angle requirements.

[@rolloverriderpgr]

@@PPGATL lol! Put it on paper with lengths and what bolt sizes you used! You could make a few $$ with it on paper! Or take a few pictures and print them out and write the measurements on it and send them to me and I'll draw it out for you!! Remember not all of us out here can put together great ideas like this one!! And any improvements you can think of I'll put them in on the layout sheet. I did a "little" aircraft building and blueprint drawing years ago!

[@rolloverriderpgr]

Oh! You're from Atlanta! I lived in Lithia Springs 63 till about 92. I also worked at Lockheed and Piper Aircraft in Fl. I just moved to Phoenix first of the month after 20 in Missouri!

[@urnzwayzmoove]

Great idea!

[@dmitriykhudoleyev7308]

Good idea. I need similar one for Honda Odyssey

[@gerrycollins9409]

I also have a similar idea to but my Maverick in the bake of my Expedition.

[@PPGATL]

It seems to work pretty well for me.

[@midas9472]

Is it possible to put paramotor in SUV?

[@ashokrateria1228]

🚩😃🔔

[@highflyingbean]

What kind of truck is it?

[@PPGATL]

2019 Ford Ranger - it's bigger than my 1989 F150 was but at least theoretically it's supposed to be a small truck.

[@highflyingbean]

PPG ATL thanks!