摘要 |
1 A freight rack is disclosed for the simple loading and carriage of snowmobiles or the like in the back of a pick-up truck. The disclosed rack comprises a deck section and a retractable ramp section, which can be retracted into a storage position within the deck section. The deck section is pivotally mounted to the existing cargo bed of a pick-up truck near its rear end, such that when the ramp section is extended from the rack, the rack in total can pivot down at its rearward end defined by the extreme end of the ramp section to rest on the ground. Cargo can then be driven up the ramp section onto the deck, at which point the rack will pivot back down into the cargo bed of the truck and the ramp section can be stowed. This design has significant cost and labour efficiencies over those in the prior art.
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