Loading bikes in tall trucks.

Use your stand as a step stool and get a long ramp. Always park your truck facing slightly downhill so gravity can assist you. Just roll it at a medium speed and walk right into the truck with it. 😉

Yep, I use my Yeti cooler, set it aside the ramp and use it to step up.  

Or ride it up, after a few practice runs you'd have it dialed.

I have a Sierra 2500 on 35" tires, so probably pretty close to your bed height and a steel ramp from Harbor Freight. I'm 6'4" and I can walk it up using a stand as a step, but I don't like doing it if I'm completely honest. It's a big step, even with my long legs. I usually ride it up the ramp before I take my gear off, especially my helmet. I would highly suggest looking into one of the ramps with stairs built in. Something like this: 

https://www.discountramps.com/motorcycle/ramps/single-runner/p/MC-STEPRAMP-1737/?utm_source=google&utm_term=go_cmp-17871216704_adg-_ad-__dev-m_ext-_prd-MC-STEPRAMP-1737_sig-Cj0KCQiA9OnJBhD-ARIsAPV51xM6lEs71M2I-ZBCpaT8Ek1n4DhZYnxKeH4QNkc179NsBGDDFTV3Cs0aAtayEALw_wcB_sigb-0AAAAAD_werFqTkd6MSGC26NOr1PXuUWMe_siwb-Cj8KCQiA0eTJBhCeARIuAF90mS4YrYJUXCV1DQB2yHCqkEPJrg54RDjkFZsH14w0Y3fx38NJdqL9UVmAFhoCaEY&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=17428267814&gbraid=0AAAAAD_werFqTkd6MSGC26NOr1PXuUWMe&gclid=Cj0KCQiA9OnJBhD-ARIsAPV51xM6lEs71M2I-ZBCpaT8Ek1n4DhZYnxKeH4QNkc179NsBGDDFTV3Cs0aAtayEALw_wcB

With my bike at an angle, I can easily close the tailgate, with probably 8" to spare.

2 ramps

I purchased the 9' Long Black Widow Aluminum 4-Beam Folding Arched 3-Piece Motorcycle Ramp to haul my 890 Adventure in the back of my pickup and now like using it for my motocross bikes.  Ride up and back it down while seated on the bike.  Ramps fold up and fit in my crew cab while I’m out riding.

I used to use the Falcon method, backed up to a hill if possible, but due to some issues with my leg I ended up building one out of wood. More or less I split  3/4" sheet of plywood in half lengthwise and framed the underside with 2x4's, mitered at the one end for the ground and notched at the other for the tailgate. Then I screwed some nailing strips to the top for traction for both my feet and the tires. There's a hole cut through both pieces so I can use a ratchet strap to lash them together and to the trailer hitch so it doesn't move, I can easily ride up it.  It's ugly, people laugh, but it works. 

did you ever learn the heard way not to push off the stand too hard? 17 year old me rolled the stand out from under myself and took a tumble😂

I'm only 5'6" and it gets more challenging every year.  I push the bike in up the ramp as far as I can, then grab the rear wheel with one hand while holding the bike up with the other, and turning the wheel until it's all the way up the ramp. I then jump in while keeping the bike upright. It looks a bit precarious but works. 

I did find that wheelchair ramps are way cheaper, and you can get them that fold in both directions. I bought one, works great, but I don't use it because I don't have to, which means no fussing around with folding it up and pinning it closed.

Yes, yes I have.  A 15 year old me had a very hot RM 80, (straight off the track on a practice day.....) Fall on me when my stand rolled underneath me.  A hot engine laying across my shirtless back taught me real quick!

Ummmm, ride it up the ramp? 

F150 with a 6" lift and 35's. Loved how the truck looked when I bought it, still do actually but I absolutely hate it being so tall when it comes to loading and unloading bikes. I usually use my stand to step into the bed, but the last few times I've said screw it and just push it up from the side of the truck, lean the bike against the side of the bed, then jump up to tie it down. 

My dad got a 2500 a few years ago, lifted it and put 35's on. Great looking truck, but he got real tired of loading his bike into the back after the first ride, haha! He got a hitch carrier shortly after. I've already vowed that I will never buy or own another lifted truck again after I either get rid of my F150 or give it to my daughter when that time comes. 

U less your stand had rounded legs. Mine has tried to break my neck 3-4 times. Had to start pushing the bike 90% of the way from the ground, holding the brake and taking a giant step all the way up onto the tailgate and finish loading

I had a Curt receiver mounted on the front of my truck, it’s burly, bolts to the frame and has a 350lb weight rating. I use it for our E bikes, but you could put a bike hauler in there just as easy. The disadvantages are you have to look over the Bike obviously, the bikes get covered in bugs and road grime and of course, the weight on the front bumper, and possibly less airflow to the radiator.
 The advantage would be you wouldn’t have to wrestle the bike in and out of the truck, you could still keep your toolbox for storage, and you don’t have to disconnect the trailer to get your bike out. Just another option you might not have thought about, good luck !

I have a ramp thats about 5'6 to load my bike now into my 3500. I have 2 3500s I haul the bike in.  I also use the same ramp to load into my 2500 on a 6" lift. It's pretty easy I just set then stand to the side and step on it on the way in. I usto load it into the 2500 by lifting the front wheel on the tailgate then getting in a front squat on the silencer and lifting it up. I'd then keep it stable and climb on the bumper to get in. 

My 2500 is a short bed, I wedge the front tire in a bed corner and bring the rear around. Gate shuts. I run a tie-down to each foot peg. Works great.

Westin makes this foldable step I have on my work truck. I feel like this is some serious old man embarrassing shit, but I’ve had three hip replacements so fuck it I don’t care.😄 

Get a step ramp. They’re awesome 

All these versions work. I have a tri-fold atv ramp and a taller truck. It allows me to walk up beside the bike instead of the big step up from the bike stand. Usually, I’ll do it with the bike running and feather the clutch up til the back tire is on the tailgate. I’ve seen all the videos of bikes being launched into the back windows and over fenders. Knock on wood, haven’t done it yet. I make sure I don’t have any arm pump prior to loading. I have missed a rung a couple times and have taken a rung to the shin. 
I have a buddy with a short box f150 and big tires that has a bi-fold ramp with the steps on one side. Ramp and bike fits in the back with the gate closed. Ramp is pretty steep but manageable loading the bike. 

I am 5'7", 52 with joints that are falling apart and I have a newer F250 on 35s, so very similar with a tall tailgate.  This is what I felt was safest to use, long enough to not feeling like you are pushing the bike straight up, and wide enough to be stable.  They also fold relatively flat, so not a whole lot of space used. I just added strips of what looks like skateboard deck tape to the steps and top for traction which worked great.  It was an easy solution, and at $50, not the end of the world.  I have since moved onto a Motojack Rack, but that doesn't help you as you are using your receiver.

 
 

Two long ramps. One for the bike, one for you. That's how I have to load my bike.  

I’m in a 2021 Chevy Silverado with a 6 inch lift and 35s. I swear by the Step Ramp. They have two sizes (5 step and 6 step) but I do wish they would have a 7 step in case I ever get a bigger truck.

I will say, they were much cheaper when I bought mine but it’s been great to use so far.

https://www.stepramp.com/shop/?gad_source=1
 

One of those and a Rekluse, would leave little excuses for getting the bike in the back of your truck, they are a nice setup.  I waffled over getting one of these forever, but I did wish they made one with 7 steps, and there was one huge problem for me..  I am left handed, and I have spent 40 years putting my bikes in my truck "left handed", they only make a right handed version.  That may sound silly, but try loading your bike up a steep ramp (by yourself) on the opposite side that you are used to, it will drive you mad.

I have a lifted truck also, I bought a 10 foot folding ramp and use a dirtbike stand. It is now a piece of cake. 

I have one of these from Harbor Freight ($200) and love it. I tried the bike stand/ice chest as a step method but it was a sketchy pain in the ass to do it that way (I am short and old, so double whammy there). This ramp was a game changer for me. It folds in half horizontally so it doesn't take up any more space than a standard ramp. I've seen ones similar to this with steps built in but i thought that might be too easy to trip on after a long day of riding. The one drawback is that it is a bit short, which is great for fitting in the bed with the tailgate up, but might be too step on very high trucks (but it's perfect on my stock Tacoma).

I have a lifted Ram 2500 with a 6.5' bed and always used the ramp and bike stand method until a few months ago.  I picked up the RevArc Smart step and have been very happy!  I just start the bike and walk it up the steps, super easy and very convenient.  I load my bike diagonally and just run the straps to my foot pegs, bike doesnt move at all during transport and there is almost zero tension on the suspension. I like this setup because it doesn't take up any extra bed space and is less hassle than 2 ramps.  

I have a ram 3500 with 35's on it (no lift or anything). I am 6ft and I run it up the ramp so I can walk past the box and I can still reach up to the bars. Grab the one pre-hooked strap you left before you went for the push and hook it on the bars so the bike can lean without falling. Climb up into bed and strap down. either that or ride it in if it was running. I don't like to start it cold just to ride up the ramp.

No, but thanks for unlocking a new phobia! 

I have another great suggestion for the OP: Sell the Dodge and get an old Toyota 4-banger. Mine is low enough to the ground that I just walk along beside the truck when loading the bike. 😁

If you are starting the bike anyways, why don't you just ride it in? No offense, but that thing is massive and looks to be more of a hindrance than a help. Rather have 2 ramps.

I do that on my 3500, and I am not overly tall. My buddy does it as well, and he's like 5'8"

Get a hitch mount set up for the back of the rv and put a bike hauler on there. Just another idea.