Blue Ox SC3001 - Manual (Page 7)

Installation
Figure 3
Figure 4
Be sure to put ALL bolts in ALL ramps.
Failure to do so could result in personal
injury and/or property damage.
! CAUTION
Figure 2-A
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1. Remove the tailgate from your pickup
according to manufacturer’s instructions.
NOTE: The tailgate cannot be reinstalled
unless the SportLoader™ is removed from
the box of your pickup truck.
2. Slide the pivot tube onto the OEM tailgate
mount on the left or driver’s side of truck
bed (Figure 2A). Slide the slotted end over
the OEM tailgate mount (Figure 2B) on the
right (passenger’s) side of truck bed.
3. Rotate pivot tube until the ramp adjustor
plate (affixed to the pivot tube) does not
obstruct the loading of the main ramp
assembly into the bed. Figure 3 shows the
tailgate pivot tube once in place.
4. Put the main ramp into pickup truck box.
See main ramp in diagram on page 3 or
shown in Figure 5 with tire cradle ( 61-
6155 for long bed and 61-6195 for short
bed). Slide until it is ONLY approximately
one inch from the front of the bed of
the pickup truck box. The electric motor
side of the main ramp should be on the
passenger’s side of the pickup truck bed.
5. Insert and tighten six 3/8”-16x1” bolts,
3/8” flat washers, and 3/8”-16 nylon hex
lock nuts (bolts 201-0034, flat washers
203-0003, nylon insert lock nut 202-0090)
to fasten main ramp to pivot tube (Figure
4). Reference the pivot tube instructions
included in the pivot tube packaging.
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Figure 2-B
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