Prince, agreed.

A wide, traction-coated ramp is best. Slipping while loading is a common problem. It also depends on how many people can be thrown at the load / unload. Here is a typical bike delivery in China:

1) Bike in back of a truck, resting only on its center stand (no ratchet straps, ropes, tie downs, etc)
2) Get enough guys to lift (always lots of lookie-loos around ... TIC)









Trailers are a grey area in China, right now, but from what I've heard, no one has been refused entry onto an expressway. The argument is usually over how much to charge.

The trailer dealers have means to get a proper hitch installed on almost any vehicle, but it seems they are pricey. From what I can tell, a quality trailer with an installed hitch will run about 25-30k, all in. Once saw a guy towing a Kendon trailer with a QQ. The trailer had a pair of HDs on it.

Certainly if one only has one vehicle, and one can get a pickup registration (most cities do not allow them), then a pickup could be a viable option. Half decent Chinese ones start around 50k-70k out-the-door, last time I looked around (in Harbin), but that was several years ago.

Edit: I asked the shop owner how many bikes had fallen over, moving the bikes from shop to shop in this manner. He said "Oh, not many, no problem."
And I thought "OK, not many = at least one, but probably more"