Deer Hoist - Tow Bar Mounted

Maidment78 · Mar 12, 2026

I am looking for something that will work for my pickup,

I have an internal electric winch so need a frame with only rollers so I can do a vertical gral, the pickup rear door needs to be open so extension bar, feet and the vertical frame system, anyone using something similar?

Doing a gral on the floor is a balls ache and I would love to lift, empty then drop into a tray, less faffing, lifting, and way less likely to get crap in the carcass

Suggestions welcome.

wytonpjs · Mar 12, 2026

Maidment78 said:
I am looking for something that will work for my pickup,

I have an internal electric winch so need a frame with only rollers so I can do a vertical gral, the pickup rear door needs to be open so extension bar, feet and the vertical frame system, anyone using something similar?

Doing a gral on the floor is a balls ache and I would love to lift, empty then drop into a tray, less faffing, lifting, and way less likely to get crap in the carcass

Suggestions welcome.

75 · Mar 12, 2026

Message Tom8 on here (look for his old posts in For Sale). Solid kit and can be made to fit your pickup etc. Having just fitted a winch in the back of my pickup and also using a David Stretton hoist, you might struggle to combine the two (depending on where the hoist is located in the pickup bed). The hoist needs to be much higher than the height of a pickup canopy to get decent sized fallow and reds off the ground so the rope will snag.

wytonpjs · Mar 12, 2026

@Maidment78

As discussed:

As stated, these are old pictures pre change of uprights, removal of winch, change to pit-pins for the legs, etc.

As @75 suggests, talk to @Tom8

FISH BOY · Mar 12, 2026

Animal Transit makes one specifically for use with a winch.

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No connection, but have seen it used.

Mickeydredd · Mar 12, 2026

Do a search on here for deer hoist, quite a few previous discussions on the subject.

A cheaper option if you want to add a tow hitch and can get a set of legs fabricated.

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Tim.243 · Mar 12, 2026

Maidment78 said:
I am looking for something that will work for my pickup,

I have an internal electric winch so need a frame with only rollers so I can do a vertical gral, the pickup rear door needs to be open so extension bar, feet and the vertical frame system, anyone using something similar?

Doing a gral on the floor is a balls ache and I would love to lift, empty then drop into a tray, less faffing, lifting, and way less likely to get crap in the carcass

Suggestions welcome.

Side mounted is key as you have an open tailgate where the tray can just slide in

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Tom8 · Mar 12, 2026

Maidment78 said:
I am looking for something that will work for my pickup,

I have an internal electric winch so need a frame with only rollers so I can do a vertical gral, the pickup rear door needs to be open so extension bar, feet and the vertical frame system, anyone using something similar?

Doing a gral on the floor is a balls ache and I would love to lift, empty then drop into a tray, less faffing, lifting, and way less likely to get crap in the carcass

Suggestions welcome.

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Tom8 · Mar 12, 2026

Maidment78 said:
I am looking for something that will work for my pickup,

I have an internal electric winch so need a frame with only rollers so I can do a vertical gral, the pickup rear door needs to be open so extension bar, feet and the vertical frame system, anyone using something similar?

Doing a gral on the floor is a balls ache and I would love to lift, empty then drop into a tray, less faffing, lifting, and way less likely to get crap in the carcass

Suggestions welcome.

I can pretty much make anything you like, feel free to drop me a message

Tim.243 · Mar 12, 2026

About as simple/cheap as you can get, made it for my friend Werner

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Keith Edmunds · Mar 13, 2026

75 said:
Message Tom8 on here (look for his old posts in For Sale). Solid kit and can be made to fit your pickup etc. Having just fitted a winch in the back of my pickup and also using a David Stretton hoist, you might struggle to combine the two (depending on where the hoist is located in the pickup bed). The hoist needs to be much higher than the height of a pickup canopy to get decent sized fallow and reds off the ground so the rope will snag.

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Chris Richardson · Mar 13, 2026

Had this made last week tested it yesterday with a few reds works very well can pass you a number on if you’d like

Chris Richardson · Mar 13, 2026

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Tim.243 · Mar 13, 2026

Keith Edmunds said:
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Chris Richardson said:
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I made this and as you can see it swings from the side so keeps the tub space free also what the op asked for.
Have you a picture of with the tailgate down also how much was it?

fordman · Mar 13, 2026

Maidment78 said:
Doing a gral on the floor is a balls ache and I would love to lift, empty then drop into a tray, less faffing

Are you sure, by the time you've set up your hoist, winched up the deer, gralloched it, swung it into the pickup, taken down your hoist, put hoist away, you could have done a ground gralloch and away and shot another!
I maybe old fashioned but I've never understood the reason for a suspended gralloch. Probably 95% of reds shot will be floor gralloched so why the push to do the smaller species?

Mike1979 · Mar 13, 2026

fordman said:
Are you sure, by the time you've set up your hoist, winched up the deer, gralloched it, swung it into the pickup, taken down your hoist, put hoist away, you could have done a ground gralloch and away and shot another!
I maybe old fashioned but I've never understood the reason for a suspended gralloch. Probably 95% of reds shot will be floor gralloched so why the push to do the smaller species?

Just my preference but I hate gralloching anything on the floor. Suspended gralloch is so easy as gravity assists but see your point on the set up side. I have one of the tow bar mounted versions from Tom8 and it maybe takes 2 mins to set up and dismantle but its much cleaner and easier then on the floor ...plus if you have 2 or 3 to do then its less time per deer on average

wytonpjs · Mar 13, 2026

^^^ Exactly this. I would say that 99% of all the deer I shoot are gralloched suspended. Even for roe and muntjac, I use a tailgate strut saving the effort of assembling/dismantling my gibbet for reds and fallow (I just don'y get many Sika

). Its quick, greartly minimises chance of contamination, is easy on my failing back and as Mike rightly says, gravity helps considerably.

Chris Richardson · Mar 13, 2026

fordman said:
Are you sure, by the time you've set up your hoist, winched up the deer, gralloched it, swung it into the pickup, taken down your hoist, put hoist away, you could have done a ground gralloch and away and shot another!
I maybe old fashioned but I've never understood the reason for a suspended gralloch. Probably 95% of reds shot will be floor gralloched so why the push to do the smaller species?

i agree with the smaller species i grolloch on the deck its only reds and fallow i do on the hoist

wytonpjs · Mar 13, 2026

wytonpjs said:
^^^ Exactly this. I would say that 99% of all the deer I shoot are gralloched suspended. Even for roe and muntjac, I use a tailgate strut saving the effort of assembling/dismantling my gibbet for reds and fallow (I just don'y get many Sika ). Its quick, greartly minimises chance of contamination, is easy on my failing back and as Mike rightly says, gravity helps considerably.

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I hate carrying/dragging carcasses and invariably drive (car/quad) to the animal. It takes 2 seconds to fit the tailgate strut for the smaller animals: click top eye into upper boot catch, remove pip-pin, extend strut so the base sits in the lower boot lock well, refit pip-pin in extended bar position - that's it. Simples

Chris Richardson · Mar 13, 2026

wytonpjs said:
I hate carrying/dragging carcasses and invariably drive (car/quad) to the animal. It takes 2 seconds to fit the tailgate strut for the smaller animals: click top eye into upper boot catch, remove pip-pin, extend strut so the base sits in the lower boot lock well, refit pip-pin in extended bar position - that's it. Simples

thats lovely but on tuesday evening i shot 3 roe and couldnt get a vehicle within 500 yards , no way im dragging that extra weight

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