Front rack for a truck

A front loading truck rack comprising:

• a bed frame assembly mounted immediately behind the cab of a truck;
• a vertical bumper post assembly mounted to the bumper in front of said truck;
• a horizontal frame assembly horizontally disposed between said bed frame assembly and said bumper assembly and attached thereto, said horizontal frame assembly mounted over the truck cab;
• ramp means pivotably mounted to said horizontal frame assembly in front of said truck cab, said ramp means being lowerable so that a load can be disposed on top of the ramp means and lifted up easily and without great difficulty;
• said bed frame, bumper post, horizontal frame and ramp assemblies are formed from hollow tubing;
• said bed frame comprises two parallel rectangular bed side frames and one rectangular bed front frame connecting said two side frames;
• said bumper post assembly comprises two parallel vertical posts, a lower post cross member disposed and attached between the bottom of said posts, and a middle post cross member disposed and attached between the middle of said posts to prevent said ramp means from resting on the hood of a vehicle;
• said horizontal frame assembly comprises two parallel elongated side frame members, each elongated side frame member attached to one of said vertical posts and one of said bed side frames;
• said ramp means comprising two parallel ramp side members, and ramp cross members disposed between said ramp side members, said ramp side members are disposed between and pivotably mounted at a pivot point to an adjacent horizontal side frame member;
• threaded shafts mounted inside said bumper posts;
• threaded nuts mounted around said threaded shafts;
• longitudinal slots on said bumper posts;
• lever means affixed to said threaded nuts and extending through said bumper post slots, said ramp means resting atop said lever means, said lever for lifting up or lowering said ramp means;
• gearing mounted on a lower end of said bumper post shaft;
• threaded shafts mounted inside said middle post cross member, said middle post cross member shafts having gearing at one end intermeshing with said gearing on said bumper post shafts, said middle post cross member shafts having gearing at an opposite end;
• drive gear mounted in the center of said middle post cross member and intermeshing with said gearing on said opposite ends of said middle post cross member shafts, such that when said drive gear is rotated said middle post cross member shafts and said bumper post shafts rotate raising or lowering said nut and therefore raising or lowering said ramp means.