Outboard motor carrier

A method of lifting an outboard motor attached to an outboard motor carrier onto a bed of a truck, the carrier comprising a frame, a motor support structure to which an outboard motor may be attached, and upper and lower wheels, the lower wheels rotatably attached to a lower region of the frame so as to support the carrier when the carrier is tilted forward from an upright standing position, the upper wheels rotatably attached to an upper region of the frame so as to support the carrier when in a forwardly reclined position, the method comprising:

• from the upright standing position adjacent the bed of the truck, tilting the carrier forwardly on the lower wheels such that the upper wheels lie against the bed of the truck;
• lifting the carrier up by the lower frame region while a portion of a weight of the carrier and the attached motor are supported by the upper wheels on the bed of the truck;
• rolling the carrier along the upper wheels into the bed of the truck as the lower frame region is lifted;
• and,
• lifting the lower wheels onto the bed of the truck such that the carrier is entirely supported on the bed by the upper and lower wheels in the reclined position,
• wherein the motor support structure is configured relative to the frame to hold the attached outboard motor in a semi-upright position when the carrier is in the reclined position on the bed of the truck.