Was planning on securing it to a plywood skid with casters, then get it to cab floor height with my high-lift pallet jack, then just slide it in. May work for the 4" version, but 6" might be problematic.
I guess putting it in the bed would be a lot less hassle. My truck has a pretty stuff ride though, being a 2500HD. So cushioning the plate with rubber mats and styrofoam should suffice ?
Styrofoam is just a kit for mass-producing turds for angels.
You ever work architectural stone? Need a flagstone for a walkway, the slab goes under a steel rail with a line of teeth. slightly elevated rail, each side.
Hydraulics are applied, it snaps on that line .. same as a sheet of glass would.
Think of Granite AS a form of glass. Metamorphic rock IS such.
The stone itself is strong. Also stiff. Very.
That's WHY we use it for surfaces - references
or durable decorative.
As with glass, doesn't BEND well. It WANTS to fracture under just the right sort of persuasion.
That's how mankind has worked and shaped it, lo a million years and counting before we had saws or waterjet. Which are both a lot older than you might think, BTW.
You need to prevent point, corner, or line loading and attempted penetrative IMPACT. Truckbed bouncing up and down is no big deal so long as it isn't loaded across a line - the counterpart to that stoneyard's splitter.
Different task than if you were shipping a wooden butcher block or a rackup of electronic goods that can stand a LOT more flex or dodge the bullet on point-impact.
Put it in the cargo bed. That's what the bed is for. On a truck.
Need cushioning? Make it resilient. Sheet of closed-cell elastomer. It needs very little to shape the energy curve.
That fake T-plate pattern grey urethane they sell for floor covering will do yah. Or doormats you can re-purpose later, as I did my ones.
Really paranoid? It's our Spud.. ever clever and creative at covering all the angles...
Space out four used tires, strap it atop like a raft.
Let it bounce..... same as that Jello you nailed to the wall in the loo last week as a Project Management Training exercise.