what's a cab wiegh
 

Hi does anybody have an idea what the wieght of cab without the doors is?
I want to lift it off the frame and want to do it safely, I have a big block and tackle but need to buy some rope.
Thanks

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I'd say in the neighborhood of 300-400 lbs

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safest way, find 3-4 guys to help, that way you don't drop it... I had to wait a few days, but I found some guys that came through.
I think without the glass even as little as 3 total could lift it.

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they are F'n heavy!!! just ask my little toe :lol: got me just behind my steel toes :waah:
there are some guys on here who have made lifting jigs to use with a cherry picker
do a search for "one man cab lift"

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I made this for taking off cabs and beds. Cost me about 75.00 with the wheels. I bought the steel at the steel yard in the seconds section for .15 cents a pound. Spent about 6 hours building it. We now have a 2ton chainfall on it, and NO MORE LIFTING FOR ME!!!!:lol:

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four guys can do it no problem and three probably could also. i wouldnt advise using a lift becuase it is easy to damage it that way

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:lol::lol::lol: ya ill have to agree with you there! Sorry about that Joe.

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:haha:no problem, glad i could sacrifice my toe to help out:haha:

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:lol: Im hopefully making cab mounts this week, have to move cab again.. you busy :lol:

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I will have to disagree.....I have pulled about 10 beds and 3 cabs since building this with NO damage to any. I use the chainfall, but with 3 inch wide nylon towstraps in an X pattern hooking the chainfall at the X to prevent any damage. Jerry

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yeah man, when ever you are ready


where do you run the straps, under the cab, or under the top?

i pulled a cab years ago using a A-frame with a landscaping timber through the window openings and attached strap around the timber on each side then attached to a come-a-long to the A-frame. i left the doors on and the seat and every thing else in it. worked well. i was swapping it from a lwb to a swb frame.

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Yep i used a 2x6 and cut it so it sat between the nylon strap and the cab between the doors, and then ran one through the the back and front windows up to hoist. And it made life a lil easier to use a smaller ratchet strap from the hoist to somewhere on the firewall bc the cabs are nose heavy, that way it lifts up or goes down with a lil more control. Works good if you are by yourself also :lol:

We should have had that huh Joe, maybe your little toemie would of been ok :lol:

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:lol::lol::lol::lol:

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I have run the straps around the pillars in an X pattern. Glass was out on all 3 cabs. For beds, I use the rubber grommet eyebolt bed holdowns in the stake pockets, adjust them tight and attach some 2 inch straps in an X pattern to the eyebolts. I have had good luck with this method as well. The 4X4's would work good witha cab with glass, I'll keep it in mind. Usually if I am going that far with a customer's the glass comes out early. Jerry

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cool, thanks for the info

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The cab will weigh considerablly more than a henweigh.

Shorty

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I might regret this.......but,
What's a henweigh?
(a little less than a rooster??:lol:)

I need to build me one of those!! very nice

anyone in the okc area have a cab off the frame laying around, so I could mock one up?

no Scott yours won't work...wrong year :lol:
we should build one for the 60-62's also:metal:

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My bro-in-law built himself a cab remover/replacer. In the pic it's using ratchet strap tie-downs, but it was originally made to use with come-alongs...which have since broke... scary, but it works...:ito::chevy:

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Lets make it! I need one :lol:

Oh ya and Joe a hen weighs about 4 or 5 lbs :haha:

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:dohh:Y'all ain't right!

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These ARE the good o'l days. Bought some last week there....STILL 15 cents a pound in the seconds area. Alot has been cleaned out, but the price is still the same. Jerry

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it is $0.30 a pound at the scrap yard here

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I have no idea what a Cabweigh is!