how i set my cab on .......solo
 

I call it "Bud Lite" engineering! c-clamped (2) 4x4x12' wood posts along my 4-post lift. add 16 small 2x4's under cab windshield lip, and lift! roll chassis under cab and lower!
than have a few cold ones to celebrate!

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Nice!!!

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haha you should be proud of that accomplishment, but does that really count as "solo"? thats like saying "how to do landscaping yourself" and step one is "start your bobcat"

by the way that truck looks amazing.

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yea I see what you mean, hehehe

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cool got more pics of the chevelle 64 or 65 ??

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Nice. With a 2 post you can do it solo with absolutely nothing else :)

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1965 chevelle.. pm me with an email and I will send a few pics to you. ive owned it 22 years.. dave



yea, your right. but, I chose a four post 12,000 pound lift. wish I had both!
dave

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My redneck version of solo cab mounting...

http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...56707339_n.jpg

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/...ps9c63f739.jpg

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Actually a great "resource thread" this.

We all learn from here.

This is copied and pasted from my thread when using my buddy Martin get his cab off.

Built the jig, based on one I saw on here.

Video clip shows how easy it works too.



I spent about 5 hours over at mate Martins place today.

We removed his cab, which has set me thinking that I should maybe remove mine as well, to get better access to the underside of the chassis.

On removing the cab, he found a lot more rust, terrible historic patches an a load of sand inside the chassis outriggers.

I will post up the pics to tell the story of getting the "special tool" in and moving the cab away.

Final inspection before removing the last two chassis mounting bolts.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psf80fb9a8.jpg

One broke off, despite all preparation.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psde9de650.jpg

Lifting jig fitted to three ton hoist.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps74496cfc.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps3c23c54a.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps6b0699a5.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psfb23e31e.jpg


VIDEO IN LINK BELOW

AND THIS IS HOW IT WAS DONE:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lxcu...lt8TvG8KEwT5Kg


IMPRESSIVE STUFF, AND RESULT.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps03c4cf7b.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps0815d072.jpg

Next up we parked the cab out the way, the trolley needs another 24 inches of height, which will happen later.


http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps356c9480.jpg

Farmer Brown........

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psfa112079.jpg

Lastly Martin removed the welded on front bumper and the truck was put back into its tight spot.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psfb63875c.jpg

That was it for this weekend.

As we go on working together, I am learning more and more.

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Wow Grizz, that's the nicest lift I've seen. There's several threads over on the 47-59 area of simillar wood lifts because of all the S-10 frame swaps going on there. I made one also when I did my 53 to S-10 swap. But that one is great.

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one of the better ones for sure

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That was step one of how I set my cab on. Start Bobcat, lift the skid the cab is on, set skid on jackstands, dismantle skid, set the front of the frame on a movers dolly and walk it under the cab, then jack the frame up to the cab and bolt it together.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...h_P1200367.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...h_P1200379.jpg

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Funny my cherry picker looks as old as my truck lol! pulled many, many engines and one cab.

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Most of us don't have a few buddies around to move a cab around, so we have to figure it out by ourselves! Great thread!!

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Necessity is the mother of invention...........or just a mother.;)


Good goin' guys.

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these are some neat alternative(s), if you do not have a helping hand ....

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:lol::lol:

Exactly. Killer looking Truck by the way!!

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thx for the complement.

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looks like "my friends pete style"
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Thanks for posting the cherry picker jigs. I was contemplating hanging mine from the rafters of my garage wasn't looking forward to that. This is definitely the way to do this.

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Thanks everyone for the ideas and even the pics for reference.