Thread: best way to lift the cab off of frame safely
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Old 04-01-2015, 10:48 PM   #10
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Re: best way to lift the cab off of frame safely
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Originally Posted by 62-One-Ton View Post
You. Pizza. Beer of your choice. About 7 buddies. Or jack up the truck as high as you can (rockers at about 2 1/2 feet high) unbolt the cab. Span under the cab with 2 2x6 8ft long boards (door to door). Setup some bocks under said boards. Lower frame away from cab and roll it away.
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That's pretty smart dude. Seems you'd want jack up the front and back, so the 2x6's are square. Is that 2x6's on top one another or next to?
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