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Old 09-24-2015, 10:31 PM   #2743
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II

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Might seem like a dumb question but how did you go about putting your cab on its back without bending the cab corners ? I plan to undercoat my bottom, but worry that if I just roll it backwards I could bend the new cab corners.
I lifted mine through the cab doors.

There is a type of beam you can buy to use a engine hoist.

I have a cheap gantry (Northern tool) and used two 2x4's bolted together through the door openings(rags wraped around the 2x4's to protect the paint, a strap around the ends and a friend to guide the process.
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