[Overdriven]

I went to the lumber yard, bought enough 2x10’s to span my 2 car garage and be tripled up. I think they’re 16’ long, not long enough but I staggered the joints and added a 4th piece so every joint is covered on both sides. Bolted it all up with big hardware, added some wall reinforcement and it pulled an engine no problem. This beam is at the back 1/3 of the garage, I plan to add another towards the front when I pull the cab.

I’m thinking of borrowing some heavy duty ratchet straps from work. Jack the truck up, run the straps under the cab (front to back) to the beams, tighten, lower the chassis and roll it out. Then I can play with jacks and the straps to lower it onto a dolly or something. I can do something similar with the bed grabbing it from each corner. In my head it sounds better than the cab sliding off cribbing or a jack stand, I can do it single handed, plus I’ll have another heavy beam in my garage to do stuff with.

I don’t see why a similar setup wouldn’t work for a burb or panel body. The straps would have to run left to right and downside it might be harder to balance. Plus I don’t know if you have a garage, it’s construction, where your body is, what it’s on, so there’s those logistics too.