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11-05-2010, 12:11 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: MASS
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need advice! Cab lifting
I need to pull the cab off the frame is it bad to run straps throught the cab our the doors ( wrapping a couple times) and lifing the cab with a tractor?
Will I shatter the glass? or flex the cab and screw it up? |
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11-05-2010, 01:47 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: sumner wa.
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Re: need advice! Cab lifting
i would run the straps under the cab not thru the cab....my 2 pennies worth
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11-05-2010, 04:32 PM
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Location: Benton, AR "The Heart of Arkansas"
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Re: need advice! Cab lifting
Had one on a trailer that we removed last week. We had used muscles and got it onto the trailer, but getting it off the trailer found us short of some pecs and abs. So, bring in the backhoe. The doors were off of it, but the glass is still in the front and back. We used a 4x4 that was wrapped with old towels. I'd recommend placing the "stick" as close to the windshield as possible, because the windshield and the firewall are going to be the heaviest parts of the cab and the most mass. If the "stick" is in the middle of the doorway, the cab will tilt with the rear glass going up and the firewall going down and the cab may come into contact with whatever your lifting it with if your chains/straps aren't long enough.
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11-05-2010, 06:41 PM
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Location: nw arkansas
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Re: need advice! Cab lifting
I lifted my cab with 2 2x4s nailed together, ran threw the door windows and lifted it with a tractor. Didn't have any problems.
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11-05-2010, 07:38 PM
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Location: Dahlonega Ga.
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Re: need advice! Cab lifting
It will bend the driprails"guess how I know". I have a 4x6 that I put through both windows with a 2 inch hole 2 inches deep.I then put a trailer ball on top of my engine hoist to lift it off.
Last edited by Hezie; 11-05-2010 at 07:39 PM. |
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11-05-2010, 08:11 PM
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Re: need advice! Cab lifting
I lifted mine with 2 2x4 's nailed together and ran them through the windows from side to side and lifted with a engine hoist
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11-08-2010, 10:38 PM
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Re: need advice! Cab lifting
Quote:
I use a 6x6 creosote timber I had laying around. |
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11-08-2010, 11:13 PM
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yes, i do
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Spokane, wa
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Re: need advice! Cab lifting
check out thelonerife's Chuck's SWB Fleetside build thread. he built an adapter that goes on the end of his cherry picker that uses like a 4x4 through the windows. i think what i am gonna do is rig up some pulleys to the cross beams in my garage and use a come-a-long to hoist up the cab on my 72 when it gets some garage time
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11-05-2010, 08:39 PM
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Re: need advice! Cab lifting
I can't remember how many cabs we have lifted with a 4 by 4 strapped to the top of an engine hoist through the side windows located near the front without a problem. I think at least 6 for sure.
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11-05-2010, 09:00 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Frisco,Texas
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Re: need advice! Cab lifting
Got three buddys? Thats how I got mine off
 I dont think my back will ever forgive me.
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11-08-2010, 10:17 AM
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Location: MASS
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Re: need advice! Cab lifting
Thanks guys!
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11-08-2010, 01:40 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Benton, AR "The Heart of Arkansas"
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Re: need advice! Cab lifting
However you choose to do the job....protect your back and watch your head!!
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11-08-2010, 09:18 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Shortsville n.y.
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Re: need advice! Cab lifting
Here's how I did it.
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