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ianjenkins · 08-03-2003, 01:14 PM

Pulled the cab last night (its for sale by the way)

I used strong rope (1800+ breaking point) along with the seatbelts to create a 4 point harness for the cab. It lifted up clean & even. No damage at all.

Yeeeeeeeeee Haaaaaaaaaaw!

jef5150 · 08-03-2003, 01:46 PM

did you lift it by yourself?....

ianjenkins · 08-03-2003, 04:22 PM

No, my buddy helped me but I've done them without help before. I moved a bed & cab by myself the other weekend. Unlike this cab, the other was junk, so damage wasn't an issue.

Porkchop · 08-03-2003, 06:16 PM

Cool!!

I was looking for a way to do it with my cherry picker but I never thought about doing it from the inside. So you're saying you attatched the rope to the seat belts while they were still bolted in the truck?

JimKshortstep4x4 · 08-03-2003, 07:47 PM

Looks like a good way to pull the cab. What did you mount the front rope or sling to? The cab mounts?

Jim

krue · 08-03-2003, 09:02 PM

Way to use the old noggin!

palallin · 08-04-2003, 12:12 AM

My buddy/body guru uses his 2020 John Deere/Front End Loader. Piece o' cake!

ianjenkins · 08-04-2003, 09:13 AM

The seat belts remain bolted to the cab. I just tied a rope between the belts and the hook on the hoist. The rope on the front runs through a cab pillar and up under the cab supports. The tick is to get the center of gravity up over the dash, otherwise, the cab might tip forward or remain unstable.

Longhorn Man · 08-04-2003, 03:57 PM

I wouldn't try that with a truck from my neck of the woods.

08-03-2003, 01:14 PM	#1
ianjenkins Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Frederick, MD Posts: 160	interesting way to pull a cab Pulled the cab last night (its for sale by the way) I used strong rope (1800+ breaking point) along with the seatbelts to create a 4 point harness for the cab. It lifted up clean & even. No damage at all. Yeeeeeeeeee Haaaaaaaaaaw! Attached Images

08-03-2003, 09:02 PM	#6
krue Designated A-hole! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South Mississippi Posts: 36,448	Way to use the old noggin! __________________ "If it ain't broke, fix it 'til it is!" Being stupid ain't illegal. We're Still Debt Free Except for the House!!! www.daveramsey.com 70 GMC SWB Stepside project "Green Booger" soon to be 6.0l/4l80e 93 S-10 "Poppaw's Truck"

08-04-2003, 12:12 AM	#7
palallin Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: St. James, MO Posts: 1,238	My buddy/body guru uses his 2020 John Deere/Front End Loader. Piece o' cake! __________________ '69 Longstep K-10: 327/SM465/T-221/Closed Knuckle Dana44/12-bolt.

08-04-2003, 09:13 AM	#8
ianjenkins Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Frederick, MD Posts: 160	cab The seat belts remain bolted to the cab. I just tied a rope between the belts and the hook on the hoist. The rope on the front runs through a cab pillar and up under the cab supports. The tick is to get the center of gravity up over the dash, otherwise, the cab might tip forward or remain unstable.

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08-03-2003, 01:46 PM	#2
jef5150 Inline 69 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: valleysprings,california Posts: 1,018	did you lift it by yourself?....

08-03-2003, 04:22 PM	#3
ianjenkins Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Frederick, MD Posts: 160	No, my buddy helped me but I've done them without help before. I moved a bed & cab by myself the other weekend. Unlike this cab, the other was junk, so damage wasn't an issue.

08-03-2003, 06:16 PM	#4
Porkchop Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Dowagiac, MI US Posts: 579	Cool!! I was looking for a way to do it with my cherry picker but I never thought about doing it from the inside. So you're saying you attatched the rope to the seat belts while they were still bolted in the truck?

08-03-2003, 07:47 PM	#5
JimKshortstep4x4 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Muskegon,MI,USA Posts: 6,026	Looks like a good way to pull the cab. What did you mount the front rope or sling to? The cab mounts? Jim

08-04-2003, 03:57 PM	#9
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	I wouldn't try that with a truck from my neck of the woods.



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