The right way, and wrong way to remove a cab. And WHY...

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Well last week i spoke to a body shop about bringing my cab in for some metal work. He told me since his shop is limited on space, that it would be best to bring the cab only to him. I figured thats fine, i have a wooden pallet with casters on it that is already set up for the cab. So that night i got home from work and made a bet with myself that i could remove the cab by myself. (And my friend is using the engine crane so that method is out). SO i ended up jacking the cab up off the frame, and putting it on stilts. I then had to remove the rear tires and use the jack to roll the chassis out from under the cab. Then i lowered the cab onto the pallet. This is using only one floor jack and a set of sawhorses. I got the cab lowered almost 8" away from the pallet, and the jack shifted and the cab came crashing down on the jack. Stoved in my nice original rocker and dented my $400+ GMCPAUL's brand new door. Needless to say, there were some 4 letter words flying.

Fast forward a few days, when a i spoke to a friend who offered to do the body work in my garage for half the price of the body shop i was gong to bring it to. And he wants the cab bolted to the frame to make sure nothing gets tweaked while cutting and welding. More 4 letter words, since i dented my door and rocker all for nothing. Anyway, i got smart and grabbed a tractor from work and made my life a whole lot easier. Took longer to load and unload and bind the machine on the trailer than it did to get the cab back on. I would not recommend attempting this without at least 4 guys or some type of machinery.

Moral of the Story: HASTE MAKES WASTE

Don't look to closely at these....




Not the end of the world, and no one got hurt, but annoying none the less.






The EASY way...