taking the cab off

[69 longhorn]

Originally Posted by POPO1984

i thought about that but the wife didnt want me putting holes in the gargae ceiling and i just had some friends come over to help me

If your wife is anything like mine,she wont care about the holes in the garage roof......its what it costs to fix it ,that starts the problem crazyAL

[mr48chev]

Originally Posted by 69 longhorn

If your wife is anything like mine,she wont care about the holes in the garage roof......its what it costs to fix it ,that starts the problem crazyAL

About 37 or so years ago I rented a house that has a two car garage as it's best and most redeeming feature. I poked a couple of holes in the ceiling and laid a 4x4 across several of the rafters with a chain looped though the holes. As far as I know that chain is still there. We swapped a couple of engines using a ratchet come along.

The new edition of Classic Trucks (April) shows a HF Gantry crane that they used to lift a cab but I have used the one I built to lift an swap Van roofs and cabs along with a lot of engines.

Roof off the doner rig.

Roof on the other van all by lifting the roof with the gantry and cherry picker and rolling one out an one under and letting the roof back down again.
That I beam is govt surplus aluminum with steel tubing for the frame so it isn't that heavy but sure is handy.