Pull cab with doors on.

['70_402]

What the easiest way to pull the cab with the doors on? They shut and fit so perfect now, I don't wanna mess that up... haha... Has anyone ever done this? I was thinking that I could run a chain to each big fender mounting bolts on the front and have a pipe with a guy on each side. I'm still trying to figure out what I can do for the back... I have an abundance of friends that can come and help, so manpower isn't an issue. Most people use a engine hoist cause their doing it solo right??

[builtnb]

This is how I did it. Have a buddy with a boom crane, took cab off C20 100% complete, minus hood. Sat it on a C10, worked great!

[69gmcc10]

I opened the doors and spanned some timbers across the tops of the door openings so not to bend the doors. Then I closed the drivers door as much as I could, rolled down the window and stuck the picker through the window under the wood and started to lift. It did help to have a second person to steady it because it is tipsy, but it worked well.

[69gmcc10]

Originally Posted by builtnb

This is how I did it. Have a buddy with a boom crane, took cab off C20 100% complete, minus hood. Sat it on a C10, worked great!

I see where I went wrong, for the first time I didnt buy the right tool for the job...should have bought the crane... stupid... stupid me.

[randy500]

I have a carport and have done it many times with the doors on. Engine hoist on the core support. Cum a long on each seat belt bolt with the cable coming through the window opening. Roll the frame back, drop body on a dolly or leave it hanging.

['70_402]

So if I had 4 guys to help me, I could run chain to the front fender bolts and then also run chain to the seat belt bolts and then have a pipe go through the chain and basically lift it off right?? Clear as mud?

[randy500]

Originally Posted by '70_402

So if I had 4 guys to help me, I could run chain to the front fender bolts and then also run chain to the seat belt bolts and then have a pipe go through the chain and basically lift it off right?? Clear as mud?

Someone posted the weight of a bed recently, seems it was 600 pounds, I think the cab weights more with carpet seat glass etc. If you have 4 strong young guys I think it would be doable. Which way are you moving it? Backwards over the tires? I would remove the tires and pay the frame down as low as possible.

['70_402]

Originally Posted by randy500

Someone posted the weight of a bed recently, seems it was 600 pounds, I think the cab weights more with carpet seat glass etc. If you have 4 strong young guys I think it would be doable. Which way are you moving it? Backwards over the tires? I would remove the tires and pay the frame down as low as possible.

Haven't really thought about that yet... might have to do that..

can the cab be sat on the floor without doing damage??

[69gmcc10]

Originally Posted by '70_402

Haven't really thought about that yet... might have to do that..

can the cab be sat on the floor without doing damage??

the cab can sit on the ground just fine

[68GRNK20]

I have to pull my cab off soon, we have a forklift with some extended forks hoping this will work, it would be nice to know how much the cab weighs but I guess we can just try and see how it goes.

[seafoam68]

I used a cherry picker because I was by myself. Its not rocket science, there are many different ways im sure. The main point I would make is what I learned the hard way, that being that the firewwall side of cab is heavier than the back glass side so you have to hook your rigging accordingly. I used a 4x4 run through the open windows with notches cut out of 4x4 to fit around the top of door frame,attached to the top of cherry picker. I had to relocate the 4x4 towards the front of cab instead of the center of doorways after the "learning incident" lol. Good luck.

[darrellyates]

Originally Posted by '70_402

What the easiest way to pull the cab with the doors on? They shut and fit so perfect now, I don't wanna mess that up... haha... Has anyone ever done this? I was thinking that I could run a chain to each big fender mounting bolts on the front and have a pipe with a guy on each side. I'm still trying to figure out what I can do for the back... I have an abundance of friends that can come and help, so manpower isn't an issue. Most people use a engine hoist cause their doing it solo right??

I had to take mine off by myself. I raised the truck in the air about 12 inches. I removed the tires and wheels. I then unbolted the cab. I placed jack stands under the front corners (rockers) and then toward the rear. I lowered the frame onto wheel casters. I was able to roll it out (forward) leaving the cab on the jack stands. I then rolled the dolly (wooden, plans from this site) under the cab, and used jacks on each side and removed the jack stands and lowered it onto the dolly. Reversed process to re-install. One person. No lifting. Worked well.If you have clearance problems, use 2x's to extend the jack stands further from the cab. Just a little creativity, it can be done.

[Shaky]

I had to put a little weight in back to balance the firewall.

[special-K]

Working alone with no hoists or cranes just using a floor jack and a couple 8' 4x4s. Once you get the 4x4s under the cab you jack it and crib it up till you can roll the frame out. Figured that way out on K/5s and Suburbans. I only did it w/o an engine crane once. With the crane you bolt a chain at the fender bolts and seat belts to get the 4x4s between frame and cab

['70_402]

Originally Posted by special-K

Working alone with no hoists or cranes just using a floor jack and a couple 8' 4x4s. Once you get the 4x4s under the cab you jack it and crib it up till you can roll the frame out. Figured that way out on K/5s and Suburbans. I only did it w/o an engine crane once. With the crane you bolt a chain at the fender bolts and seat belts to get the 4x4s between frame and cab

Forgot to mention i still have all the glass in the cab. i think this is what i'll end up doing... some chains and cross poles.