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Join Date: Jan 2002
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Cab dollies?
I know a while back I had seen a thread with custom fabed cab dollies and I was wondering if anyone had any pics of them still? I'm getting ideas together to fab one of my own and I need pics to help me out.
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Join Date: Mar 2003
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Here's what I made. I don't have dimensions, I just marked, cut, welded and drilled.
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Thank you, mocwon! Thats a good starting point. Anybody else have any ideas?
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I used two creepers as a dolly. Brian
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Here's what I used:
I made a 1"x1" metel frame in the shape that the truck frame is. It bolts right to the cab, the same way the truck frame does. I used heavy-duty 6" cast iron castors on all 4 corners. The fronts swivel, the rears do not. If I were to do it again, I would make the rears swivel. This cab dolly worked excellent for me. It even went over gravel quite well. Unfortunatly, I built it for 67-72's only, so it will not fit any other cabs(that I know of). My 72 cab is done and back on the truck, so this thing is no longer a use to me. Build one that is adjustable, so you can use it for other trucks...
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I used Kenneth's (XXL) plans to make my own dolly except i tweaked it so that I could put the cab on and off the frame by lowering the frame. (Suspension was out at this point). I made it so that the dolly was not interfering with the mounting bolts and it was high enough to clear the rear frame rails.
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You can get really nice 5" poly over aluminum Albion 1000# casters from Surpluscenter.com for $12 each. I think you would want to make it taller so you can more easily apply paint or do work to the rocker and floor area.
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Mike C
Where are you in Austin? My truck is at a friend's body shop in South Austin.
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![]() ![]() ![]() I had originally picked up some awesome 6" 2500# casters on Ebay for the project, then realized I was overengineering it a bit. Of course... those bad boys are still sitting in the box I got them in. So much for economy ![]()
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