Daverods project 66

[daverod]

Originally Posted by ruffrida2005

Hey Dave why dont you come down here and put in my wood floors for me!

Because my back hurts. Thats what I did today. Bruce prefinished 3/4 " stuff. I liked it.

[Strodder]

I had something on the lift, so I took the cab off like this. It was easy.










I lowered it down on some of those Harbor Freight dollies

[daverod]

Nice. I don't have the kinda room you have. How did you jack it up? I don't want to mess up my paint ether. I like the hoist thing. I just made the thing out of wood.

[Strodder]

I jacked it up with a jack, and some wood blocks.

[ruffrida2005]

Originally Posted by daverod

Because my back hurts. Thats what I did today. Bruce prefinished 3/4 " stuff. I liked it.

What do the floors look like?

[daverod]

You can get any look. Different woods, colors, ect. Best thing is it finished no sanding and sanding and sanding and finishing. Just bang it down and its done. Cost 2.65 a square. Got it at lumber liquidators?

[ruffrida2005]

Not bad. I'm looking at a engineered red oak for 1.39 sqf

[Strodder]

The only wood I would talk about is the kick stand that keeps me from rolling over in bed. Now get back to working on your truck.

[daverod]

Originally Posted by ruffrida2005

Not bad. I'm looking at a engineered red oak for 1.39 sqf

Then you have rent a sander and the paper . Then another sander and all the dust. Then you have to coat it. Take on about $300 to the wood price. Plus all the labor. Prefinished is the way to go. If you have'nt done it before the sanding can be tricky. If it not right it will show.

[daverod]

Originally Posted by Strodder

The only wood I would talk about is the kick stand that keeps me from rolling over in bed. Now get back to working on your truck.

[ruffrida2005]

It's already prefinished. I've never done a wood floor before but I got buddy's that have.

Now get back to working on your truck.

[daverod]

[watahyahknow]

i seems its still above the center of gravity

[Strodder]

Nice idea, but how will it level out when you lift it? Looks like it will slide off.

[watahyahknow]

a little extra wood to hold it in its spot in the door openings should fix that , make sure theres an extra (heavy )person nearby ready to jump on the back of the engine hoist cause it will want to dip forward when you roll it under the chassis

[Strodder]

I don't see a problem with the cherry picker tipping if the arm is adjusted right.

[lakeroadster]

For a straight up dead lift no problem. Where the problem comes in is trying to roll the cab / hoist around with the hoist extended out that far.

I state this from my numerous experiences of moving my stepside bed around using my engine hoist, by myself.

If you have some people that can help it's always better to utilize them to stabilize the cab and help with positioning.

[daverod]

It did want to tip the first time I tried it. I had the hoist to far away from the truck after I moved it closer maybe 6" away I worked fine. Did'nt damage anything. Now I need to pull my 350 trans put my torque convertor on reinstall and put my cab on the frame. Anything I need to know about putting the torque convertor on? Fill it with dex3.

[daverod]

Originally Posted by Strodder

Nice idea, but how will it level out when you lift it? Looks like it will slide off.

Worked great. I didnt have a pin in it where I slid the square tubing inside. That kinda worried me but the weight of the cab held it in place. The arm was close to level when i picked it up. I was wondering what the shear strenght of the cheap Lowes bolt was? I've yet to see anything shear.

[daverod]

Originally Posted by lakeroadster

For a straight up dead lift no problem. Where the problem comes in is trying to roll the cab / hoist around with the hoist extended out that far.

I state this from my numerous experiences of moving my stepside bed around using my engine hoist, by myself.

If you have some people that can help it's always better to utilize them to stabilize the cab and help with positioning.

I need to make some kinda rig for lifting my bed. The old lady always bit#hes a lot. She's getting use to it though.

[watahyahknow]

make sure you can pass the tires with the crane before trying to put on the cab sumtimes the crane bumps the outside front tire , so you need to take it off and put that side on a jack

[daverod]

we'll do.

[Strodder]

Hey Dave what's with the small screen TV? I can hardly see it.

[daverod]

The big one is on the other side of the garage.

[daverod]