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special70gmc · 01-05-2003, 09:16 PM

i have the cab all disconnected and was wondering how did all of you lift it off? i there was two ideas i was thinken of jack it up and roll the chassis out of the way. invite 4-5 people overand make em lift it. unskilled labor

-kyle

Dropt72Shortbed · 01-05-2003, 09:24 PM

i did it with a total of 4 guys holding. two of us werent that strong, we almost dropped it. id make sure you have at LEAST 4 strong guys, 5-6 would make a world of difference.

crazy longhorn · 01-05-2003, 09:29 PM

I did mine with people power.......man did it cost me in beer tho....:p 4 guys can easily lift a gutted cab & walk the rails. If you have a cherry picker, you can rig some chains on the floor, & 2 guys can do the job.......more beer for everybody!

Estanley · 01-05-2003, 09:30 PM

Four of us picked mine up carried it 5 feet forward and sat it down on a home made dolly. It had all the glass in it, both doors in it, steering column and seat. Wasn't too bad. Oh yeah, about 20 empty beers cans.

crazy longhorn · 01-05-2003, 09:37 PM

Estanley.....you got off easy dude! mine cost me 2 cases of beer........yea the old lady thought we were a little NUTS that day

Dropt72Shortbed · 01-05-2003, 09:39 PM

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Originally posted by Estanley
Four of us picked mine up carried it 5 feet forward and sat it down on a home made dolly. It had all the glass in it, both doors in it, steering column and seat. Wasn't too bad. Oh yeah, about 20 empty beers cans.

wasnt too bad?! i guess we made the mistake of having to walk it 35 feet off its a frame and up the driveway into my garage, i had to buy lunch.... that sucked

Bamm · 01-05-2003, 09:43 PM

If the bed is off the chassis all you have to do is: position jackstands on all four corners of the cab, jack up the cab, place boards across the stands underneath the cab, and roll the chassis out from under the cab. You will have to get it up in the air to clear the tires, but if you don't have a hoist or 5 or 6 guys to help, one or two people could do this pretty easy in about an hour. Let us know how it goes, I'll be doing the same thing in a couple of weeks. Later, ....................JB

67cst · 01-05-2003, 09:45 PM

me and my dad have moved mine around a lot, it is completely gutted and no doors, since we are using the 85 frame we have had to move it around ont he frame and lift if off and on a couple times, finally got her on though for good

67cst · 01-05-2003, 09:46 PM

that doesnt make a lot of sense, i say we have moved it around a lot b/c of the 85 frame due to fabing up cab mounts and rad support mounts

Blue_71 · 01-05-2003, 09:52 PM

hook a chain through the cab, hook a come along to the cab and tie it around a "tere pole" in the barn, start cranking the come along

i dont recomend the chain thing though, it bends up the rain gutter thing

special70gmc · 01-05-2003, 09:59 PM

any one have plans for a cab dolly i could make from 2by 4's would you ?

chevy_fatman · 01-05-2003, 10:52 PM

Check XXL's site, he's got one there, I don't think he'd mind

chevy2racr · 01-05-2003, 11:04 PM

XXL has a plan for a dolley. our car hoist had the drag car on it when I pulled mine. mine has everythig in it still to, got out the loader tracker, bought two 20' by 3" straps, wrapednder an forked it. works real slick just make sureyou got steady diver

Kman · 01-05-2003, 11:06 PM

I used an engine hoist, connected straps tightly at 4 points inside cab with doors off and seat out, through door latch and down around front of cab hooked it in the middle and pumped it up just have to balance it right only took two of us then rolled the hoist away and put the cab on a dolly no sweat
Kman

Longhorn Man · 01-05-2003, 11:10 PM

The way Fine69 has it looked pretty god I think.
A long 4X4 beam with chains on both ends, stick the beam through the cab and lift it with a hoist/comealong. No damage to my cab, no beer, no sore backs.

Estanley · 01-06-2003, 11:16 AM

Maybe a little late but here's a pic of my dolly.

Estanley · 01-06-2003, 11:17 AM

Don't know what happened to the pic????

**Classic Heartbeat** · 01-06-2003, 11:52 AM

I lift cabs with my engine hoist. I take an 10' 4"X4" and tie it down to the top of the engine hoist. Tie it down so that enough 4x4 runs past the end of the lifting arm to stick past the door opening oppisit the side you will be lifting from. Possition the hoist so that the top of the 4x4 is directly under the verry top front of the door opening. Jack the hoist up untill the 4x4 touches the underside of the door opening oppisit that you are lifting from. Then proceed slowly untill the 4x4 is touching the underside of the door opening on the side you are lifting from. The I drive a couple of nails into the top of the 4x4 to keep the cab from sliding toward you when you lift it and lift away. Works great and I can even load cabs into the back of other pick up trucks using this method. Good luck and this way is a one man operation so you can drink all the beer yourself....

WES www.ClassicHeartbeat.com

special70gmc · 01-06-2003, 04:42 PM

thanks guys, im probly gonna build one like estanly's since its snowing right now i cant do much else.

**Yukon Jack** · 01-06-2003, 05:07 PM

Here's the one man approach I just did. Seemed to work pretty well. I put a small two by four under the rain gutter, that kept the strap off the gutter so it wouldn't bend. I used two straps through the cab and then one around the outside of the cab running down the middle of the cab.

**Yukon Jack** · 01-06-2003, 05:11 PM

Here's the front view.

01-05-2003, 09:16 PM	#1
special70gmc Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: long island, new york Posts: 1,333	how did all of you lift the cab? i have the cab all disconnected and was wondering how did all of you lift it off? i there was two ideas i was thinken of jack it up and roll the chassis out of the way. invite 4-5 people overand make em lift it. unskilled labor -kyle __________________ 1986 c-10 swb 5/7 drop 20'' coys 1958 belair 2door

01-05-2003, 09:29 PM	#3
crazy longhorn Fabricate till you "puke" Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ill Posts: 9,403	I did mine with people power.......man did it cost me in beer tho....:p 4 guys can easily lift a gutted cab & walk the rails. If you have a cherry picker, you can rig some chains on the floor, & 2 guys can do the job.......more beer for everybody! __________________ 69 longhorn,4" chop,3/5 drop, 1/2 ton suspension/disc brakes,1 1/2" body drop,steel tilt clip, 5.3/Edelbrock rpm intake/600 carb, Hooker streetrod shorties,2 1/2" exhaust/ H pipe/50's Flows , 6 spd Richmond trans,12 bolt/ 3.40 gears....

01-05-2003, 09:37 PM	#5
crazy longhorn Fabricate till you "puke" Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ill Posts: 9,403	Estanley.....you got off easy dude! mine cost me 2 cases of beer........yea the old lady thought we were a little NUTS that day __________________ 69 longhorn,4" chop,3/5 drop, 1/2 ton suspension/disc brakes,1 1/2" body drop,steel tilt clip, 5.3/Edelbrock rpm intake/600 carb, Hooker streetrod shorties,2 1/2" exhaust/ H pipe/50's Flows , 6 spd Richmond trans,12 bolt/ 3.40 gears....

01-05-2003, 09:43 PM	#7
Bamm Cowboy Fan for Life!!!!!! Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Amelia, Virginia Posts: 2,921	If the bed is off the chassis all you have to do is: position jackstands on all four corners of the cab, jack up the cab, place boards across the stands underneath the cab, and roll the chassis out from under the cab. You will have to get it up in the air to clear the tires, but if you don't have a hoist or 5 or 6 guys to help, one or two people could do this pretty easy in about an hour. Let us know how it goes, I'll be doing the same thing in a couple of weeks. Later, ....................JB __________________ 1967 ShortBed Fleetside 3/4 Drop 350/700R4 Tilt wheel 18 x 8 Torque Thrust II's Future mods: All new gauges & wood bed My Zip is 23002 I ship UPS, USPS

01-05-2003, 09:45 PM	#8
67cst i love summertime Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Kelowna BC Posts: 4,303	me and my dad have moved mine around a lot, it is completely gutted and no doors, since we are using the 85 frame we have had to move it around ont he frame and lift if off and on a couple times, finally got her on though for good __________________ 1967 shortbox stepside Chevy, 365 hp 327, th400. GLOVE BOX LIGHTS FORSALE, click link for info http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=273724

01-05-2003, 09:24 PM	#2
Dropt72Shortbed Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Huntington Beach CA Posts: 678	i did it with a total of 4 guys holding. two of us werent that strong, we almost dropped it. id make sure you have at LEAST 4 strong guys, 5-6 would make a world of difference.

01-05-2003, 09:30 PM	#4
Estanley Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Eatonton, GA, USA Posts: 191	Four of us picked mine up carried it 5 feet forward and sat it down on a home made dolly. It had all the glass in it, both doors in it, steering column and seat. Wasn't too bad. Oh yeah, about 20 empty beers cans.

01-05-2003, 09:46 PM	#9
67cst i love summertime Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Kelowna BC Posts: 4,303	that doesnt make a lot of sense, i say we have moved it around a lot b/c of the 85 frame due to fabing up cab mounts and rad support mounts __________________ 1967 shortbox stepside Chevy, 365 hp 327, th400. GLOVE BOX LIGHTS FORSALE, click link for info http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=273724

01-05-2003, 09:59 PM	#11
special70gmc Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: long island, new york Posts: 1,333	any one have plans for a cab dolly i could make from 2by 4's would you ? __________________ 1986 c-10 swb 5/7 drop 20'' coys 1958 belair 2door

01-05-2003, 10:52 PM	#12
chevy_fatman Where's my beer? Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I live in the state of denial.... Posts: 5,621	Check XXL's site, he's got one there, I don't think he'd mind __________________ Paul How do you make the invisible, visible?.........You take it away.

01-05-2003, 11:04 PM	#13
chevy2racr So Many Ideas, So Little Money Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Marshalltown, IA Posts: 1,610	XXL has a plan for a dolley. our car hoist had the drag car on it when I pulled mine. mine has everythig in it still to, got out the loader tracker, bought two 20' by 3" straps, wrapednder an forked it. works real slick just make sureyou got steady diver __________________ 72 Blazer 3/4 ton running gear 4.10s NP205/TH350 350 4in lift half doors 71 C10 with 454 99 S-10 5.1L SBC 700R4 09 Malibu Marshalltown, Iowa

01-05-2003, 11:06 PM	#14
Kman Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Melbourne,Florida Posts: 174	cab I used an engine hoist, connected straps tightly at 4 points inside cab with doors off and seat out, through door latch and down around front of cab hooked it in the middle and pumped it up just have to balance it right only took two of us then rolled the hoist away and put the cab on a dolly no sweat Kman __________________ New 89 chevy 1500 driver 72K20 rust bucket project stripped down to the frame engine rebuild started 71 Blazer - another procect

01-05-2003, 11:10 PM	#15
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	The way Fine69 has it looked pretty god I think. A long 4X4 beam with chains on both ends, stick the beam through the cab and lift it with a hoist/comealong. No damage to my cab, no beer, no sore backs.

01-06-2003, 11:16 AM	#16
Estanley Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Eatonton, GA, USA Posts: 191	Maybe a little late but here's a pic of my dolly.

01-06-2003, 11:17 AM	#17
Estanley Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Eatonton, GA, USA Posts: 191	Don't know what happened to the pic???? Attached Images



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01-06-2003, 11:52 AM	#18
Classic Heartbeat Project Junkie! Fishing Poor!! Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Olympia,Wa. 98512 Posts: 10,770	I lift cabs with my engine hoist. I take an 10' 4"X4" and tie it down to the top of the engine hoist. Tie it down so that enough 4x4 runs past the end of the lifting arm to stick past the door opening oppisit the side you will be lifting from. Possition the hoist so that the top of the 4x4 is directly under the verry top front of the door opening. Jack the hoist up untill the 4x4 touches the underside of the door opening oppisit that you are lifting from. Then proceed slowly untill the 4x4 is touching the underside of the door opening on the side you are lifting from. The I drive a couple of nails into the top of the 4x4 to keep the cab from sliding toward you when you lift it and lift away. Works great and I can even load cabs into the back of other pick up trucks using this method. Good luck and this way is a one man operation so you can drink all the beer yourself.... WES www.ClassicHeartbeat.com __________________ On-line catolog Classic Heartbeat Pickup Parts WEHEPP@comcast.net Call us Toll Free (888) 338-2502 Like Us on Facebook No appointment necessary. 72 BB Chevy Custom Deluxe / Custom Camper 67 I-6 (Soon to be 5.7 LS1) Panel 68 BB Chevy Short Bed 72 6.0 LQ9 Short Bed Chevy 4X4 Olympia's fastest growing truck parts supplier. Olympia's home for Wayward Chevys

01-06-2003, 04:42 PM	#19
special70gmc Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: long island, new york Posts: 1,333	thanks guys, im probly gonna build one like estanly's since its snowing right now i cant do much else. __________________ 1986 c-10 swb 5/7 drop 20'' coys 1958 belair 2door

01-06-2003, 05:07 PM	#20
Yukon Jack Post Whore Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Rose Hill, KS, USA Posts: 12,683	Here's the one man approach I just did. Seemed to work pretty well. I put a small two by four under the rain gutter, that kept the strap off the gutter so it wouldn't bend. I used two straps through the cab and then one around the outside of the cab running down the middle of the cab. Attached Images __________________ 1970 Blazer with a 400 sbc and 4" lift 1980 Pontiac Trans Am, 455 Oldsmobile 2012 Kawasaki Concours 14

01-06-2003, 05:11 PM	#21
Yukon Jack Post Whore Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Rose Hill, KS, USA Posts: 12,683	Here's the front view. Attached Images __________________ 1970 Blazer with a 400 sbc and 4" lift 1980 Pontiac Trans Am, 455 Oldsmobile 2012 Kawasaki Concours 14

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