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leegreen · 04-03-2024, 01:12 AM

I had my bed on and off a couple times by myself with fenders on and a cherry picker lifting the box from the rear.

I have 4 cargo anchors in corners of box floor to use as lifting points and used a hefty rope. Rope needs to be strong as you will have a fairly flat angles on the rope so the engine hoist can lift it high enough for fronts of the fenders to go over the tires. Rope needs to be well lashed so nothing slides.

The back of the box will hit the hoist in the area of the lifting ram as it get higher, I had some carpet there. The box tips upwards a bit at this point. On the '52 there was room to lower/level out after fender cleared tire, before box hit back of cab.....TF may be different!

I lifted the box then pushed the truck backwards under it. Pushing the hoist to the truck brings some risk the box will swing and hit the cab.

04-03-2024, 01:12 AM	#3
leegreen Registered User Join Date: Mar 2022 Location: Surrey BC Posts: 714	Re: Bed install I had my bed on and off a couple times by myself with fenders on and a cherry picker lifting the box from the rear. I have 4 cargo anchors in corners of box floor to use as lifting points and used a hefty rope. Rope needs to be strong as you will have a fairly flat angles on the rope so the engine hoist can lift it high enough for fronts of the fenders to go over the tires. Rope needs to be well lashed so nothing slides. The back of the box will hit the hoist in the area of the lifting ram as it get higher, I had some carpet there. The box tips upwards a bit at this point. On the '52 there was room to lower/level out after fender cleared tire, before box hit back of cab.....TF may be different! I lifted the box then pushed the truck backwards under it. Pushing the hoist to the truck brings some risk the box will swing and hit the cab.