I'm about to take my chassis apart (pictured here: https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...beautiful.html) and had a few questions about transport.

I need to get it powder-coated. As I don't have a truck and trailer, is it cheapest/easiest to just rent the pair for a day from some place like u-haul or pay someone to bring it there?

Second - I'm assuming just having the chassis on dollies should do the job of getting it on to the trailer and in to the powder-coater's shop - any insights, advice, experience?

 

Four friends and one of them with a truck. Powder coater will take it off with a forklift

 

Be sure to use plastic plugs in holes you don't want filled with paint. I threaded junk bolts into a few holes too so I wouldn't have to chase the treads later. Stu

 

Stu - thanks. I was gonna specifically ask about that!

Now what if you don't have any friends? I'm fairly new to the area and know no one capable of helping me move this...though at the uhual place there are the migrant workers looking for work...

 

I made front and rear 2x4 wooden "axles" with PVC plastic tubes, and hose clamps to secure four Bugeye Sprite half shafts, and four Buyeye wheels and tires. Lag bolt them front and rear then roll it up on the trailer. I'm using them now to let me roll the cab in and out of the shop to soda blast it. Stu

 

Use a couple mover's dollies to get it mobile and then call a flatbed wrecker. I can't imagine that a Uhaul truck and trailer would be any cheaper. Repeat the process when it's ready for pickup.

harborfreight.com/1000-lb-capacity-mini-movers-dolly-61899.html

Check out Harbor Freight for a cheap dolly.

 

I just built a cart for my 40 Ford body that I am sure will get more use after the 40 is done. This sort of cart would work well for your chassis...if you are not in the position to build one then I work check with the powder coater to see if he has one that he would loan you.

 

Chuck

That's a good idea. I will call the powder coat and ask. Otherwise, I can easily build a larger wood dolly and I have plenty of wheels that would work.

 

I wouldn't spend much time on anything fancy, a couple of skids would work just fine. Get a couple of 10ft long 2x4's and mount them to the lower edge of the frame rails. All you need is something that you can slide the frame in and out of the truck without scraping up the lower edge. The powder coater will have a forklift to move the frame around and when it's done he can attach the skids back onto the frame for you. The F100 frame is just under 16 foot in length, it will sit in the back of a long bed pickup truck just fine. With the tailgate lowered the frame will only stick out about 6 feet...

 

U-Haul 19 dollar a day pick-up truck as long as it is local. Do you have an engine hoist, that's what I use to move my stuff around.

Or 1 come along attached to rafter lift frame drive truck under and lower it in

Ask the powder coater if they offer pick-up and delivery for a fee

 

The bare frame would be light enough to pick up with a cherry picker/engine hoist and some straps. My local Home Depot rents a flatbed truck for 19.00 a day. If you go to U haul they will only rent you their biggest box truck to tow their (heavy) vehicle trailer for much $$$. Just rent their smallest box truck and put the frame inside. make a simple dolly to roll it up the loading ramp or pick it up with the cherry picker.

 

As far as Transport of the chassis, most certainly a trailer but for moving a chassis around in the shop I like this idea-


They can found on Ebay but I would think with a little welding skills they could be fabricated fairly easily.