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Old 07-12-2010, 09:26 PM
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temporary cab stand

Hey everyone

Here is my situation.

I have limited space this summer. (working in my parents 2 car garage)
I need your ideas and experience for how to build some sort of wooden temporary frame for the cab so i can roll it around and have it be more accessable. I am going to be working on the frame and doing some body work on the cab so i wanted to mount low to the ground so i can have access to it and be able to sit and work.

I already bent up the bottom of cab sides below the the door frame doing things the way i have them now so i will need to fix this but i want to have some sort of more stable support.

That are your ideas?

Should i just build a wooden dolly that uses the 4 cab mounts?

Thanks.

Stephen
 
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Old 07-12-2010, 09:56 PM
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I used a 4x5 pallet with 4x6 beams under the front/rear of the cab, and 4x6 beams front to back under the pallet and 4 casters from harbor frieght... I used some allthread to hold it together..



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Old 07-13-2010, 12:15 AM
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I've used those cheap furniture dollies from home depot with scrap wooden blocks in the right places. Sorry, no photos tho.
 
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Old 07-13-2010, 06:54 AM
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I've used those cheap furniture dollies from home depot with scrap wooden blocks in the right places. Sorry, no photos tho.
yep, that works.. I didn't want to get down on the floor all the time to work on the lower sections..

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Old 07-13-2010, 07:59 AM
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Mine looks a lot like Sam's. I just used 2 by 4's and built a frame to fit the underside of the cab. Then put some 8 inch swivel casters I had laying around under it. I'm at work right now and can't post pics. Might be a pic in my gallery photos but not sure.
 
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