What does cab weigh?
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What does cab weigh?
Hi gang.
Getting ready to pull cab of 54 F-750 What does it weigh. All striped
What to have proper straps and or cables
thanks
Jim G 1098
Getting ready to pull cab of 54 F-750 What does it weigh. All striped
What to have proper straps and or cables
thanks
Jim G 1098
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I just used an engine hoist, placed high in the cab, running to motorcycle tie down straps. I used three, two in front and one to the rear. It probably only weighs a few hundred pounds fully stripped.
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Same here, I just used 2 strapsfrom my motorcycle stand and an engine hoist. Now the cab was fully stripped including glass. It was not a problem.
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Your F750 probably sits pretty high, my hoist wouldn't go high enough to be centered over the cab with straps (52 F6 ) so I ran a 2x8 through cab (through doors with windows rolled down) and raised the hoist under the 2x8 until the board was at top of doors then centered and balanced and raised it up off the frame.
This is very wobbly and am sure not the smartest way but I managed somehow not to brake anything somehow. I Also had to have something a couple feet off the ground so I could safely set it, then did the straps as already mentioned. Good luck
This is very wobbly and am sure not the smartest way but I managed somehow not to brake anything somehow. I Also had to have something a couple feet off the ground so I could safely set it, then did the straps as already mentioned. Good luck
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Thanks jmadsen
I have a preety neat set up planed. I will try and post pic when I do it.
thanks for the info
Hopefully Fri AM We'll see
I have a preety neat set up planed. I will try and post pic when I do it.
thanks for the info
Hopefully Fri AM We'll see
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I put an extension on my engine hoist to lift it off, but I put it back on with help from four friends (one on each corner).
The extended engine hoist idea worked, but I had to have somebody stand on the back of the hoist. It was trying to tip forward & needed a little extra weight. I think that having four friends help is a safer way to move it around.
Dan
The extended engine hoist idea worked, but I had to have somebody stand on the back of the hoist. It was trying to tip forward & needed a little extra weight. I think that having four friends help is a safer way to move it around.
Dan
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I use 4 guys to do it, it's more cumbersome than heavy, I also made a long bracket that bolts to the core support brackets on the firewall, extends out beyond the cab about 2 feet and makes the front of the cab a whole lot easier to hold onto and wrestle around. LOL
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My younger brother and myself lifted my 54 cab up onto a 4x4 chassis a couple times. I'm not a small guy and we still struggled to do it. But my cab has a little more steel in it then a stock cab.
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From: peyton, colorado
Jim what are you going to put it on after you remove it? I started out with mine on four jackstands, then built a dolly so I could move it. I bought the cheap harbor freight furniture dolly for about $10 just to get the casters. Removed the casters and attached them to a 2x4 square frame, with 2x4 uprights under the floor. It doesn't need to be built like a bridge, the cab's not that heavy. Build it high enough so you can get under it easily. Experience talking. Assemble it with screws so when you're done with it you can take it apart instead of trying to find somewhere inconvienent to put it.
Nothing fancy but it works for me.
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Getting it off is one thing (see pic), but getting it back on after paint is a whole 'nuther ball game. I'm looking at using a gantry crane to reinstall mine, since I don't have 4 friends, lol. But taking it off with a cherry picker can cause it to bounce against the arm, and will scratch the paint, dent the drip rail, etc....