CAB CRANE
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CAB CRANE
I'm a member of HOMEMADETOOLS.COM it's a neat site that shows some of the exertise and enginuity of home grown problem solvers.
this last email showed a CAB CRANE that was posted by Jim Rizzo at CLASSICTRUCK magazine. really nice design that most of use could build or have built and it's a safe way to do the cab removal... sure beats my cherry picker and landscape timbers... here's a link
Homemade Cab Crane
you might also check out homemadetools.com for other good stuff...Ken has done a great job of gathering, catagorizing and organizing all the entries.
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john
this last email showed a CAB CRANE that was posted by Jim Rizzo at CLASSICTRUCK magazine. really nice design that most of use could build or have built and it's a safe way to do the cab removal... sure beats my cherry picker and landscape timbers... here's a link
Homemade Cab Crane
you might also check out homemadetools.com for other good stuff...Ken has done a great job of gathering, catagorizing and organizing all the entries.
later
john
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I admire ingenuity, but that doesn't look like the way to do it. His boom extension bent with the load of a Model A cab?? Raytasch on here lifted his with an unmodified cherry picker by lifting from the floor of the cab (cab mount holes), a much safer way IMO.
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An easier way to lif a cab is by lifting thru the side window. just put a straight extension on your engine hoist, either wood or pipe. It is high enough about the center of gravity that it will not be balancing,
You can put a piece of wood through both windows with blocks so it can't slide and something to keep your boom extention centered ish.
You can put a piece of wood through both windows with blocks so it can't slide and something to keep your boom extention centered ish.
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Not wanting to 
hijack the thread but since Ross mentioned it, I'll throw the picture back up. The secret is using chains and adjustable links of some kind to maintain a level even load on the cab. My hoist is a larger unit and it did the job with ease. I also used it to remove and install a front clip from the F4. Truly, a one man job.
hijack the thread but since Ross mentioned it, I'll throw the picture back up. The secret is using chains and adjustable links of some kind to maintain a level even load on the cab. My hoist is a larger unit and it did the job with ease. I also used it to remove and install a front clip from the F4. Truly, a one man job.
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I did it the same way but had 4 friends over - I directed while they did the heavy lifting ! Works really well
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I'm a member of HOMEMADETOOLS.COM it's a neat site that shows some of the exertise and enginuity of home grown problem solvers.
this last email showed a CAB CRANE that was posted by Jim Rizzo at CLASSICTRUCK magazine. really nice design that most of use could build or have built and it's a safe way to do the cab removal... sure beats my cherry picker and landscape timbers... here's a link
Homemade Cab Crane
you might also check out homemadetools.com for other good stuff...Ken has done a great job of gathering, catagorizing and organizing all the entries.
later
john
this last email showed a CAB CRANE that was posted by Jim Rizzo at CLASSICTRUCK magazine. really nice design that most of use could build or have built and it's a safe way to do the cab removal... sure beats my cherry picker and landscape timbers... here's a link
Homemade Cab Crane
you might also check out homemadetools.com for other good stuff...Ken has done a great job of gathering, catagorizing and organizing all the entries.
later
john
Thanks, I really appreciate the kind words.
I know this thread is an older one, but we appreciate the link!
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