Transporting a cab; would this work?....
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From: Phx, AZ
i also use the chains and engine hoist to remove the bed off the frame. i bolt it to the two most outer bolt holes. cross the chains lift it up and drive away. then move the bed where i want it and set it down. works great. one thing, you must remove the tailgate.
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Thanks fellers for the information. When I go to pick it up, I'll make pix for you on my web site, so you can enjoy the fun too....
I like the idea with the hay bales....
I also like the idea of just being able to set it directly onto the trailer without anything under it - I thought this would bend something with it sitting directly on the trailer - I thought some sort of frame was needed to set it on.
I'll post pix in a few weeks...
I like the idea with the hay bales....
I also like the idea of just being able to set it directly onto the trailer without anything under it - I thought this would bend something with it sitting directly on the trailer - I thought some sort of frame was needed to set it on.
I'll post pix in a few weeks...
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Gentlemen,
I'm telling you, your missing out by not having a set of camper jacks to do your body swaps. I've been swapping/removing body's for close to 20 years and nothing is slicker than camper jacks. I can, by myself, remove a cab or box, set it down on horses (or anything you want), paint it, and set it back on the frame, without a scratch, ding, dent, bend, or anything on it.
I'm telling you, your missing out by not having a set of camper jacks to do your body swaps. I've been swapping/removing body's for close to 20 years and nothing is slicker than camper jacks. I can, by myself, remove a cab or box, set it down on horses (or anything you want), paint it, and set it back on the frame, without a scratch, ding, dent, bend, or anything on it.
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neverenough ~
It's been a l-a-w-n-g time since I've been camping...just where would I get these "camping jacks"...maybe it would not be a bad idea for me to take 3-4 of these along with me?.....I'll be in a remote area with no help except my wife who can barely open a mayonaise jar...so everything I can take with me will save me lots of time and money....
It's been a l-a-w-n-g time since I've been camping...just where would I get these "camping jacks"...maybe it would not be a bad idea for me to take 3-4 of these along with me?.....I'll be in a remote area with no help except my wife who can barely open a mayonaise jar...so everything I can take with me will save me lots of time and money....
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Any camper/rv dealer should be able to get them. They run about $350 a pair now. They may even rent them too. You could try a local welding/repair shop to see if any of them make them. There is not much to them. It's just a pipe with a short peice of pipe that slides over the other one. On the smaller pipe is a peice of angle iron welded to it and a cable winch on the opposite side. On the top is the cable pully that the cable goes over to transfer the cable from side to side for the raising and lowering part. It is all set in a tripod base.
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Something I just thought of that might work good is Hi-lift jacks. Just put a more stable tripod stand under it and mount a peice of angle iron to the end of the hook. You wouldn't have the same lift capacity (height), but, it would work good for a stock height trucks. If you made the tripod and angle iron removeable then you would have a hi lift jack and a body lift jack all in one.
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as cool as the camper jack method sounds. it sounds costly. the cheapest,easiest and fastest way to go would be with the engine hoist and chains. and even though your wife can barely open a mayonaise jar. she can jack up the hoist and hold the cab steady while you back the trailer up, if my wife can do it anybody can.
and as for setting the cab on the trailer. the rocker area of the cab is VERY STRONG. dont worry about damaging it, unless your gonna haulass down a dirt road.
and as for setting the cab on the trailer. the rocker area of the cab is VERY STRONG. dont worry about damaging it, unless your gonna haulass down a dirt road.
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I have loaded many very heavy things onto pickups, trucks, and trailers. With the engine hoist or a comealong you can pull the cab up some 4x4 ramps on to the trailer. Use some round fence posts for rollers if you like. It is truly a one man job that way. No jacking or backing.
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I like both the camper jacks and the hoist method ideas.
I recently picked up a supercab cab and wound up having to stand it up on the back to fit in the uhaul utility trailer (it had short sides, not a real car hauler) to get it home. I set it down horizontally on some 3"x5" timbers and cinder blocks until I finish making a cart/dolly to move it around the yard and garage, etc.
Without a large shop and many, many large friends, I have been wondering how I was going to swap the cab and bed on my truck.
Now I have at least two very workable methods for one person to try.
Thanks.
I recently picked up a supercab cab and wound up having to stand it up on the back to fit in the uhaul utility trailer (it had short sides, not a real car hauler) to get it home. I set it down horizontally on some 3"x5" timbers and cinder blocks until I finish making a cart/dolly to move it around the yard and garage, etc.
Without a large shop and many, many large friends, I have been wondering how I was going to swap the cab and bed on my truck.
Now I have at least two very workable methods for one person to try.
Thanks.