i want to lift the cab off of my 78 F100. with the fenders removed and everything disconected ....how much do you suppose just the cab weighs? i want to do this inside my garage....but want to be sure i dont pull the rafters down in the proccess.

 

is the glass included? what about the seat? dash? doors? if i had to ballpark, i'd say under 700lbs complete. probably more like 6. i've only dealt with shells because manpower hasn't been plentiful, but two guys and an engine crain can do alot, 3 can get a cab off a frame if you just want to get rid of it. this is empty. and i am not responsible for any injuries or damage, im just guestimating.

 

They are pretty heavy, and you might not want to use the rafters in your garage to accomplish this. Chances are you will pull the roof of the house in with you.
I remove the doors, fenders, inner fenders and seat to shed as much weight as possible. Even then it take 4 fellas to lift it safely.

 

ya, im with 75. and watch, the cabs are EXTREMELY front end biased. you could flip one on its nose single handedly if it were on the ground flat. watch that front end bias, i could see that becoming a mess. and 75, we need to see some vids.

 

well if i do actually do take the cab off i plan on takeing everything out and off....fenders glass doors seat hood ....my plan is to take the cab off completely stripped and take her put back to sandblast inside and out ....so if your guessing anout 6 or 700 lbs with glass and doors ....mabey about 400 or so completely stripped? yea your rite the rafters wouldnt be able to take that but i think the main carriing beam in the garage should be able to take that pretty easy.

 

Well when i took mine off i just un bolted it and literally lifted up 1 side and rolled it off onto the ground (it was junk) so when i put the new one on, i was completly stripped except for the glass. It still took me and 4 other healthy people to lift the "new" cab up onto the frame. As highboy75 says they are front heavy bad and it seems to have a mind of its own.. I estimated the weight to be aroudn 600-700 lbs.. Wasnt an easy task to complete but in the end it was worth it

 

well my cab is a keeper,,,its in pretty good shape...at least as far as i can tell so far a sandblasting will be the true tale of the tape there....but only seems to have some rust abouve the door openings ....so i want to be as gentile as possible but i am also at a loss for manpower...as i am from boston but now live in rural vermont ,,,,most of the free labor/friends with beer are about 3 hours away...just tryin to figure out ways to possibly do this on my own or with minimal help.

 

well if you had ur bed off you could jack the cab up and support it with a frame of some sort and roll the truck out from under it??

 

yea thats kinda what i was thinking....just need to lift it long enuff to roll the frame away and set the cab on some blocks ....so i can work the whole frame and also the cab from all angles...

 

I used to pull motors with the rafters in my dad's garage. We doubled up the bottom cord on the rafter to be used and put 4x4 posts down from the rafter to the floor on each side of the car. That worked fine. Pulled big blocks with no prob. Nowadays we have a big shop to work in and don't have to worry about it. Anything is possible with a little creativity. Good Luck. Not Responsible for Accidents.

 

you could use a cherry picker to support the majority of the weight put in one of the doors. cross some chains or something in an x and pick it up. should be able to do that with 2 people.

 

thanks for the ideas guys ,,,i have done this before on a 36 chevy pickup,,,,but in a much more equipt garage....so just tryin to come up with a game plan .....

 

There's no place this stuff is written down? :/

My plan is to take the super cab off my parts trucks soon.
Then fill it full of leftover parts and leave it on blocks until it rots away or some
one wants it. If there really is no information on this I suppose I could weight
the whole works, remove the cab (stripped naked except for the doors and
glass) and then drive back and re-weigh it before transferring the parts out of
the bed.

Seems silly this hasn't been done before somewhere and written down. :/

Alvin in AZ

 

who knows mabey there is info on this somewere ....but not that i have found...plus i think most peole who decide to do such things are ,,,,you know ....mechanics, not contractors lol,,,and have shops set up for this stuff and dont really need to know how much something weights so much....

 

I'm thinking the bare cab weighs about 400 lbs.