lifting the cab off the frame by hand - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

63 & 64 Bowties · 02-11-2009, 05:55 PM

anyone done it....Just two men? No equipment. A cab, no doors, no glass, no steering column. stripped?

joeys66pickup · 02-11-2009, 06:18 PM

good luck....we put something like 2x6's thru were the windows should be and lifted with 4 people and it came about a foot of the ground and that was it.Alot heavier then they seem for sure

Kabwe · 02-11-2009, 06:40 PM

I have a 55 Chevy Truck and me and a friend took mine of the frame. We put a 2 by 4 through the door and he on one side and me on the other and walked it right off the frame it was not that heavy.

BOOB · 02-11-2009, 06:46 PM

2 of us did it with a '70 cab no problem. Just some gloves and lifted it by the rockers

joeys66pickup · 02-11-2009, 07:00 PM

jesus how big are you guys? ok maybe using 18 and 19yr olds wasent the best idea but most of us are still above 6ft and 180-190lbs....hell im 6'4(you guys must be vikings or something)

dwcsr · 02-11-2009, 07:09 PM

This may sound a bit odd but I took one off by my self. I un-did the bolts then jacked up the cab over the height of the tires and rolled the frame out from under the cab. I just had to do some rearranging of the blocks to get past the wheels when it got that far.

I have since made a support beam for my engine lift to take cabs off.

mylow53 · 02-11-2009, 07:35 PM

4 is the safest method. that way you can yell at someone other than yourself for dropping it!
GT

63 & 64 Bowties · 02-11-2009, 08:53 PM

I forgot to mention it's a 54. The guy I bought it off of said he and his buddy put it on the frame. I was telling him how I was gonna use a engine hoist to take it back off, when he told me about it. Really had no reason to lie. Just wondering if anyone else had done it.

joeys66pickup, what kind of truck were you lifting? (I'm kinda leaving you an out here so maybe you can tell everyone it was a Kenworth or a Peterbilt)

Caveman49 · 02-11-2009, 09:01 PM

I have to do most of my work alone, JD came in handy for the lift

If I had to do it by armstrong, I'd do it like dwcsr did..... I lifted an El Camino off frame like he explained, wasn't that difficult at all.

Just caught your other post on using an engine puller, that works good too. I've used them with cables attached to the body, similar to what I show in the pic....the cable would get bolted to the fender bolt hole.

joeys66pickup · 02-11-2009, 09:55 PM

its a 59' cab....but it had alot of bondo! and door windows so that has to count for something

thing was a ***** to get onto my 65' frame even with tires flat

**mr48chev** · 02-11-2009, 08:51 PM

I've slid a couple of cabs off by myself by lifting it up enough to slip a couple of long planks under it and then sliding it off to the side. I have even transferred one cab from one chassis to another this way by myself once.

Kabwe · 02-11-2009, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by joeys66pickup

jesus how big are you guys? ok maybe using 18 and 19yr olds wasent the best idea but most of us are still above 6ft and 180-190lbs....hell im 6'4(you guys must be vikings or something)

Well I'm only 5 "7 but I'm strong as hell.lol

bjIII · 02-11-2009, 10:28 PM

did it with two people on a 53... Handed some 2 x 4s through and then just picked it up...

blackdiesel · 02-11-2009, 10:49 PM

I can't count the times that dad and I set on and off the cabs on our trucks during our builds. The cab is much easier, than a bed with the wood and tailgate on.

nickp51chevy · 03-21-2009, 03:47 PM

I used the engine hoist the first time, and the second time by myself with 2 2x4's as a "ramp". that time sucked. i would suggest the engine hoist.

tim21391 · 03-23-2009, 12:40 PM

we didnt care about the cab on my friends 49 because it sat for 37 years got trees fallen on the roof so we just pushed it off and drug it with a truck...sorry im no help

stan3018 · 03-23-2009, 12:44 PM

i use 4guys.....

63 & 64 Bowties · 03-23-2009, 12:52 PM

We got it done a couple weeks ago. We brought it to the sandblaser where he removed the cab with a frontend loader to blast it (it was just strapped on the frame) then when we brought it home we set the cab right on my trailer. Then, me and my brother, one on each side with a landscape timber on each shoulder, walked it right off and set it on the dolly in the garage. Real easy.

02-11-2009, 05:55 PM	#1
63 & 64 Bowties and a few others Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Blue Ridge Mountains of VA Posts: 5,638	lifting the cab off the frame by hand anyone done it....Just two men? No equipment. A cab, no doors, no glass, no steering column. stripped? __________________ Bill US Army Vet -193rd Infantry BlueRidgeMuscleCars.com “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated” Gandhi

02-11-2009, 06:18 PM	#2
joeys66pickup Dr. Frankenstein Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: beaverton,Or Posts: 458	Re: lifting the cab off the frame by hand good luck....we put something like 2x6's thru were the windows should be and lifted with 4 people and it came about a foot of the ground and that was it.Alot heavier then they seem for sure __________________ I Wanna Go Fast!!

02-11-2009, 06:40 PM	#3
Kabwe Certified Car Nut Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inglewood, California Posts: 3,118	Re: lifting the cab off the frame by hand I have a 55 Chevy Truck and me and a friend took mine of the frame. We put a 2 by 4 through the door and he on one side and me on the other and walked it right off the frame it was not that heavy.

02-11-2009, 06:46 PM	#4
BOOB Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Taylor, TX Posts: 95	Re: lifting the cab off the frame by hand 2 of us did it with a '70 cab no problem. Just some gloves and lifted it by the rockers __________________ 1970 Short/Fleet C-10 (Project) -Slammed and Tubbed 1955 Cameo -Straight six, Turbo Hydro option 1955 BelAir 2 door post -All original down to the oil bath air cleaner 1964 Corvette -All power A/C 327 4 spd. tanker

02-11-2009, 07:00 PM	#5
joeys66pickup Dr. Frankenstein Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: beaverton,Or Posts: 458	Re: lifting the cab off the frame by hand jesus how big are you guys? ok maybe using 18 and 19yr olds wasent the best idea but most of us are still above 6ft and 180-190lbs....hell im 6'4(you guys must be vikings or something) __________________ I Wanna Go Fast!!

02-11-2009, 07:09 PM	#6
dwcsr Hollister Road Co. Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Houston Posts: 6,131	Re: lifting the cab off the frame by hand This may sound a bit odd but I took one off by my self. I un-did the bolts then jacked up the cab over the height of the tires and rolled the frame out from under the cab. I just had to do some rearranging of the blocks to get past the wheels when it got that far. I have since made a support beam for my engine lift to take cabs off. Last edited by dwcsr; 02-11-2009 at 07:10 PM.

02-11-2009, 07:35 PM	#7
mylow53 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: thousand oaks, California Posts: 732	Re: lifting the cab off the frame by hand 4 is the safest method. that way you can yell at someone other than yourself for dropping it! GT __________________ Greg 1953 chevy 1/2 ton 5 window, chevy 350 330 horse 700r tranz, lowering spindels mustang 2 frount. ford 9", airbags on 4 corners . purchased in 1983 for $325 while in high school http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=215079&page=5

02-11-2009, 08:53 PM	#8
63 & 64 Bowties and a few others Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Blue Ridge Mountains of VA Posts: 5,638	Re: lifting the cab off the frame by hand I forgot to mention it's a 54. The guy I bought it off of said he and his buddy put it on the frame. I was telling him how I was gonna use a engine hoist to take it back off, when he told me about it. Really had no reason to lie. Just wondering if anyone else had done it. joeys66pickup, what kind of truck were you lifting? (I'm kinda leaving you an out here so maybe you can tell everyone it was a Kenworth or a Peterbilt) __________________ Bill US Army Vet -193rd Infantry BlueRidgeMuscleCars.com “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated” Gandhi

02-11-2009, 09:01 PM	#9
Caveman49 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alabama Posts: 78	Re: lifting the cab off the frame by hand I have to do most of my work alone, JD came in handy for the lift If I had to do it by armstrong, I'd do it like dwcsr did..... I lifted an El Camino off frame like he explained, wasn't that difficult at all. Just caught your other post on using an engine puller, that works good too. I've used them with cables attached to the body, similar to what I show in the pic....the cable would get bolted to the fender bolt hole. Last edited by Caveman49; 02-11-2009 at 09:13 PM.

02-11-2009, 09:55 PM	#10
joeys66pickup Dr. Frankenstein Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: beaverton,Or Posts: 458	Re: lifting the cab off the frame by hand its a 59' cab....but it had alot of bondo! and door windows so that has to count for something thing was a ***** to get onto my 65' frame even with tires flat __________________ I Wanna Go Fast!!

02-11-2009, 08:51 PM	#11
mr48chev Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toppenish, WA Posts: 15,711	Re: lifting the cab off the frame by hand I've slid a couple of cabs off by myself by lifting it up enough to slip a couple of long planks under it and then sliding it off to the side. I have even transferred one cab from one chassis to another this way by myself once.

02-11-2009, 10:28 PM	#13
bjIII Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Kershaw Posts: 10	Re: lifting the cab off the frame by hand did it with two people on a 53... Handed some 2 x 4s through and then just picked it up...

02-11-2009, 10:49 PM	#14
blackdiesel Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Omaha, Arkansas Posts: 929	Re: lifting the cab off the frame by hand I can't count the times that dad and I set on and off the cabs on our trucks during our builds. The cab is much easier, than a bed with the wood and tailgate on. __________________ '57 Chevy Pickup '56 GMC LCF Cummins '38 Chrysler Royal '57 2wd change http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...light=speedway

03-21-2009, 03:47 PM	#15
nickp51chevy Registered Chevy Owner Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Snohomish, wa Posts: 1,557	Re: lifting the cab off the frame by hand I used the engine hoist the first time, and the second time by myself with 2 2x4's as a "ramp". that time sucked. i would suggest the engine hoist. __________________ Love is fleeting, but Chevy trucks are forever!!!! 1970 Chevy CST C10 long box 350/400 2008 Chevy Silverado short box 4x4 Had; 1951 Chevy short box 307/T5 1988 Chevy shot box 4x4 350/350 1971 Chevy C10 long box 4x4 350/350 1971 Chevy C20 long box 350/350 1971 Chevy C10 long box 350/350

03-23-2009, 12:40 PM	#16
tim21391 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Salina, Kansas Posts: 1,998	Re: lifting the cab off the frame by hand we didnt care about the cab on my friends 49 because it sat for 37 years got trees fallen on the roof so we just pushed it off and drug it with a truck...sorry im no help __________________ 1972 C-10...402/400..flowmaster 40 series 1967 Mustang 347 stroker/C-4 1966 Mustang 289/3-speed 2013 Mustang V6/6speed w/300 ponies I may be 23, but i sure do knows 67-72s are sexy! Its not MPG its smiles per gallon! build started 11/25/08 build thread: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s....php?p=2993796



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03-23-2009, 12:44 PM	#17
stan3018 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: bronx ny Posts: 167	Re: lifting the cab off the frame by hand i use 4guys.....

03-23-2009, 12:52 PM	#18
63 & 64 Bowties and a few others Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Blue Ridge Mountains of VA Posts: 5,638	Re: lifting the cab off the frame by hand We got it done a couple weeks ago. We brought it to the sandblaser where he removed the cab with a frontend loader to blast it (it was just strapped on the frame) then when we brought it home we set the cab right on my trailer. Then, me and my brother, one on each side with a landscape timber on each shoulder, walked it right off and set it on the dolly in the garage. Real easy. __________________ Bill US Army Vet -193rd Infantry BlueRidgeMuscleCars.com “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated” Gandhi Last edited by 63 & 64 Bowties; 03-23-2009 at 12:54 PM.

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