so i had no idea where to put this but i'm switchin my cab and i'm using a cherry picker because its what i have. if i put the cherry picker in the bed to lift the cab off will it be ok and not go throught the bed?

 

im assuming when u say cherry picker u mean engin hoist right? but yea the bed shuld hold i had 2 full pallets of sod in the bed of my truck and it was 4,000lbs and the bed held fine. but im curious how ur gona move the cab around with the hoist in the bed of the truck.

 

ya know as soon as i entered that post i asked myself the same question i'm guessin i'll just have to try from the side

 

i kno how heavy a standard cab on these trucks weigh cuz wen i did a body lift on my friends 97 f350 it took 2 guys to lift just one side and i damn near droped a nut tryin to lift. what i would try is take the bed off and use a floor jack and lift up the cab and set it on jack standt and roll the frame out from under it thats rele all i can think of unless u have a big A frame with a come along or if ur feeling ballsy put a come along on a thick branch and lift it that way but i dont recomend that. .

 

we lifted my new one onto a trailer with 4 guys. wasn't too bad. it'd be nice to have an A frame. we have a chain fall on an a frame at school but i couldn't keep one like that here unless it was adjustable

 

cherry picker threw the door works. take both doors out, seat out. bolt chain down to the seat bolt holes.

 

you dont have any trees to use?

 

haha i live in new york. 25 years of salty winters. those boltholes are shot. the hole bottom side of the cab is shot. you can see through parts of the floor and out the cab corners. its so bad but my new cab looks like it just came from the factory. i dont have any trees either because i live in kind of a suburban area and all my neighbors think my truck makes the neighborhood look bad

 

just a thought and i know the feeling i live in a apartment and get dirty looks all the time

 

ya it sucks. when i get back from a certain tech school i'll be gettin some country land