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| | | | Joined: Nov 2017 Posts: 33 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2017 Posts: 33 | Does anyone happen to know approximately what a cab from a 49 chevy truck weighs ? Trying to come up with something to lift mine from the frame to do some frame restoration work. Thanks | | | | | Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 480 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 480 | I just moved my '53 cab into my shop to work on, and I'm guessing it weighs in somewhere around 300 pounds. Haven't put it on a scale, but just judging from having to move it around by hand after it was in there.
Tim
I am currently digging back in to a 1953 3800 (one ton) with a nine foot bed. I've owned it since 1979, and drove it until 1982 (or so). My wife got me involved in restoring it back in 2002, got the body removed and the frame redone, then things came up. Now I am retired and starting again. If anyone is interested I have photos on Imagur ( https://timwhiteblues.imgur.com/ ). I live way back in the woods in the Ozarks on 40 acres at the end of a 2 1/2 mile private road. Tim
| | | | | Joined: Nov 2017 Posts: 33 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2017 Posts: 33 | Ok , I guess that with the front clip off? I was guessing about twice that much.
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| | | | | Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 480 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 480 | yeah, no front clip and no doors. I took everything off to make it as light as possible. And I could be wrong about the weight. I just figured that I could lift one side, so I was lifting about half the weight, and I don't think I can lift more than about 150 pounds. And I'm assuming that the '49 has the same cab.
Tim
I am currently digging back in to a 1953 3800 (one ton) with a nine foot bed. I've owned it since 1979, and drove it until 1982 (or so). My wife got me involved in restoring it back in 2002, got the body removed and the frame redone, then things came up. Now I am retired and starting again. If anyone is interested I have photos on Imagur ( https://timwhiteblues.imgur.com/ ). I live way back in the woods in the Ozarks on 40 acres at the end of a 2 1/2 mile private road. Tim
| | | | | Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,054 Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums | | Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,054 | Check out This thread Scroll down to KCMongo's post and click on his picture link. A similar arrangement to that would let you control it easier than trying to manhandle it. I would throw a strap around the ends of the beam and over the cab to keep everything together. I used my engine hoist to lift the front clip with radiator still installed off my truck. Even the lightest cherry picker hoist you could find would probably handle the cab weight.
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truckFollow this saga in Project JournalPhotos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together. | | |
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