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Does anyone know the aprox. weight of a '71 C20 bare cab? (eg no glass, seat, gauges, or doors). I've got to lift it off the frame and set it on jack stands. Underneath the jack stands I was going to place poly/furniture dollys. They have a 200 lb capacity/ea. I thought 4 jack stands (6 ton capacity ea.) under 4 corner locations of the cab, with 4 furniture dollys under the jack stands would be sufficient. Do you think 4 men (average size) could physically lift the cab off the truck without rupturing a vertabrae disk? Thanks for your help & info.

I don`t know about that particular cab, but my 1964 1/2 ton cab completely gutted, me and my two teenage sons lifted it off the frame. And my sons are not that stout. It was front heavy because of the firewall, but we lifted it pretty easily.
Mike

Thank you for responding. I would only be guessing the weight at around 250 lbs, but that's just a guess.

They aren't really as heavy as they are awkward to handle. Yes 4 guys can get it with no problem, 3 guys at least. 2 big guys like me can get it, but it's a struggle. Have fun. Oh, and I'd be afraid that the cab will slide off of the jack stands. I made a wooden framed cart with wheels to move my cab around. I made it so I could actually bolt the cab down to it, so it wouldn't slide off while doing body work- That was for the 49. For the 69 I used an old boat trailer with wood 4x4 "cab mounts", if you will. It was a funny sight, but I could easily get it to the bead blaster and to the body man- just pulled it behind the truck. I have pics if interested.

I appreciate the info!, I forgot about a potential "sliding" factor with regard to using jack stands. The wood frame with heavy duty casters is a great idea. Implementing an old boat trailer for hauling the cab is another great idea. I was going to remove the cab before delivering it to the body shop. I just found out that it's better to leave it mounted on the frame before inner/outer rocker replacement & some floor repairs (ie rust). I thought it was a better to remove the cab, have it bead blasted, then send it to the body shop for rocker & floor repairs. At any rate, I'm driving the truck to the body shop this Friday to hear what they say. I'm not building a show truck, but I would like an effective repair. Thanks for the response.