The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area General Truck Talk Can I haul a 50 chevy cab in a toyota?

Does anyone know the dimensions of the bottom of our 47-53 chevy/gmc truck cabs? I am hoping to go pick up a cab that is 3 states away and know that my 4-cylinder Toyota Tacoma doesn't like pulling a 5x10 utility trailer that far, but I will if I have to. I am wondering if there is any imaginable way (tilting, sitting on TOP of the fenders, loading sideways..etc..) to get a cab to fit in that back of my tiny toyota. Yes I could measure my cab myself, but as usual I am out of town on business and won't be back for a few weeks. So I want to know soon. Thanks!!!

No, that would be an insult to the Chevy!
DG

I don't think that it will fit. So I would consider using a couple of 2x12 boards, or a piece of 3/4" or thicker plywood, or maybe a pallet, and tie down one of the above on top of the bed rails of the "sake sipper", then placing the body on top, tied down as well. The hardest thing will be getting the cab up that high.
chris ioakimedes
Fairfax, California
Don Quijote was right!

I hauled just the cab with no hood or fenders on the bed of my 82' S-10. I mounted it through the front mounts to a 2x6 and tied the back mounts to a 2x6 with some baling wire and set the 2x6's across the bed sides. That put it up kinda high but not to bad. It looked kinda strange but it rode just fine for about 30 miles. But that was with a Chevy not a Toyota. I also tied the crap out of it to the bed. I wish I had taken the picture. Scratching my S-10 was not an issue new scratches just add to the patina. Also leave the boards long enough for some large folks to grab on to then saw them off once you get it on the bed. lots of folks is better if just to help steady it.

I'm thinking that the cab will sit pretty tall in the back of your pickup. It might create a significant amount of wind resistance. You might find the drive more pleasant pulling the trailer.

I hope I'm not following if you use Mt Tam's method. I'm sure you don't have any anchors strong enough to hold the chains you need to keep it from blowing off when meeting a semi or bus.

That said, and AD cab is nearly 6 feet wide and 4 feet 2 inches long at the bottom quickly extending to 5 feet. It might fit sideways in an F-250 but I don't know about a Tyoater. You'd still have the tiedown problem.

i always use a 4 by 8 garden or motorcycle trailer from u haul they have a tailgate that lowers down and they are low to the ground i think they have 8 or 10 inch wheels, take some 2 by 6 studs to go across the low bed sides and strap it down well

i think the trailers are local only dont tell them where your going

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Now that would work.

Nope. Can't Do it. Won't work. Impossible.

rent a real truck and go get it.

Actually the trailer idea would be the best way to go.

Too risky way TOOOOOO top heavy. Rent a uhaul trailer about $50-60 day one way. I am going to get a 16ft 4wheel trlr when I get the 56 cab in 2 weeks. 4wheel is more stable and less wind drag, less chance of rolling your toy and toyota due to HIGH center of gravity. It's a lot easier to get chains tied downed too.
Brad

I hauled a 54 GMC cab in the back of my 55 1st series 3100 from Sacramento to Reno rode just great. An early example of a classic "double cab".

I've trailered a few cabs, but never put on in the back of a pickup. I've considered it but don't like the weight that high and my experience with tall loads is they dramatically reduce fuel economy, enough that on a long trip it the reduced fuel consumption might pay for the trailer rental.

I carried a '55 cab (big window) in the back of my 2003 Chevy 2500HD from Oregon to Alberta 2 years ago. It sat sideways in the bed, but there wasn't a lot of spare room.

As far as weight and being top heavy, it wasn't too bad. there was no glass in it (no doors either) so all the weight was located in the lower part of the cab.

Lane

I hauled a two ton front end and with two doors to boot in the back of my Dakota. Made a framework of two by six to set it on and strapped the crap out of it. No problem. Only went a couple of hundred miles and a ferry ride.

Probably a good idea to just put it on the trailer. Even if it fit in the bed, transporting it that far, it would definitely be much more safe to put it on your trailer. I would.

Chris