The Stovebolt Site Forums The Parking Lot Panels 'N Burbs Need ideas on how to lift the body off my frame ?

Need some photo's and past experience on removing the body of my "61" K-10 Burb .I know the easy part is removing the bolts ,I need the best method on how to lift,support and be mobile with out the services of a lift.My first thought was using 4 trailer jacks with wheels at each corner but the trick is how do I mount the jack ? This is the place so give my your ideas fellow bolters .

Another way, similar to joes approach would be to jack up the whole truck, then support the body with beams and then lower the frame/chassis and roll it out. Some folks have built dollys that they then lower the body onto as Joe mentioned.

I just used one off those eng lifters from inside the cab and back and blocked it up. pm me your email and I can send you pics
ron

your pretty brave on those trusses. they are really designed to hold much weight other than drywall. you are also storing stuff up there

yes , but we are not talking about snow load. that roof(or trusses ) are designed in their configuration to withstand snowloads.
we are talking about 4 what are they 2 x 6 that look like they must span at least 25'. they are more than likely spruce and they look full of knots. they are not that strong
ron

roof trusses are designed for roof loads, not loads on the members of the trusses.

put my truck on a lift under the body, raised it and rolled out the frame. problem is it's far from the crossmembers down to the edge of the body, so you really have to block the body up high. I made a rotisserie out of wheels and hubs with pipe running from front set to rear. used cranks off a tractor trailers legs with a wheel with holes in it so i could rotate it.
pic album: http://www.flickr.com/photos/9155420@N02/

Tony ,
How did you attach the jacks to the body ? You have any dimensions if you care to share ,looks like something I can fab up .

so if we took a 10 x 10' section in the centre of the span = 100sq' and attached 500lbs to each square ' you would stand under it
ron

http://s908.photobucket.com/albums/ac281/padresag/suburban/
this is how I lifted this one off and put on a dolly. I removed the doors and strung a double 2 x 8 and tied to the roof in the frt door frame(needed double for height) and the ran a 2 x 8 from the rear over the top of the 2 x 8 and then used plumbers hanger strap to secure it to the top of the rear door frame. then used the motor lifter front and rear to get it jacked up to height to slide the frame out. then lowered it down for the dolly.
am going to part that body out as I have a much better one. which is going to replace my old panel body which was on an orig 4 x 4 frame.
hope this helps
ron

We placed the rubber cushions of the lift arms under the body and placed pieces of 4x4 blocks, between the cushions & the underside of the body. With the body off the frame, we rolled the frame out and moved the carts in place. The dimensions we used for the attachement points to the underside of the body, correspond to the factory holes in the body. The uprights and framing supports on the carts were then cut and welded in place.

We used a floor jack, 4x4s, lots of Blocks and sparetires..

Lift it

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9155420@N02/6057605998/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9155420@N02/6057058123/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9155420@N02/6057605956/

rotiserrie

DThela,
Looks good that ol Burb has come along ways over the years.As for the rotiserrie I don't have access but it may not be that hard to fab one up,or I could just have the truck come buy and borrow yours .

i have also used engine lifts one chain between bolts on rear door lower panel and one to front fender mount lower tabs. jack it and block it up. run something between the legs of the jacks under the truck to keep them from pitching forward! the body is heavy!!!!!!