lifting cab

[71-F-250SC-72-F-250C]

I have a brand new frame with that I do not want to get scratched so I built a sort of frame out of wood that sits over the newly powdercoated frame so I can set the cab above the frame until it is ready to be painted. The only thing is I and 4 other guys could not lift the cab high enough to get it onto the wooden frame. I am working out of a 2 car garage so this was also built to save space. I know an engine lift wont work, and the ceiling is not high enough for anything else and I do not think some kind of pulley attached to the ceiling will hold the cab. Have any of you used any other way of getting a cab up a couple more feet above the frame? I would like to try to get this done tonight because I am having some more guys come over.

Stephen

[greenbank]

Can you do some sort of "cribbing" to get it up high enough, being careful, of course. Put a coupe of 4x4s under the cab itself, and then lift it a couple of inches on one side, slip something under the runners, go to the other side, slip something under them, etc., etc. Just be careful you're not building an unsteady support structure.

Dunno, just an idea. Others probably have better ones!

[FORDification]

Or a couple long 4x4's (lumber) and 4 empty 55-gallon drums?

(You need some stronger friends! Dump a couple shots of JD down their throats for an extra burst of energy!)

[460 crew]

We had hung my crewcab from the truses in the garage with 4 ratchet tiedowns and raised it little by little each corner with 4 ppl till it was high enough to roll the frame under it, had to throw a set of pizza cutter tires on it to make it short enough.

[Mohillbilly]

Most farmers have a couple "house jacks" around for lifting big stuff that'll lift to about 4 feet. 4 of those would work. Don't have any idea what they'd cost, though. Probably faily pricey for just one lift.

[prime mover]

if you take one door off you can roll a engine hoist in there and run cables down around the bottom of the cab and attach them at 4 even positions distributing the weight.

[greenbank]

Did you and your buddies get that sucker on?

[trukcrazy]

I am sure someone has already seen this and I don't know if it will work for a truck cab, but maybe.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... gory=63697

[trukcrazy]

Hey Stephen, did you get the cab back on?

[Comet]

So usually garage ceilings are higher than the garage doors. If you do get the cab lifted above the frame, will you be able to roll this out of your garage after you are done mounting it? I work on my Jeep and it's got a big lift on it and I've had to roll it on my floor jack with the front wheels off before. Thought about making some dollies to fit on an old set of wheels with the tires removed, but haven't gone there yet.

[460 crew]

I did with my crewcab, you just have to have already taken the bed and front clip off and back it in so only thing it really has to be lifted over and clear is the rear tires which I had put a set of pizza cutters on for. Same deal with rolling the frame back under. My truck now with a 4in lift and 35's clears the garage opening by about 3/4's on an inch with no hope of taking it off in there now.

[71-F-250SC-72-F-250C]

Sorry I havent replied I was gone for the weekend. The cab is not on yet. I have a floor jack sitting under neath it and two jackstands. I built a stand out of wood for the cab to sit on that goes over the frame so the cab does not touch the frame, and it sites on the wooden stand, because we plan on moving the cab again to get it repainted. Right now we need the extra room in the garage. The ceiling a drywall on top of it, so I cant use pulleys or anything like. I have thought of using an engine lift but I dont know if it could lift the cab high enough. I will try that this weekend. I cant figure out how to post pics on here, but if you think you could help me better by seeing pics I could send you an invitation to veiw some pics I have on another site. Please let me know if you think that would do any good, and thanks for all the replys.

Stephen

[flyboy2610]

To post pics, scroll down from the reply box and you will see, under "Aeeachment Posting Control Panel" a button that says "Add an attachment".
Click on that.
You will see a section that says "Add an attachment."
Next to Filename you will see a button that says Browse.
Click on that and find the file on your computer.
In the File Upload box that opens on your computer. click on the file you want to attach and click Open.
You will now see the file next to Filename On the Add an Attachment section.
If you want to add adescription to your file, type it in the comments area.
Click the Add Attachment button next to the Comments box.
Your attachment is now appended to your post.
To post your meesage with the attachment to the forum click on the 'Submit" button. Your post and attached file will look like this:
(I do not know how to make a picture self open when posting.)

[71-F-250SC-72-F-250C]

This is changing into a different subject, but it has to do with posting pics of the cab as an attachment on this thread. I do can not figure out how to downsize the pics to fit. I have tried for hours to get this done, but then it either gets to late at night, or I get side tracked in the forums.

Stephen

[FORDification]

You need some flavor of graphics editor on your computer, like Photoshop or Irfanview...but the Windows' Paint will do the job in a pinch. Paint will not optimize a graphic...that is, compress it so that the file size (not physical size) is smaller, but it'll get the job done. Here's some quick instructions to resize graphics with Paint:

1) Open the graphic in Paint.

2) In the dropdown menus across the top, select Image > Attributes to see the current size of your image. Make sure you have Pixels selected. You want to get it down to 750-800 pixels wide. Hit the Cancel button.

3) Let's assume for a moment that your original image is 1600 pixels wide. That means to get it down to 800 pixels wide you have to reduce it's size by 50%. From the dropdown menus select Image > Stretch/Skew. In the pop-up window enter 50% in the horizontal and 50% in the vertical and hit OK. Your image is now resized. (To verify the new size, you can again select Image > Attributes to see the width and height.)

4) To save the image, from the dropdown menus choose File > Save As. In the popup window you can enter a name for the image, select the image type (almost always choose .jpg) and the directory you want to save the image, then hit OK.

5) You're done!

Like I said, there are many other graphics editors that will do a much better job and give you a lot more options on things you can do with your image. You can go to www.download.com or one of the other free software download sites and try out other applications. Some are free, some aren't. The best choice would be to find one that optimizes (compresses) graphics for internet posting/viewing.

Hope this helps.