I built a wooden dolly specifically for working on the cab of my '53, it made my
life a lot easier. I looked under the cab and based on the location of the mount
and rear mounting brackets I built my dolly. I used some wood that I had
leftover from building a patio cover, the only thing I had to buy was the
casters. I used 2x6's and 2x4's. It works great, the only problem was that when
moving the cab around the garage or outside for drying, it would bounce on the
concrete gaps, to fix this problems I used bungy cords, after duct tape they are
the next best thing to have around the garage, as a matter of fact when I built
my patio cover since I did not have any help to help hold boards and level and
measure I used tons of bungy cords, sorry if too much of the subject.
Hope this helps,
Antonio,
WR Teto wrote:
> I removed my cab and plopped it on a home-made frame of 2x6 lumber with
> some caster wheels on the bottom to move it around. If you do something
> similar, make sure you use wheels that will support sufficient weight.
> Things like lawnmower wheels will collapse. I did not take any special
> precautions regarding the position of the bed on the wood frame. The
> rear mounts were just un-bolted from the frame sides and seem to flop
> loosely. I pushed the whole deal out into the back yard and am working
> on the frame/driveline. The cab/nose/fenders/bed will probably stay
> outside for the winter, though I may bring in assorted parts for paint
> stripping if I run out of work during Dec/Feb.
>
> Wally
>
> >
> > Good Morning Group, Someone mentioned recently that they had pulled the cab
> > off the frame for repairs, and put it on a dolly of some sort. When moving
> > the cab, do I need to protect the rear mounting brackets and the
> > reinforcement bars with some sort wood block assembly to keep the weight off
> > the brackets? How about the numerous areas where the floor has small curves
> > built, will they stand the cab's weight? I'm wondering if a flat resting
> > surface is OK, or if something more elaborate is required.
>
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