New tools!

[1ton-o-fun]

how heavy do you think the bed is? I dont have a lift and I'm unsure if the beam I have here on the front of my carport will handel it. it should but I wonder. I have been considering building a very tall tripod out of some hickory trees instead I have lots of perfectly straight and tall ones in my bush. I can remember pretty much how my dad and his brothers tripod was built. hell I might even be able to find that old tripod.

Al

I honestly don't know. Everyone I've talked to says you want a person on each corner of the bed. I figured I'd do my part for social distancing by eliminating 3 helpers...

 

[PlayingWithTBI]

My son and I lifted my short box and moved it back to access the sender unit. That mother was heavy, I'd guess close to 200 LBS?

 

[618 Syndicate]

My son and I lifted my short box and moved it back to access the sender unit. That mother was heavy, I'd guess close to 200 LBS?

A long bed is around 400lbs depending on manufacturer and model year. I'd bet your short bed was well over 200.

 

[PlayingWithTBI]

I'd bet your short bed was well over 200.

Could be, we took off the tailgate but it was still pretty heavy. Must have been eating our Wheaties (or spinach) that day

 

[PlayingWithTBI]

On another thread we were talking about draining and flushing the radiator as well as other systems like the trans fluid etc. I just saw this from HF which looks just like the one my son got from MATCO a few years ago. I'm sure he paid a little more than this, LOL
https://www.harborfreight.com/23-ga...1_06_04_wk2221_instant_savings_Engaged&plcc=N

 

[Schurkey]

Far as I know, MATCO makes nothing except--maybe--some tool boxes. Everything else is "bought in" from other companies, Sometimes it's got a MATCO embossing, or it's produced in a different color or shipped in fancier packaging or with additional accessories than what's sold under the manufacturer's brand name.

MATCO "used" to stand for Mac Allied Tool Company, they made the tool boxes sold by Mac Tools. They split from Mac decades ago--but I remember when the tool part numbers in the MATCO catalog were the same as the equivalent tool in the Mac Tools catalog.

Hard to say if the fluid extractor sold by MATCO is identical to the one pushed by Hazzard Fraught or not. I bet the HF unit is a Chinese knock-off of a Taiwanese, Mexican, or--maybe--a Made In America product. Specifically designed to look similar but sell cheaper.

 

[Frank Enstein]

I love how the text says "bare steel" but the photo has it painted pretty blue. Eastwood is well-known for screwing it's customers with deceptive advertising.

I used a 2X4 cut to length, some bolts, nuts and some chain I already owned.
Photo 1. Bed removed to access fuel pump.
http://hbassociates.us/Fuel_Pump_1.JPG

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O.K. guys, you got the bed off. Now for the fun part. Taking the cab off a crew cab square body to put a new frame under it. In a gravel driveway.

 

[skylark]

O.K. guys, you got the bed off. Now for the fun part. Taking the cab off a crew cab square body to put a new frame under it. In a gravel driveway.

That is what I was curious about, a crew cab cab. As far as beds go, I just use 2 heavy ratchet straps in an X across the bed using the stake pockets and then lift in the middle of the X.

 

[1ton-o-fun]

O.K. guys, you got the bed off. Now for the fun part. Taking the cab off a crew cab square body to put a new frame under it. In a gravel driveway.

That is what I was curious about, a crew cab cab. As far as beds go, I just use 2 heavy ratchet straps in an X across the bed using the stake pockets and then lift in the middle of the X.

...I'm listening... and ready to take notes.
I'm picturing a semi-sketchy combo of wood boards and blocks, jack and jack stands, then roll chassis out from under?

 

[Frank Enstein]

I as thinking an "X" frame going through all four door openings that my engine crane pushes up and roll the chassis out.