Don Rey <radon220@gmail.com> wrote:
> When my fuel pump failed, I had nearly a full tank. I wasn't about to
> drain it and certainly couldn't drop it without draining it. My dad
> and I were able to lift the bed off with relative ease. I wouldn't say
> it was like lifting pillows... but the two of us could handle it. I
> took the plastic bedliner out first though... didn't need that extra
> weight.
If anyone is considering this who has access to an engine hoist
(cherry picker), a frame can be slapped together out of some scrap
2x4s to fit under the lip of the bed or attached to the tie-downs
which would allow one person to lift the bed. A chainfall and a handy
tree limb, rafter, etc. would also work. (You actually don't need
anything as beefy as a chainfall, $20 worth of hardware store pullies
and some rope would do the trick.) Another method is to put it up on
blocks, raising each corner a little bit at a time until its high
enough for you to work on. A slightly different twist on the last
method is to run a pair of 2x4s under the bed with the ends supported
by the blocks. I've used a car lift with very good success, and a
front end loader would certainly do the trick.
There's probably a billion other ways for a person to pull the bed
solo. Just depends on what you've got available and how far outside
the box you're willing to think. Where there's a will, there's a way.
:-)
--
-Jon-
.- Jon Steiger -- jon@dakota-truck.net or jon@jonsteiger.com -.
| '96 Kolb Firefly, '96 Suzuki Intruder, Miscellaneous Mopars |
`-------------------------------- http://www.jonsteiger.com --'
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Thu Oct 01 2009 - 00:37:49 EDT