Hey Rascal. You will beat this.The operation will be a success. Our Prayers and Faith are with You.
Jimmy Knox
91 Dak
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> Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 05:45:57 -0500
> Subject: DML: Thanks to my Friends on the DML
> From: rsb7424@gmail.com
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>
>
> To all my friends on the DML,
>
> I have been having some health challenges that last few months, just
> figured it was old age. Late yesterday, I found out that I have a
> tumor on my spinal cord. I will be traveling to Vanderbilt Hospital
> in Nashville today for emergency surgery. There is a real possibility
> that today will be my last post to the DML. I have enjoyed knowing
> all of you out there, Bob with Daksy, Bernd, Jimmy Knox, and all the
> rest. I am sorry that I never got to attend one of the barbeques,
> sure sounded like fun. Anyways, thanks for all the wonderful advice
> and information and may God be with all of you. I am a lucky man. I
> have a beautiful wife, four kids and six grandkids, and a 98 Dakota
> SLT, the best car I ever owned.
>
> If you see me post here again, then you know, but if I do not post
> within the next two weeks, then I am not returning. You guys, (and
> gals), are the best.
>
> Sincerely,
> Rick Barnes, (Rascal)
> Edmonton, KY
>
> On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 5:33 PM, wrote:
>>
>> Don Rey 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 --'
>>
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