Mike,
If you can round up about 5 big guys, you can lift the
tub right off the chassis & roll it out. It's not
that heavy...depending on what is still installed.
Don't get me wrong...engine hoists are very cool &
handy to have about 1x every 3 years:)
I'd say if you didn't have the 5 guys, keeping the
doors on should be good enough if it's only a short
period of time. What ever you do...don't open them.
If you plan on working on the tub & need to take the
doors off...I'd build a brace setup. You should be
able to build some sort of bolt-on thing. Attached to
the A-Post & the B-post
Good luck,
Todd
--- Mike D'Ambrogia <miked@jamagination.com> wrote:
> I'm ready to get the tub up in the air. I finally
> broke down and bought
> an engine hoist yesterday to help with all the heavy
> lifting I have
> going on lately. The plan is to install some eye
> bolts in afew spots in
> the interior of the tub and then attaching some rope
> to create a sling
> that I can use with the hoist to lift the tub up in
> the air.
>
> But I'm wondering about flexing the body while
> lifting it. Right now I
> have the doors on the tub, will those be strong
> enough to keep the tub
> from bending while in the air ? or do I want to
> remove the doors and
> install metal bracing in the door frame? the goal
> is to get the frame
> up high enough to roll the chassis in and out under
> it while the tub
> rests on a wide sawhorse setup about 3-4' tall above
> the frame.
>
> input appreciated
>
> Mike
>
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