[dsraven]

I lifted my cab using the cherry picker idea with chains attached to the cab floor. I found the cab becomes quite tippy and can be a handfull if you are working by yourself. the cab is not really balanced front to rear so it starts to tip towards the front right away. the firewall area means more metal there I suppose? it would be better to use a crosspiece that lifts by the door openings, either from above or underneath, because that way the cab is hanging like a pendulum from above rather that lifting from a lower point. if you use a strap from the rafters the cab can be better supported using a spreader bar the same width as the cab, that way the strap doesn't tend to try to reshape the cab into a narrower object or cut the strap on a sharp edge like the rain gutters. less chance of damage to any parts, including the operator, ha ha.