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R&B51 · 04-21-2018, 01:16 PM

MARTINSR:
[But my next endeavor is to make a cart of some sort that I can roll the cab up and off our flatbed tow truck (or a car trailer) and get it over to the sand blasters. The thing is, I can do that with this cart, but I need to take it one step further and that's make it be able to tilt onto it's back so the underside can be blasted. Then when it's back home or at the shop in the booth be epoxy primed under it and then tilt the cab back to it's normal position to be primed on the top side.]

That is why I made my cart a couple feet longer (again, stole that idea) and did all you said-rolled onto trailer, to blaster and back BUT I cheaped out and used some wheels I had laying around-worked fine but they hung up on every crack and will swap out for bigger next use. Surprising how easy it is for one guy to just tip forward and prop up 45 degrees (has been enough for me sitting on a roll around stool) but on the AD cab would have to be longer to get vertical.

04-21-2018, 01:16 PM	#50
R&B51 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Jenks, OK Posts: 225	Re: Cab install jig? MARTINSR: [But my next endeavor is to make a cart of some sort that I can roll the cab up and off our flatbed tow truck (or a car trailer) and get it over to the sand blasters. The thing is, I can do that with this cart, but I need to take it one step further and that's make it be able to tilt onto it's back so the underside can be blasted. Then when it's back home or at the shop in the booth be epoxy primed under it and then tilt the cab back to it's normal position to be primed on the top side.] That is why I made my cart a couple feet longer (again, stole that idea) and did all you said-rolled onto trailer, to blaster and back BUT I cheaped out and used some wheels I had laying around-worked fine but they hung up on every crack and will swap out for bigger next use. Surprising how easy it is for one guy to just tip forward and prop up 45 degrees (has been enough for me sitting on a roll around stool) but on the AD cab would have to be longer to get vertical.