Thread: Lifting a Body of the Chassis

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This is where having lots of kids comes in handy! In the past I have poked a couple of holes in the garage ceiling and wrapped a chain around some beams, then put a comealong down from there. It works pretty well, as long as you pick the right beam.

Now we have a gantry crane that Dan built after I hurt my arm lifting my 39 Dodge body. It is on 4 wheels and has two Harbor Freight 400 pound capacity electric winches on it, so all we have to do is wheel it over something we want to pick up and push a button. It has become one of the most used tools in the shop and allows one person to do things by himself that he could not do normally. We have used it to lift bodies, pull engines, flip frames, etc. and don't know how we would get along without it.

Don