Pics of van body removal

[AMGeneral]

Just thought I'd post a few pics of Kenneth and I taking the 109 van body off Kenneths' new truck before he took it home today.

 

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[alphadeltaromeo]

I really like the last picture with the smoke trail behind it...great pics...thanks for sharing.

 

[lovebloodhounds]

Brandon thank you agian the pics are great . got home and started striaghtening the front fender and cutting the brackets for the hitch. you are a great Man. made my dream a realality thank you . Kenneth

 

[nattieleather]

Nice pics. Are you turning it into a cargo truck or just wanted the van body off so you could clean things up?

 

[KaiserM109]

Part of getting a Colorado title, I am told, is to have its weight confirmed. Can anyone tell me what that's all about? I remember an old truck that my dad had in the late '50s that he had to pay "Ton-Mile" taxes on. Would it be to my advantabe if I lifted the bed off my M109 and had just the frame and all weighed? The spec's say the truck weighs just under 15,000 lb. How much will taking off the box reduce that by?

I started work this last week after 5 months of looking, so I have been skimping on bills; I haven't gotten the SF97 on the truck yet. I will probably do that in January. I got the truck in July so I am easily inside the 1 year limit.

 

[Recovry4x4]

Shop van body is right near 4000#

 

[lovebloodhounds]

Want to make a cargo

 

[Recovry4x4]

Brandon, how did this all play out. Did you have a chassis/cab and bought the van body or did you buy the truck as a whole and sold the chassis/cab to Kenneth? Another question, did you have to use the stiff legs when pulling the van body? I know with my little 2 1/2 ton crane, I need them for even cargo bodies.

 

[micky]

Is that his chase vehicle on back or is that what he showed up on?

 

[maddawg308]

Good pics of the cranetruck in action. Just a question: I noticed this isn't the only time you have said the phrase "Let the smoke roll!". Is this your motto, Brandon? I heard it in the recovery video of the M123 as well.

 

[lovebloodhounds]

Kenny Brandon just used the lift to lift it up the 5ton tiited a little and it came up it was great i love watching it in action.he purchased the with no bed and sold it to me just used it to go get the van body this green fever is very contagous Kenneth

 

[AMGeneral]

Kenny,actually bought Kenneths truck without a bed and used it to go and pick up the van body from the site we purchased earlier this year at work.Didn't have to use the outriggers or the gin poles for the boom,just backed it up and started lifting.


MD,actually the "Let the smoke roll!" comment was uttered by rdixiemiller when Clinto was filming me taking off with the 2nd M123.

As per the "chase vehicle",I'll let Kenneth comment on that,definetly a fuel efficient vehicle though!

 

[KaiserM109]

What I like best is the tricycle behind the cab in DSCN0071.JPG “Homeward bound”. Is that your spare vehicle?

 

[Recovry4x4]

This is making me think and bad things happen when I think too much. Since I have a crane, I'm thinking about getting another shopvan body and working it into a primitive camper. I bet I could swap back and forth between beds in an hour or two.

 

[gimpyrobb]

Kenny, I was thinking the same thing. A 109 box will not fit in a deuce bed, but it would sit just fine on a drop side bed with the sides removed. The only thing is your looking at around an 18-19 thousand pound truck with just the bed and box. Add in whatever you put in the box and (my truck anyway) isn't going faster than 25mph.