where can i get a 5 ton crew cab?

[country]

We have this crew cab for sale

the rear body has been removed already, so it is being offered as a cab and chassis http://www.easternsurplus.net/670.htm

call or email

Dave Newman
dave@easternsurplus.net
Www.easternsurplus.net
855-332-0500/215-332-0500

 

[Caveman12019]

id use a long wb 5t truck, crew cab it and use a 813/ 814 bed, that would be a awesome rig, it would look factory

How would you go about crew caning it out? One crew cab or DIY crew cab and what would be the DIY material to crew cab a single cab?

 

[US6x4]

How would you go about crew caning it out? One crew cab or DIY crew cab and what would be the DIY material to crew cab a single cab?

All crew cabs are custom made by joining the original cab with an extra donor cab - there were no factory crew cab 5-tons that I know of.

 

[Caveman12019]

All crew cabs are custom made by joining the original cab with an extra donor cab - there were no factory crew cab 5-tons that I know of.

So I just need a donor cab so to speak a good deal on the least likely to ever drive again but still strong in the cab and I can just marry the two and make a crew cab? I always thought they were factory built in limited numbers hint the hard to find part. Thanks you have now opens my eyes to a world of new possibilities haha

 

[Mullaney]

So I just need a donor cab so to speak a good deal on the least likely to ever drive again but still strong in the cab and I can just marry the two and make a crew cab? I always thought they were factory built in limited numbers hint the hard to find part. Thanks you have now opens my eyes to a world of new possibilities haha

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Just need a donor cab - and then the hard part - finding somebody with the skills.

Gotta chop up the one you have on the back and the new one on the front, then "glue" them together with a welding device. Then move everything behind the cab you have now back about three feet. Then install another support to hold up the new back half of the new cab...
Then either extend the frame you have or cut down the bed. If you are doing a if doing a "bobber" you may need more frame than you planned.

 

[Ajax MD]

The M35 and the M809 series trucks used identical cabs (except for the hood which doesn't apply in your case).
This means that you don't need two "5 ton cabs." You can find an old deuce and a half cab to combine with your 5 ton's cab.

If you're trying to make a crew cab out of a 939 series truck then yes, you'll need two M939 cabs.

 

[Caveman12019]

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Just need a donor cab - and then the hard part - finding somebody with the skills.

Gotta chop up the one you have on the back and the new one on the front, then "glue" them together with a welding device. Then move everything behind the cab you have now back about three feet. Then install another support to hold up the new back half of the new cab...
Then either extend the frame you have or cut down the bed. If you are doing a if doing a "bobber" you may need more frame than you planned.

The only part I’d be really concerned doing alone is if I decided to go with a bobbed look cool and convenient for parking spaces but that decision would come after I figure out measurements and placement of everything if I have enough space to go bobbed! I want to make it a “family friendly” off road camper primarily for me to travel to hunt more but still good to take family camping etc so I want to build a camper shell but if it has a tire lift I’d like to keep that and just build camper beyond that point! I appreciate the information my dream is ever so slightly more plausible than I had hoped haha

 

[Jbulach]

IIRC, the preferred method was to put a m939 cab on the back of your existing M35.

 

[HDN]

All crew cabs are custom made by joining the original cab with an extra donor cab - there were no factory crew cab 5-tons that I know of.

Meanwhile, Canada ordered AWD Navistar trucks with 8-9-person crew cabs for their army I think that would be neat in a collection!

I like the idea of a crew cab but I have the feeling that crew cab money could go toward a 4-seat HMMWV or another truck to pal around with. Kinda like deciding whether to bob a deuce or 5-ton or just buy a LMTV.

 

[Mullaney]

Meanwhile, Canada ordered AWD Navistar trucks with 8-9-person crew cabs for their army I think that would be neat in a collection!

I like the idea of a crew cab but I have the feeling that crew cab money could go toward a 4-seat HMMWV or another truck to pal around with. Kinda like deciding whether to bob a deuce or 5-ton or just buy a LMTV.

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@Derrickl112 has or had a 2004 Freightliner FL80 with four doors 6x6 and a Cat 3126 in it. Got pictures below to look at and drool over

 

[Mullaney]

While we are on the subject of a Crew Cab - this particular truck belongs to a member here as well. Hate to admit it - but I wasn't keeping names when I saved this pic...

 

[Caveman12019]

Meanwhile, Canada ordered AWD Navistar trucks with 8-9-person crew cabs for their army I think that would be neat in a collection!

I like the idea of a crew cab but I have the feeling that crew cab money could go toward a 4-seat HMMWV or another truck to pal around with. Kinda like deciding whether to bob a deuce or 5-ton or just buy a LMTV.

That’s very true I just as also contemplating a LMTV myself!