Removing a luton body from the chassis
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Looking at taking the luton body off my Iveco 35C14. The body is 13.5 feet long with solid sides, a roller shutter and tail lift.
Guessing it is really heavy, so question is how should I do it? Do I need a gang of mates (how many) or a lift of some sort? Any ideas what it might weigh BTW?
Cheers.
Guessing it is really heavy, so question is how should I do it? Do I need a gang of mates (how many) or a lift of some sort? Any ideas what it might weigh BTW?
Cheers.
The tail lift is going to be the really heavy thing - and, most likely, easily sellable, too. Take that off (fork lift?) first, and flog it.
Do you want the body? Will you be selling that? If not, cut it up and remove it in sections.
Or, for some fun, undo all the bolts, tie it to a building, and drive off...
Do you want the body? Will you be selling that? If not, cut it up and remove it in sections.
Or, for some fun, undo all the bolts, tie it to a building, and drive off...
Years ago I this on a Transit, it was a an awkward job despite having a fork truck and heaps of pallets to use.
It would be preferable to hoist the body off upwards but I would think the facility to do this would be hard to find.
Don't underestimate the difficulty of undoing or cutting off the mounting bolts either.
A Luton body is surprisingly heavy and with a tail lift, unbalanced as well, you will struggle to move it even with a large gang of blokes.
It would be preferable to hoist the body off upwards but I would think the facility to do this would be hard to find.
Don't underestimate the difficulty of undoing or cutting off the mounting bolts either.
A Luton body is surprisingly heavy and with a tail lift, unbalanced as well, you will struggle to move it even with a large gang of blokes.
Easy , 4 oil barrels ,2 scaffold poles big trolley jack and a length of 4x4 timber about 3ft long .
Undo all bolts and disconnect wiring .Place oil barrells next to the body , one at each corner , jack body one end upto height of barrels slide scaffold pole between barrels resting it on top of barrels lower onto pole then repeat at other end .when body is clear drive chassis cab out from under .Please make sure the mud flaps /rear arches are removed from chassis if not attached to luton body .
Undo all bolts and disconnect wiring .Place oil barrells next to the body , one at each corner , jack body one end upto height of barrels slide scaffold pole between barrels resting it on top of barrels lower onto pole then repeat at other end .when body is clear drive chassis cab out from under .Please make sure the mud flaps /rear arches are removed from chassis if not attached to luton body .
I used to do this to turn them into tippers. Find a friendly person with a forklift. Unbolt underneath, and power cable if you have internal power.
Lift the rear by the taillift enough to get a 3" block under the back, then pull forks out, and slide underneath from the rear. Then lift the Luton off. Easy. Are you local to the south coast?
Lift the rear by the taillift enough to get a 3" block under the back, then pull forks out, and slide underneath from the rear. Then lift the Luton off. Easy. Are you local to the south coast?
LouD86 said:
I used to do this to turn them into tippers. Find a friendly person with a forklift. Unbolt underneath, and power cable if you have internal power.
Lift the rear by the taillift enough to get a 3" block under the back, then pull forks out, and slide underneath from the rear. Then lift the Luton off. Easy. Are you local to the south coast?
Hi I read this post you wrote in 2015, we are currently looking into transferring a Luton box from one chasis to another one and I was wondering if this is something you can do or know where we could do t and more or less how much it would cost? We are bases in lewes East Sussex Lift the rear by the taillift enough to get a 3" block under the back, then pull forks out, and slide underneath from the rear. Then lift the Luton off. Easy. Are you local to the south coast?
Thanks!!!
Anixa said:
Hi I read this post you wrote in 2015, we are currently looking into transferring a Luton box from one chasis to another one and I was wondering if this is something you can do or know where we could do t and more or less how much it would cost? We are bases in lewes East Sussex
Thanks!!!
Afternoon. I no longer have a forklift at my yard, but I can ask our coachbuilders if they would be willing to? Are the models the same year/chassis layout?Thanks!!!
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