Josh Holden
09-10-2008, 2:27 PM
Had to take the cap off my truck (for the first time in 8 years) but pickup and assembly went off without a hitch. Clearances were tight:eek: though! Maybe this will help someone else with a garage shop.
Here's the play by play:
Step 1 -- uncrate, remove everything removable, leaving only the lathe bed in the pickup bed. Then backup the pickup into the garage.
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Step 2 -- Attach one set of legs to the end, still hanging off the back of the truck (the feet are about 8" off the ground in this picture)
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Step 3 -- Wiggle the assembly backwards until the feet are on the ground in final postion, with as little of the bed leaning on the tailgate as possible while leaving no chance of slipping off
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Step 4 -- Using a cargo strap, tie the lathe bed to something in the ceiling and raise it slightly above the truck bed. This was the part with tight clearances: with an overhead garage door, the rafters above are behind the raised door. But if I pulled the truck out far enough so the cab was outside the garage, I could close the garage door halfway on the truck bed and have just enough space to loop the strap over the joist
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Then just bolt the other legs, lower the lathe to the ground, and...
Here's the play by play:
Step 1 -- uncrate, remove everything removable, leaving only the lathe bed in the pickup bed. Then backup the pickup into the garage.
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Step 2 -- Attach one set of legs to the end, still hanging off the back of the truck (the feet are about 8" off the ground in this picture)
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Step 3 -- Wiggle the assembly backwards until the feet are on the ground in final postion, with as little of the bed leaning on the tailgate as possible while leaving no chance of slipping off
96590
Step 4 -- Using a cargo strap, tie the lathe bed to something in the ceiling and raise it slightly above the truck bed. This was the part with tight clearances: with an overhead garage door, the rafters above are behind the raised door. But if I pulled the truck out far enough so the cab was outside the garage, I could close the garage door halfway on the truck bed and have just enough space to loop the strap over the joist
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Then just bolt the other legs, lower the lathe to the ground, and...