JoeH Posted May 31 Author Share Posted May 31 Lifting cab off the truck with our crane. Our crane isn't big enough to lift the mixer off, so we brought my cousin Pete "The Crane Man, Inc" to handle the mixer. We set both cabs in the garage and pushed the chassis in as well to keep it out of the weather. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73737-2003-mr688s-rollover-cab-swap/page/4/#findComment-552793 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeH Posted May 31 Author Share Posted May 31 Hard to put into words how tedious and endless this stage of the project was: getting the donor cab stripped down, patched up, primered/painted and reassembled. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73737-2003-mr688s-rollover-cab-swap/page/4/#findComment-552794 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeH Posted May 31 Author Share Posted May 31 A couple hours to set the cab on, make up several Deutch plugs, hook up air lines, etc and we had it running/driving. Drove it back into the garage & called it quits for the evening. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73737-2003-mr688s-rollover-cab-swap/page/4/#findComment-552795 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeH Posted May 31 Author Share Posted May 31 A couple damaged covers on the side of the mixer. Tarp arms we managed to straighten and reuse. Rebuilt the mixing auger while we had it off the truck. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73737-2003-mr688s-rollover-cab-swap/page/4/#findComment-552796 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeH Posted May 31 Author Share Posted May 31 All in all everything went about as smooth as it could have. Everything worked right the first time it was plugged back together. 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73737-2003-mr688s-rollover-cab-swap/page/4/#findComment-552797 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavCut Posted May 31 Share Posted May 31 You had me worried for a minute @JoeH when my browser opened to page 4 and a photo of the cab coming off! I had missed @Joey Mack’s request for a recap…. Glad to hear that the repairs went smoothly and that she is back on the road. 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73737-2003-mr688s-rollover-cab-swap/page/4/#findComment-552820 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JoeH Posted May 31 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 31 On 5/30/2024 at 5:22 PM, Joey Mack said: Awesome work by you and the crew !!!!! Can you post that picture of it in the ditch, and a pic or 2 of the repair process, then the finished product? kind of a before - during- and after thingy.. I have about 120 pictures from start to finish. I posted all the pictures worth seeing last night. Not many tasks worth taking pictures of during the process. Went through probably $150 worth of sticker tape for a label maker I bought for labeling wires and airlines etc. All in all it was a massive undertaking of "Death by 1000 Small Tasks". But somehow we got it done... 3 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73737-2003-mr688s-rollover-cab-swap/page/4/#findComment-552848 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechohaulic Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 21 hours ago, JoeH said: All in all everything went about as smooth as it could have. Everything worked right the first time it was plugged back together. more proof to the statement " do it right the first time ", everything will work right the first time. units lookin good. have done a couple B C R changes, U 611 ST glider kit , numerous rewires. your project was definitely more involved. 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73737-2003-mr688s-rollover-cab-swap/page/4/#findComment-552853 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 That’s kind of sick. It’s like seeing your pet get hurt. Best of luck, bud looks amazing. That type of unit gets a lot of work in my area people making improvements and a lot of the newer developments … big demand thanks for all your updates and yes, happy Saturday… before I croak, hopefully I can post finish photos of mine ha ha bob 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73737-2003-mr688s-rollover-cab-swap/page/4/#findComment-552883 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JoeH Posted June 1 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 1 (edited) Worth noting, this cab/chassis weighs about 19,000 lbs and the mixer weighs about 12,500 lbs so this trucks empty weight is 31,500 lbs. But these trucks are almost never empty. There's always unused material on board. Our RD triaxle mixer is around 29,000 empty I believe. Our cement tanker and the tractor that hauls it tare at about 28,000 lbs, lighter than our straight trucks empty. Edited June 1 by JoeH 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73737-2003-mr688s-rollover-cab-swap/page/4/#findComment-552885 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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