B&W Companion hitch removal

^^^^^ Nice!!!

He looked a little wobbly. Someone should dub in a FART to make the vid more entertaining.:B

I can’t let Ron have all the fun. Us Ford guys don’t even have to take the head off:

Learjet wrote:
Nice pics and explanation. I did mine once by myself...but there are better and safer options.

Hope I'm in your shape in another 9 years :)

Thanks! It was a fun project.

Nice pics and explanation. I did mine once by myself...but there are better and safer options.

Hope I'm in your shape in another 9 years :)

It's definitely a bit of a different story with the slider; the base is very heavy. I think I could lower it out of the truck, but not so sure about lifting it back in. It would be good if this model could easily be disassembled into 3 pieces, but I haven't found an easy way to do it yet. I have had a couple of pretty bad back strains in past years so I am always cautious to avoid doing that again.

I am thinking about rigging up a winch, but my 13 year old son is already 6'2" so I think the problem will soon be solved anyway! :B

^^^^^ Good post ^^^^^

Cummins12V98 wrote:
Thanks for the nice comments. I worked Commercial construction for 35 years and you learn how to properly handle amazing weights without hurting your self.

Honestly my back feels fine today. Just wanted to show how a person can remove and load a heavy base without a lift. I have nothing against people using a lift, just don't need or want one "YET".

It was a fun project and I want to thank my wife for taking all the pics.

OH, and Barney thank you for re opening the post!!!

I think I mentioned , I retired after 42 years in steel fabrication Sure we lifted a lot of steel . I'll give you an example before I was in management I was a press operator . We fabricated highway safety , that included highway guardrail . Before we had a rolling mill late 60's ,early 70's we did guardrail in sheets instead of roll forming . I would handle 2000 pieces of 100 lb 12 ga. sheets of guardrail , they were 19" wide by 13'-6" long . Throw them in a machine to punch ,and form . That was handling 200,000 lbs of steel in an 8 hour shift.

But give yourself 10 more years ,75 years old , you will most likely change your tune . At 65 , I still felt like I was 40, but maybe just a little slower ,but not much . 10 years has made a difference , and all those years of hard work does start to catch up with you ,it's inevitable , we age . :( enjoy that 65 it ends quickly . :)

Thanks for the nice comments. I worked Commercial construction for 35 years and you learn how to properly handle amazing weights without hurting your self.

Honestly my back feels fine today. Just wanted to show how a person can remove and load a heavy base without a lift. I have nothing against people using a lift, just don't need or want one "YET".

It was a fun project and I want to thank my wife for taking all the pics.

OH, and Barney thank you for re opening the post!!!

Bionic Man wrote:
Kudos for following through. It’s still more weight than I personally would want to regularly wrestle with. But life always has trade offs.

I think that is the point for most of us , I have the means ,and the garage to have a hoist ,just makes no sense to be lifting things you really don't have to . As I think someone pointed out ,I think is was Ron ,work smarter ,not harder ,that would be using a lifting device . :)

Kudos for following through. It’s still more weight than I personally would want to regularly wrestle with. But life always has trade offs.