Cab Floor

We decided to have the the new cabs floor at the same height trough out the whole cab. We will replace all the old supports and sheet metal to accomplish this. This will also help in placing the new cab mounts.

Add captionThis is after removing the old support and sheet metal. We also tack in a temporary support to keep the cab square while we removed the old support.

After removing the sheet metal we found that the rust was a little worse then we expected. Will be replacing the corners for sure.

Time to start the rebuild. We will also replace the upper support brace in the picture.

I was a little short on pictures. Here Chris is welding in the two new supports. The 1.5" square tubing is a jig to keep the new supports on the same plain.

These two braces will be for the notch that we will be taking out of the cab. The reason for the notch is two things, to have better air flow to the engine that is behind the cab and to be able to have the cab channeled over the frame about 1.5".

The cut

Added a 1.5" cross brace for more support.

Finished for now, but will be adding more supports and will complete the notch later. The plan is to place the cab back on the frame and figure out where the new cab mounts will be. We are still working out the front mounts and the new bracing. We think we have the game plan figured out for this and will work on it this week.