Gmc body

[warrior]

Hi All

does anybody know the weight of a 353 lwb cargo body by any chance,I need to arrange transport!

Cheers all:shocked:

[deadline]

I have a a composite and a wooden bed and also have had an M35 steel bed.. best guess is approx 2000lbs total.

[warrior]

Cheers for that, so I should be able be able to transport on a twin wheel transit type truck?

[deadline]

If it will hold 2000lbs, yes

 

Hardest part about moving a bed around is that the longitudinal sills that rest on the frame require a solid bed to rest on (or it you are lucky enough to get a trailer with purlins at just the right spacing). If you take off the sills, then you have the sill brackets hanging down and the bed becomes very hard to secure.

 

For all but the very early welded all steel beds can be taken apart. Its not very hard and you can lighten the load significantly if you think weight is an issue.

[N.O.S.]

I can confirm the 353 body rides very nicely on a 16ft 3.5t Ifor Williams trailer - if seats and hoops too allow max 1.5t I would think, so yes - as long as transit has a long body then it should be ok, but if it is all hanging over back end - :shocked:

[Ben Rippingham]

will travel fine on a twin wheel transit as done this a few times myself.

 

Ben