I built this stand to remove this body from the chassis from scrap metal I had lying around.

It was easy to build, lightweight, & sturdy.

The come-along & ratchet straps worked, but they were difficult to use & didn't give me much up-travel, or any control when lowering the load.

I found a pallet of these at Sam's Club on clearance, so I snagged two & sold one.

A little more work on the beam & it fit right in.

The first test was to shift the back end of this lifted SAS'ed Bronco chassis to the center of my tiny work yard.

If my jumper box had been fully charged, it would have been no problem.

I got a fully charged battery & tried to move the heavy end.

It lifted it, but barely. There's no way this is 4,000 lbs (I'm using the snatch block), so the winch is obviously overrated. But the body is only ~400 lbs, so I think it'll do OK for that.

My '83's '93 body:

My '93EB's body:

I used the shop 2-post lift to load this, but it's too high off the ground to unload by hand.

The hoist made this easy. I think the top box weighs more than the bottom because 2 LARGE men (me included) could barely handle it. But the bottom box seemed easier to move, and didn't seem to affect the truck as much. (I had to haul them separately because, since I bent the body, I can't open the tailgate.)

It was getting harder to make the winch work, and halfway through this process, the motor seized. Fortunately, the frame was light enough to lower by hand. I got a replacement 1700# Warn winch from the local Northern Tool store for $100 and swapped it. Other than the winch motor, the remote, & the mounting bracket, it's identical to the old Champion winch. So I swapped the Champion mounting bracket onto the Warn so it would fit into the beam, and transferred the Champion snatch block onto the Warn cable. Now it's a 3400# winch. I just wish the hoist structure could handle more.

The Champion apparently wasn't built to be outdoors, despite being marketed as an ATV winch. It corroded internally to the point that the armature shorted against the commutator & permanent magnets. This one appears to be built from many of the same parts, but it has a better warranty, and was only $100 at Northern Tool.