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How heavy is a K5 frame ?

bavarian_blazer

bavarian_blazer

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Hi guys,
I bought a second Blazer that I'm gonna part out the next months. I'm planning to keep the frame to build up a nice new undercarriage for my k5 one day.... But until that happens, I'll have to store it somehow and somewhere :doah:
So does anyone have an idea how heavy that piece of metal is (without springs and axles ...)? 200kg (about 450lbs) or more ?
Thanks a lot!


Greetings

Flo
 
Don't know the exact weight , but I don't think your going to carry it by yourself .

Grind all the rivets off , and store it easily stacked on the side of the garage or yard . Reassemble with all new hardware with locking nuts . People replace the hangers and motor crossmember all the time with bolts , why not ALL of the crossmembers :thumb:
 
pauly383 said:
Don't know the exact weight , but I don't think your going to carry it by yourself .

Grind all the rivets off , and store it easily stacked on the side of the garage or yard . Reassemble with all new hardware with locking nuts . People replace the hangers and motor crossmember all the time with bolts , why not ALL of the crossmembers :thumb:
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Sounds like a good idea but if you go this route then take a lot of pics so you know how everything goes back together.
 
I've dragged em around... I would say it's between 350 and 400 with standard crossmembers attached.. 2 guys can pick it up pretty easy...

tho fully disassembled, 1 guy could manage each rail relatively easy I would say...
 
I would think that if everything was apart at once, it would be pretty hard to put it back together nice and true again. Those rivets take up every last bit of slop in the holes.
 
I've moved Blazer frames around by myself. A reasonably strong man can lift one side at a time. The secret is to bolt a couple large caster wheels to the rear of the frame... then lift the engine-side and roll it wherever you want. That trick works well for me.

I recently had to store a Suburban frame in the basement. It was never going to fit without disassembly (the caster wheel trick still worked though), so I drilled out EVERY SINGLE rivet from every crossmember, marked each one for location and then took the entire thing apart. A single rail can be lifted by one person and carried. I was able to move everything to the basement that way. I even was able to get the 12-bolt rear axle down the steps sideways!

Good Luck.

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Hey,
thanks a lot for your answers! I'm not exactly sure if I really should dissasemble the whole thing, but let's see...
BTW: Drove the Jimmy home today, nice score! one owner and well maintained, unfortunatley quite rusty... filled it up for 8.5$ a gallon :doah::doah::doah::haha::haha:( gas prices in germany, you know...) the 5.0 litre smallblock got a surprisingly good mileage and it's a lot faster than the 6.2 diesel in my other truck.
 
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here's a picture of the truck
yep! 8,5$ a gallon, that sucks a**
 
Damn, hate to see that. Is pretty though. Even has the factory roof rack.
 
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