Man he tried like 3 collision places and one body shop that worked on classic cars and no dice. It was really sad because it was his dads truck that passed away when he was a kid.
I gotcha was just offering a different suggestion that is quick and free to try. You are totally right, hydraulic would be the way to go for sure, as well as taking it to a professional. If it was me, i would try a few things before searching out a shop. A friend of mine got in a wreck recently...
Sure thing man! The rest of the thread is pretty confusing to me, but it’s just a free suggestion to try before taking it to a frame shop or busting out the torch :)
Edit: just saw that the thread was all cleaned up, thanks!
Im talking about using the hi lift as a come along to pull the hook parallel to the ground to bend the frame section there down a few mm to be able to slide the bumper in that c channel of the frame. You arent lifting the truck up. The e brake, someone holding the brakes in the cab, or chocking...
Looks like hes trying to slide an aftermarket rear bumper in the c channel, and offered a Free solution to try to free up some room for it to slide in, to go along with the heat and hammer also suggested. Whats your addition?
e brake, person in the car holding the brakes, chock the wheels, whatever works. That hook was bent in the direction of the front of the truck, a hi lift in line with that hook and an immovable object could potentially coax the bend down a little bit. The PO obviously reversed into something...
If you took the bumper off could you in theory connect a hi lift to the hook and put the ebrake on the truck and connect the other end to something heavier than the 60 and try and bend it out?