Probably a complete newbie question, but I plan to remove my motor and transaxle at a buddies shop with the help of his lift. Once out and resting on a tool box (idea from wheeler dealers) or home made cradle, is it possible to move it in and out of a pickup truck bed with 2/3 people or not?

My ideal is to take it back to my place and work on replacing vaccum lines and perishables plus giving it an electric ignition and tune up while the body is at the body shop for repair.

Thanks for the advice.

300lb. motor, 75lb. transmission...I wouldn't bet real money on those numbers but I'd bet a lunch!

You'd win a lunch, I think Mike.

3 people. One on each end of the mount bar and one on the trans. Two people with out the trans. That's assuming they are not 90lb weaklings. I'm 5'6 and 170, and old, and move them with those amount of people of the same size as me.

You should be able to put it in a pickup bed with 2-3 people.

My brother and I did it together without a problem; he grabbed the engine crossbar and I grabbed the back of the tranny. Three people would be better, it just wasn't too bad for us since he's huge (300#, dead lifts over 550#).

Awesome. Thanks guys.

I'll update my original thread as I progress.

Fully dressed engine = 250
Trans 75
325 total.
Done it with 2 people. Easier with 3.

3 is best. Or you can be hard-head like me, separate the engine/trans and power clean them into the truck bed one at a time. I accomplished it once, but wouldn't do it again if I didn't have to - was pretty sore the next day.

Damn George. You as bad as me. I picked up a fully dressed 235 Chevy 6 in my twenties. Doc said it was the worst hernia tear he'd ever seen.

Don't do it by your self.

Don't do it by yourself.

And Curt, I think you've got me beat. I'm sure a Chevy 6, being cast iron back then weighs more than the Type 4.

I didn't get a hernia, but I've had a ruptured L4-L5 disc since high school football. I wonder why it never has gotten any better..

removed the tranny from the engine and 3 of us lifted the engine to a truck bed.

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You guys are killing me!! I want to abandon my job today and go home and take it out.

But....work and the 30 degree Indiana freezing cold spring is telling me other wise.

Hopefully next week!