85 CJ body tub weight

I've been Googling, but have come up empty so far.

Does anyone know the weight of a stock CJ body tub?
Or the weight of a typical fiberglass replacement tub?

Thanks for any insight.

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Dale Beckett

The stock Civilian Jeep tub weighs about ninety pounds. Be sure and
take the time to make gussets hooking your roll bar with your frame.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
http://www.billhughes.com/

Dale Beckett wrote:
>
> I've been Googling, but have come up empty so far.
>
> Does anyone know the weight of a stock CJ body tub?
> Or the weight of a typical fiberglass replacement tub?
>
> Thanks for any insight.
>
> --
>
> Dale Beckett

my first Google hit

http://www.fibertechind.com/jeep_bodies.htm

Extreme Fiberglass tub = 275lbs
Kevlar Tub = 325lbs

I would take a guess that a stock steel tub would be 400+ish??




"Dale Beckett" > wrote in message
k.net....
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>
> I've been Googling, but have come up empty so far.
>
> Does anyone know the weight of a stock CJ body tub?
> Or the weight of a typical fiberglass replacement tub?
>
> Thanks for any insight.
>
> --
>
> Dale Beckett

L.W.(=3D?iso-8859-1?Q?=3DDFill?=3D) Hughes III says...
> The stock Civilian Jeep tub weighs about ninety pounds. Be sure and
> take the time to make gussets hooking your roll bar with your frame.=20
> God Bless America, =DFill O|||||||O
> http://www.billhughes.com/


Good point about the roll bar, but surely "ninety pounds" is a typo?


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Dale Beckett

90 pounds does not sound right for all of that REAL steel, I bet my CJ doors
weight more that that.


"L.W. ("ßill") Hughes III" > wrote in message
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> The stock Civilian Jeep tub weighs about ninety pounds. Be sure and
> take the time to make gussets hooking your roll bar with your frame.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> http://www.billhughes.com/
>
> Dale Beckett wrote:
>>
>> I've been Googling, but have come up empty so far.
>>
>> Does anyone know the weight of a stock CJ body tub?
>> Or the weight of a typical fiberglass replacement tub?
>>
>> Thanks for any insight.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Dale Beckett

Hi Dale,
Nope, both the Jeeps I had the bodies off to paint weighed ninty or
less: http://www.billhughes.com/cj5apart.jpg and
http://www.billhughes.com/inthebeginng.jpg I'd just stand them on end
and lift them by their dashes and walk around. I can't believe they make
fiberglass tubs as heavy as advertised on the site provided you.
Although they say they reinforce them with quarter inch steel, kind of
defeats the purpose.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O


Dale Beckett wrote:
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> Good point about the roll bar, but surely "ninety pounds" is a typo?
>
> --
>
> Dale Beckett

Doors?????
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
http://www.billhughes.com/

Rusted wrote:
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> 90 pounds does not sound right for all of that REAL steel, I bet my CJ doors
> weight more that that.

I'd guess that my repop steel `79 tub is well shy of 400#, since I could
lift one end at a time without popping a gut. If forced to bet on it my
money would say 300#. Of course, the repop steel is thinner than the
OEM sheetmetal was.


Rusted wrote:
> my first Google hit
>
> http://www.fibertechind.com/jeep_bodies.htm
>
> Extreme Fiberglass tub = 275lbs
> Kevlar Tub = 325lbs
>
> I would take a guess that a stock steel tub would be 400+ish??
>
>
>
>
> "Dale Beckett" > wrote in message
> k.net....
>
>>
>>I've been Googling, but have come up empty so far.
>>
>>Does anyone know the weight of a stock CJ body tub?
>>Or the weight of a typical fiberglass replacement tub?
>>
>>Thanks for any insight.
>>
>>--
>>
>>Dale Beckett
>
>
>
>

That was with the roll bar?
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
http://www.billhughes.com/

Lee Ayrton wrote:
>
> I'd guess that my repop steel `79 tub is well shy of 400#, since I could
> lift one end at a time without popping a gut. If forced to bet on it my
> money would say 300#. Of course, the repop steel is thinner than the
> OEM sheetmetal was.

Naw, the rollbar weighs only about 30 pounds. It is difficult to judge
just how heavy the tub is, since (unlike you) I wasn't lifting the whole
thing at once.


L.W.(ßill) Hughes III wrote:
> That was with the roll bar?
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> http://www.billhughes.com/
>
> Lee Ayrton wrote:
>
>>I'd guess that my repop steel `79 tub is well shy of 400#, since I could
>>lift one end at a time without popping a gut. If forced to bet on it my
>>money would say 300#. Of course, the repop steel is thinner than the
>>OEM sheetmetal was.