advice on hood removal by myself

Before I had a forklift I used two saw horses and a sheet of 4 x 4 plywood with a blanket layed on it. Adjust saw horses to the height of opened hood and unbolt then roll truck back.

 

You have a engine lift? May have to weight the lift as boom would likely need to be completely extended. I have used engine lift to remove pickup cabs

 

What @superhauler said. only I used,A stack of old Pallets & an Old mattress.

 

old drums can help, watch out for grill it cant hold much so keep supports on outside of grill

 

Same as Superhauler except I used 4 jackstands so I could adjust the height and 2 4x4's running lengthwise with the truck. and if you need more room just roll the hood upside down.

 

Best Advice.

Get a Gun

The Hood is not going to want to be removed.

Probably going to take a lot of threatening, swearing and aggression for the Hood to be removed .

But Hopefully when that is all done, you will be Hoodless, and will have done a great service for the community.

 

I have put 3 old tires down and blocks of wood to the height of the tipped over hood. Then unbolted the hood letting it rest on the blocks/tires. Then back up the truck. I also tipped one over onto a pickup with the tailgate let down. Drove forward very slowly. Removing a hood makes some jobs so much faster and easier that it is more than worth the time and effort it takes to remove the hood.