| Makes it easy to manage wheels [message #321879] |
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Matt Colie
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Registered: March 2007
Location: S.E. Michigan
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Well, I wish I has thought of this sooner.... Look up "Wheel Dolly" at Hazard Fright.
This makes managing wheels a bunch easier.
I've owned 4 of these for more than few years. I got them to move the 6k# sailboat on a trailer sideways in the barn. Yeah, I did the bit with both magazines and then wet sheets of PE, but that gets old fast.
Recently, I had to replace 2 shocks (one front and one rear) and I was struggling with 80# wheels to get them lined up with studs. Then I had to move something, (if you should see my barn, this would be no surprise) and uncovered the stack of "Gojacks" as they are trade named. The LED (only recently upgraded) in my brain finally lit. I dragged out one of them and stood the loose wheel in it and pushed it clear of the work area.
When I got done and wanted to put the wheel back, I pushed it back to the center of the hub and was going to adjust the jack, when I said to my self,"Hey Stupid - the tire is on a jack." So, I pumped the wheel dolly until the studs were close and with the tire on the rollers, rotating it to mate it with the studs was simple.
I just wish that I had though of this on the first wheel.
If you live in striking range and would like to borrow one or more, let me know. They aren't making anybody any money while stacked in my barn.
Matt
Matt & Mary Colie - Chaumière -'73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
Electronically Controlled Quiet Engine Cooling Fan with OE Rear Drum Brakes with Applied Control Arms
SE Michigan - Near DTW - Twixt A2 and Detroit
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