Heavy subject, Wheels with Calcium

"If a wheel does go over, What's a good way to get it back up? (Just planning ahead)"

First, if it does go over - stand back!!
Do make sure you have a place to roll the wheel to that is as close as possible and still out of your working area.

I used a hand truck to pick up the edge of the tire enough to slip a chain under it and out through the center. Then I used the engine hoist to pick it up.

Even a small helper is better than no helper as long as the person understands about keeping the tire upright or getting out of the way!

"How do you torque something to 450 ft lbs?"

Well, I used a three+ foot long pipe on the breaker bar to get some leverage. And I put all of my weight into the effort. Since I weigh something over 150 that should end up with 450+ lbs torque. Is it 450 lbs? Who knows. But it is a lot tighter than without the extra leverage.

hth

N - joy.

Mountainman...CA

Once before when this subject was tossed around, Don B posted that he has a hand truck set up to slide under the tire. I would guess there would have to be some modifications to the hand truck to keep the tire on there without rolling off, but it shouldn't be hard to do and would be well worth it if you were removing loaded tires with any regularity.

When re-installing, lean the wheel in to the top two lugs and lugnuts. Then slowly jack up the rear axle and with the two top ones in place, the wheel should slide onto the others as the tractor is jacked up. then secure the lugnuts. might as well let gravity and the weight work for you.