Safe Wheel Handling

Any suggestions on how to do this without major problems?

I appreciate any feedback or suggestions!

Ron

But FIRST thing to do is LOOSEN yer BIGG-NUTT while tractor is fully on the GROUND. 450ft/lbs izza bigga grunt and you NEED GROUND REACTION to achieve it. You try doing it while tractor is jacked up, and yer gonna pull yer tractor off'n the jackstands. NOT GOOD.

Many recommend loosening ALL-16 brake nutts and drive in figger-eights to loosen the brakestuds grip on yer wheels.

NOW safety BLOCK yer tractor front wheels and yer ready to remove yer reartires and when tires are OFF, safety-block yer tranny-diffy. You can't safety block yer rear trumpets 'cuz you gotta remov'em..... ..simple, eh?..... ...Dell

Some time I will draw it up. It will be easy to make.

I need to change the right side seals on my early 8N.

Pooh Bear

James

You really need 3 buck boys to handle them.

But I have done it by myself many times.

You have to keep em ballanced, and werk em where ya want em to be.

20 years ago I had to take one to the tire shop off'n my Jubilee. Rolled it over to my truck and flopped it against the tail gate (straps unhooked, tailgate down over the bumper).

Got it pried up onto the tailgate with an assortment of blocking and my diggin' iron, tied it fast to the head rack and jacked the tailgate up level with the blocks and a 5 ton bottle jack, then pried the wheel/tire forward into the bed with the diggin' iron. Didn't have a functional come-along at the time.

Got 'er to the tire shop and the owner asked how I'd gotten it in the truck, said he figured I'd used the backhoe. Told him I didn't have the backhoe any more, told him I'd loaded it by myself. 'Til the day he died, that old buzzard always said "Here comes the world's worst liar", whenever I showed up at his shop. ;O)

Couldn't pay me to handle a loaded tire that way now, but then I no longer have that old beater Chevy truck with the wood floor, neither. And I also ain't still 40, neither.

You might be able to rig a block and tackle to a sling wrapped around the tire and wheel. A nylon tow strap should work if you wrapped it around the tire the right way. But make darn sure whatever overhead support you hook to will support the weight.