Serious question about big tires....

I guess being a big fat guy comes in handy now and again. I can change 42's but it takes effort. Most of my colorful vocabulary later I can even manage to get the bad tire back in the carrier.... Don't wheel alone.
 
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Just leave it behind. Take out what you bring in except when it comes to a wheel and tire. Ha ha. Then I can post it under For Sale and dell it back to you. LOL
 
wayoflife said:
I'm not a big guy by any means but I can still just manage a heavy 37x13.50 Range E Toyo or Cooper mounted on a heavy ATX bead lock wheel by myself. With help from Cindy who is pretty petite, I can just manage a 40 but really, the best solution is to never wheel alone or, only run as big of a tire as you yourself can manage by yourself.
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I was actually thinking of you guys specifically....looking at tons and tons of threads you guys always post up, you often go exploring alone, and run what I imagine to be heavy heavy 40s. Now, although Im a big guy and can lift the weight of a 40" tire, it's quite another thing to not only pick up something THAT wide, but also lift it up pretty high (your carrier is pretty damn high off the ground considering) and thread it onto 3 little studs. Im sure you've had to wrestle more than a tire in your day, I was honestly wondering if there is some trick or something to it. I had to put my 35 back on my carrier alone the other day, and it was quite the PITA without having anyone tell me "higher or lower" to get it onto the studs.
 
I struggle, but I can put my 35" up on my own. I'm 125 lbs soaking wet and 5'8" haha. I can tell you its alot easier to pick up a flat tire, easier to grab onto, a little more room to bend your knees if it has a flatter side.

I also always figured if I was too tired or hurt I could use my hilift jack to cheat it as well.

Holding it with your knee at chest height is the easy part for me, it's getting it to that point that sucks.
 
Being a women this was a concern for me when I put the 315 Cooper STT Max's on I have an air inflatable jack which I use to lower spare on to and back on then I lift the vehicle with the inflatable jack and use old jack to lift tire to align it. I know it's a bit of a PITA but it works for me.
 
Let the air out of the tire. It makes it lighter ........ Or is it the other way around. :D

I love the winch idea. There was a really cool aftermarket idea that had a ratchet and an arm that swung down. They went out of business.
 
If you can't put the tire back on the carrier or in the back of the Jeep by yourself then don't wheel alone.
 
Reach down into your pants, find the two rounds things and give them a little squeeze to increase your testosterone.

That or call Prime8 to help.
 
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The adrenaline from being in the middle of nowhere near Jelico Tennesse and being such an idiot that you went alone with your daily driver Jeep that has to get to Milwaukee on Monday will give you the strength of ten inbred rednecks! Or at least that's my experience lol
 
SainT-314 said:
The adrenaline from being in the middle of nowhere near Jelico Tennesse and being such an idiot that you went alone with your daily driver Jeep that has to get to Milwaukee on Monday will give you the strength of ten inbred rednecks! Or at least that's my experience lol
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There is some truth in that.
 
Try changing these alone. It's all about physics and levers!:thumb:
 

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The hoist idea is great! The winch is a bonus but a hand crank would work too.

I just don't feel it's worth getting hurt on the trail. I use to take the 4 door roof off on my own and carry it and set it down, well that was great until the day I crouched down too fast and it landed on my head... haha.. As I am not a caveman trying to impress a female I will stick to using mechanical means :doh:
 
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