Wheel lifts for use with 2 post lift

[gizardlizard]

Does anybody own one of these or have used one? I know I should just “sack up” and lift the wheels on and off the vehicle but I’m not getting any younger and 35’s, 37’s and up aren’t getting any lighter. https://cdn1.bigcommerce.com/server...C_AEZWL_2__42345.1424092318.1280.1280.jpg?c=2

 

[mike93lx]

anyone who tells you to "sack up" is a *****. back injuries should be avoided at nearly any cost.

just an idea, but why not remove/install the wheels with the vehicle only lifted slightly?

 

[CraigStu]

anyone who tells you to "sack up" is a *****. back injuries should be avoided at nearly any cost.

just an idea, but why not remove/install the wheels with the vehicle only lifted slightly?

Winner, winner. That is what I did the last 5-6 years before I retired from being a Lexus dealer tech. The large SUVs had wheel/tires that were too heavy for me so I lowered the thing til they only had to come up 1/2 inch to hit the lugs. Another technique I have seen is roll the tire onto a creeper. This way you can move the creeper to the hub, and the creeper is long enough for the tire to roll a little on it. That allows you to rotate the tire so the lugs align.

 

[ericm]

Get a wheel dolly (see link below for an example). It lets you lift the wheel with one hand and rotate it on the rollers with the other to line up the lug nuts/bolts. Works great with the vehicle in the air just enough to get the wheels off the ground a few inches.

The wheel dolly you linked to will be needed if you want to change wheels with the vehicle lifted up high.


https://www.homedepot.com/p/ESCO-Truck-Tire-Wheel-Dolly-70130/309182267

 

[Radio Flyer]

We had a similar one at my last job. it was air operated and cable driven. The cable was always coming off. The idea was good, but the engineering was lacking. It also took up a lot of real estate when not in use.

I currently do F-series and hd trucks and use the one ericm linked.

 

[astroracer]

A Harbor Freight furniture dolly (the small one) will do the same thing for about 10 bucks. Set the tire on the dolly and roll it onto the lugs. With the vehicle lifted to the matching height it should fall right on.
If you really want to get slick mount a couple of rollers to the dolly so you can spin it to match the lugs up.
I store all of my extra rims and tires on these dollies. Makes them easy to move around.
Mark

 

[gizardlizard]

I do currently take wheels off and install while low but knees are bad too lol. Hence why I bought a lift. I know they make tire trees too for hanging wheels on the lift. That way, you never have to bend over. Well, I guess 6 of 1 and a half a dozen of another. Either the back or the knees. Atlas makes a cheap one. Might give that a try. Thanks for the advice guys.

 

[AXDB]

Does anybody own one of these or have used one? I know I should just “sack up” and lift the wheels on and off the vehicle but I’m not getting any younger and 35’s, 37’s and up aren’t getting any lighter. https://cdn1.bigcommerce.com/server...C_AEZWL_2__42345.1424092318.1280.1280.jpg?c=2

But if you have a two post should be able to get the height of the lift within a 1/2” of where the wheel would just slide on. I use a long pry bar to rotate and or lift just a hair to get set when hanging the wheels from my duramax.

 

[Dragfluid]

But if you have a two post should be able to get the height of the lift within a 1/2” of where the wheel would just slide on. I use a long pry bar to rotate and or lift just a hair to get set when hanging the wheels from my duramax.

I've done that too, but depending on the wheels, it can be a royal PITA.
I like the idea of the wheel lift. Then you can get them at chest level where it's easier to see the damn studs.

 

[pbon]

I have never had any trouble pulling wheels off my BMW cars. I do it twice a year, for 3 cars, and carry them up and down stairs for storage. Then my father in law asked me to change his summers for snows. He has a Lincoln Navigator with 22” wheels. Those wheels felt like they weighed 100 lbs each and I was having a really hard time with them. I had to lower the car on the lift to a better height and was still struggling.

 

[Wrench97]

We have one at the shop, it works but can be a pita to use, it's usually easier to just let the pickup(usually) down to pull and install the wheels from a wheeled seat, if you are rotating you have to take 1 off put it on the ground take the second off move the jack without the tire falling off or drop it down and remove it too.
It usually gets pulled out when we have something apart and can't drop the vehicle and the wheel lift goes high enough to reach .................. so not very often.

 

[Wrench97]

I have never had any trouble pulling wheels off my BMW cars. I do it twice a year, for 3 cars, and carry them up and down stairs for storage. Then my father in law asked me to change his summers for snows. He has a Lincoln Navigator with 22” wheels. Those wheels felt like they weighed 100 lbs each and I was having a really hard time with them. I had to lower the car on the lift to a better height and was still struggling.

Drop it down so the tire is 1-2" off the ground and use a long pry bar for leverage just like we do for semi tires.

 

[Busted_Knuckles]

Get a wheel dolly (see link below for an example). It lets you lift the wheel with one hand and rotate it on the rollers with the other to line up the lug nuts/bolts. Works great with the vehicle in the air just enough to get the wheels off the ground a few inches.

The wheel dolly you linked to will be needed if you want to change wheels with the vehicle lifted up high.


https://www.homedepot.com/p/ESCO-Truck-Tire-Wheel-Dolly-70130/309182267

Ive got the same one, I bought it from a " don't injur your back " if you dont have too... aspect. I can lift ALLOT, but just because I can does not mean I should, one day, my luck is going to run out...

I will spend money like a drunken sailor on things, that keep me from blowing out my back. I know someone who did this,.,.. his life is mostly ruined because of it.

 

[Chuckster in NJ]

Work Smart...... Not Hard!
Back injury problems last forever and surgery *****!

 

[ericm]

A Harbor Freight furniture dolly (the small one) will do the same thing for about 10 bucks.

No, it won't. It doesn't let you rotate the wheel to line it up or lift the wheel to line it up. All it's got is crappy casters.

It's not that easy to jack a car up the exact right distance to get the wheel to go on without lifting it. Which is why the wheel dollies intended for moving cars are not the best tool for this job.

I recommend trying a wheel dolly like the one I posted.