kogar
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- First Name
- JD
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- Mar 2, 2018
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- Location
- Cedar Park, TX
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- JLUR EcoDiesel
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ok, I'm going to tell you a story first:
Back when I got my first '18 JL, it took about 3 milliseconds for me to get a set of 35s with Fuel wheels, and a modest lift kit. I went wheeling with some friends (experienced people). Unfortunately, in one of the more difficult sections, my passenger rear tire broke the bead (it really was a freak situation -- it was NOT because I had poor quality tires). My first thought was to take the spare off and swap them out, but when I pulled the spare, the 113lbs of wheel/tire did some nasty stuff to my back (injured while in the service...sigh). My wife was NOT happy, because not only did it put me in a lot of pain, it put me in a lot of pain for days. Bad enough that I finally had to get a spinal catheter inserted to fight the ligature tears and disc damage. Fortunately, there were other folks around to help with replacing the bad wheel. But then I got to thinking, what if my wife or I was somewhere on the rural roads of Texas and got a flat. Sure, I could call USAA for a rescue tow/spare replacement, but then it made me wonder why I should even bother with a spare if I (or my wife) can't handle it?
Now to present day. I own a 20 JLUR Diesel, and my wife owns a 21 JLUR Diesel. She's running around on those same 35s, and I'm about to jump to 37s. Ironically, I calculated the respective weights of the wheels -- my 37's will only weigh a 1/2 pound more than her 35s.
So, the question is: Are there (simple) devices that would allow me to dismount a spare and raise/lower it safely for one person? This seems like something obvious, but my search really hasn't found anything that's not a big contraption like a bumper-mounted hoist. My thinking is that a series of panels could be assembled that would function like a simple ramp (because rolling a spare up or down a ramp is much easier), but then there's the question of mounting it as well as the fun task of re-aligning the wheel on the spare tire mount (rotating to line up the bolts).
Some of you may say, "Don't go wheeling with anything heavier than you can lift," but that's just not a workable solution for me. I'm about to go into my 60s screaming and kicking, and I refuse to give up. Surely there's a simple, lightweight solution that I just haven't found yet?
Back when I got my first '18 JL, it took about 3 milliseconds for me to get a set of 35s with Fuel wheels, and a modest lift kit. I went wheeling with some friends (experienced people). Unfortunately, in one of the more difficult sections, my passenger rear tire broke the bead (it really was a freak situation -- it was NOT because I had poor quality tires). My first thought was to take the spare off and swap them out, but when I pulled the spare, the 113lbs of wheel/tire did some nasty stuff to my back (injured while in the service...sigh). My wife was NOT happy, because not only did it put me in a lot of pain, it put me in a lot of pain for days. Bad enough that I finally had to get a spinal catheter inserted to fight the ligature tears and disc damage. Fortunately, there were other folks around to help with replacing the bad wheel. But then I got to thinking, what if my wife or I was somewhere on the rural roads of Texas and got a flat. Sure, I could call USAA for a rescue tow/spare replacement, but then it made me wonder why I should even bother with a spare if I (or my wife) can't handle it?
Now to present day. I own a 20 JLUR Diesel, and my wife owns a 21 JLUR Diesel. She's running around on those same 35s, and I'm about to jump to 37s. Ironically, I calculated the respective weights of the wheels -- my 37's will only weigh a 1/2 pound more than her 35s.
So, the question is: Are there (simple) devices that would allow me to dismount a spare and raise/lower it safely for one person? This seems like something obvious, but my search really hasn't found anything that's not a big contraption like a bumper-mounted hoist. My thinking is that a series of panels could be assembled that would function like a simple ramp (because rolling a spare up or down a ramp is much easier), but then there's the question of mounting it as well as the fun task of re-aligning the wheel on the spare tire mount (rotating to line up the bolts).
Some of you may say, "Don't go wheeling with anything heavier than you can lift," but that's just not a workable solution for me. I'm about to go into my 60s screaming and kicking, and I refuse to give up. Surely there's a simple, lightweight solution that I just haven't found yet?
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