Man these wheels are big....

[Jimmy N.]

Maybe I'm not supposed to handle tire and wheel combinations, but am too stupid to know it?

With arthritis in my knees since two years old, a bad back since 18, and a hernia from some 15 years ago, I technically shouldn't lift more than a tire iron if the doctors had their way.
But I generally do what I gotta do, so when putting 80-100 lb. tire and wheel assemblies on the tire machine or in a pickup bed, I use my leg to lift them. Same with putting them on the balancer.

But I do often cheat when putting even small assemblies, such as on a Challenger, back on the hubs. By using a simple lever (normally a small breaker bar), I can lift it with one hand and guide the wheel over the studs with the other. Simple and effective.

Then it's just a matter of convincing my knees, and then my back, that I need to stand up again.

 

[Jungle Cat]

Lifting the assemblies onto the lugs from a squat position is not for anyone with any kind of ailment. I’m in good shape for 60 but after the 4th one I’m about done.

 

[Jimmy N.]

Lifting the assemblies onto the lugs from a squat position is not for anyone with any kind of ailment. I’m in good shape for 60 but after the 4th one I’m about done.

Okay, okay, I'll stop doing it then.
Jeez, what is it with you young people these days?

 

[16GoManGoHC2]

Stock 275 on OEM Brass Monkey 20” rim weighs 62 lbs and a 315 on a 10.5 replica weighs 64 lbs, that’s not too bad? Trick is to always have a stud at 12 o’clock position, sit on ground in front of tire, put a leg on each side of tire knees about in middle of tire and help lift it with your legs, Makes getting rim/tire combo on MUCH easier this way, no banging up the calipers or rims either

 

[Jimmy N.]

Okay, full disclosure: When faced with lifting a 100-lb. or so tire and steel wheel assembly some 6 feet up, I also cheat.
Using a home built "sky hook" and the tractor was much easier than wrestling this trailer's spare into place by hand.

But if it was an aluminum wheel, I'd probably given it a try.

 

[motorhead]

Okay, full disclosure: When faced with lifting a 100-lb. or so tire and steel wheel assembly some 6 feet up, I also cheat.
Using a home built "sky hook" and the tractor was much easier than wrestling this trailer's spare into place by hand.

But if it was an aluminum wheel, I'd probably given it a try. View attachment 9637

Work smart, not hard.

 

[Jimmy N.]

Thank you, I almost wrote that myself. But didn't want to seem lazy.