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Hydraulic tyre/wheel lifter - any good?
Having wrestled with deadlifting D4 wheels and tyres onto the vehicle everytime I want to swap to my off-road tyres I thought "Surely there's a device to lift and manoeuvre the wheel whilst I'm clowning about getting the wheel nuts lined up?"
Sure enough I found such a thing called a Hydraulic Dolly/Lifter like this ==> eBay Item No. 263736069183
Does anyone have any experience of using these? Will I be wasting my time and should I just man-up?
Cheers.
26th Jul 2019 12:05 pm
rrhool
Member Since: 28 Aug 2014
Location: Norfolk
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Those are really for moving whole cars, but if could work for your wheel changing purpose. Richard
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26th Jul 2019 3:33 pm
MorganD379
Member Since: 29 Sep 2016
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Always fancied a set of these to move my cars when they park in front of my house...
26th Jul 2019 3:39 pm
ronp
Member Since: 29 Nov 2006
Location: North Yorkshire
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Re: Hydraulic tyre/wheel lifter - any good?
mattgreen wrote:
Having wrestled with deadlifting D4 wheels and tyres onto the vehicle everytime I want to swap to my off-road tyres I thought "Surely there's a device to lift and manoeuvre the wheel whilst I'm clowning about getting the wheel nuts lined up?"
Member Since: 24 Mar 2018
Location: Bristol
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More practice is needed
26th Jul 2019 5:16 pm
mattgreen
Member Since: 15 Sep 2009
Location: Worksop
Posts: 211
Re: Hydraulic tyre/wheel lifter - any good?
mattgreen wrote:
Having wrestled with deadlifting D4 wheels and tyres onto the vehicle everytime I want to swap to my off-road tyres I thought "Surely there's a device to lift and manoeuvre the wheel whilst I'm clowning about getting the wheel nuts lined up?"
Sure enough I found such a thing called a Hydraulic Dolly/Lifter like this ==> eBay Item No. 263736069183
So I bought one - works a treat - saved a lot of swearing and time trying to align the wheel on the studs in such a way that the nuts actually bite onto the thread - which is handy when doing all 4 wheels regularly.
This one isn't hydraulic, it uses a ratchet/rack mechanism much like a hi-lift jack only horizontal - the steps between clicks on the ratchet are sufficiently small to allow fine adjustment to get the studs and holes lined up with one hand.
2nd Aug 2019 10:47 am
rrhool
Member Since: 28 Aug 2014
Location: Norfolk
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Looks like that solved the problem Richard
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Discovery 2 4.0 ES 2001- Gone
Discovery 1 300Tdi ES '95 - Gone
Range Rover Classic '79 - Gone
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