Tire Rotation after back surgery, anyone use this type of tool?

[blackie2]

Had a lumbar spinal fusion in April of 2025, had to change a flat and it was no fun lifting the spare onto the wheel. Anyone use anything like these tools:

Amazon.com

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[fourwd1]

Yeah, I have the HF one. After 2 back surgeries I couldn't handle my 36's without it.

I'm going to move this to General Discussion so more people can benefit from this thread.

 

[spartacus]

Seems like a good price for a tool that you will utilize.

 

[ArthurKotb]

Yeah, I have the HF one.

You use it to lift the tire to install it? I never thought of that. I use the pair to move my boat around the garage. They sure make it easier to do that

 

[fourwd1]

You use it to lift the tire to install it? I never thought of that. I use the pair to move my boat around the garage. They sure make it easier to do that

Yeah, that's what they're actually made for, but I use it as a wheel/tire lift.

It wouldn't actually lift a 36" tall tire quite high enough, so I built a 'lift kit' for it out of 2" square 1/4" wall steel tubing I had lying around.

 

[Zapp Brannigan]

I use one of these. Makes moving them from corner to corner easy, you can raise and lower the tire, and it rotates on the rollers to align the lugs.

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