First trip and need new tires
So the story goes like this. Our first weekend trip out went perfectly, kids toy and truck made it in style. But on the way home I decided to pull into the touch stop to fix up some dinner and found ...
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BobWanderer wrote:joebedford wrote:taken wrote:Yup, almost twice as much!
The G614's weighed a good deal more bare than my factory installed Towmax tires weighed still mounted on the rims! A lot more tire there...
The thin tires on wheels I could lift onto the studs while kneeling. Now my R250s (about the same weight as G614s) I have to sit on the ground with the wheel in my lap and lift the wheel with my legs
Be careful with that, if the jack fails your legs will be pinned, don't ask how I know.
I was lucky I was only slightly pinned and someone was able to lift the car enough that I got my leg out with out damage.
Use a 2' pry bar and a small 2x4 block to lever the tire up onto the studs -way easier on the body plus your not putting your body in a dangerous place underneath. I keep one with my jack and lug wrench in the trailer.
A 2'pry bar is chaeap at Harbor Freight or north of the border at Princess Auto or Canadian Tire
