How to lift each tire off the ground for service?

lincster wrote:
Never lift by the axle tubes.

I also have a 6 ton floor jack, so plenty of jack.

You wanna work on big boy stuff, you gotta have big boy equipment.

Pish tosh, I've jacked under the axle tube at the spring perches with no issues whatsoever. Changed tires, added suspension improvements, checked brakes/bearings, all without jacking the frame.

And a 6 ton jack is not "big boy stuff". I have a couple 12 tons, and a 20 ton. A 6 ton is what you use to jack up the axle.