Rear tires

I need to replace the brakes on both of my 8n's , Im thinking I should buy a 1 ton shop crane for lifting the tires , good idea or no ? Also I need to replace the clutch in one 8n , will the 1ton hoist work for splitting the tractor ? I want to put some weight on the front end so the crane will do that lifting also.
I'm one of those people who has to justify everything.
Thanks

It aint necessary. But if you need an excuse why limit yourself to just a 1 ton

Are tires very heavy , ill be 65 tomorrow and can't do what I used to. 1 ton because I don't need any bigger and store it.

I picked up a H.F. 1 ton off CL, along with engine stand.
Both were almost new for 1/2 price of new.
Used them when pulling and rebuilding my 2N engine.
No issues at all.
Plan on using when comes time for brakes as tires are filled.

Happy early B-Day auggy53

if no loader to help, then a shop crane can. try to do it on a flat surface like your driveway.

(quoted from post at 06:11:54 05/28/15) I need to replace the brakes on both of my 8n's , Im thinking I should buy a 1 ton shop crane for lifting the tires , good idea or no ? Also I need to replace the clutch in one 8n , will the 1ton hoist work for splitting the tractor ? I want to put some weight on the front end so the crane will do that lifting also.
I'm one of those people who has to justify everything.
Thanks

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Why not? I mean I normally just unbolt the tires and roll them out of the way and when putting them back on use a floor jack, get the hub to the correct height and kinda flop the tire over, put the top lug on and jack it up a little. The bottom swings in and I put the rest of the nuts on. Not if the tires were loaded I'd have my cherry picker (shop crane) out there now.

As far as size a 2 ton isn't any bigger than a 1 ton just better built and not much more expensive. I'd opt for the 2 ton because you know that sometime in the future you/tour kids/neighbor are going to want to lift something a little bigger.

I picked up my 2 ton, in new condition cheap at an auction.

Rick

Are your tires loaded?
If not they really are not that heavy.
I'm almost 62 and can still wrassel 14.9X30s or 15.5X38s around without a problem.
Even loaded your 11.2X28s aren't so heavy that you can't unbolt them and roll them against the wall or post or somesuch.

Forgot to add mine has the fold up legs. Takes up a lot less floor space.

I am sixty-something, and have always found it pretty easy to roll the wheels out of the way, even when loaded, as long as one keeps them upright and balanced,. don't try to go up and down slopes, and, have something nearby ready to lean them on (like the tractor).. If you are nervous about it get a helper, but a crane for just this purpose is really overkill.

Kyle,

I've always done that with weights too heavy for one person to move; i.e., stand them up on their balance point and move them, but never again if I can help it.

Last Spring when drained my tires to take the wheels off to restore the rims (6 mos after a hip replacement cause I had broken it) I had my landscape rake attached but wanted my crane on so as to use the tractor's hydraulics to put its own tires on a flatbed.

Sooo . . . I unhooked the heavy rake and stood it up, balancing it on its own fingers and started walking it backwards and out of the way. Well I tripped myself up and the 3-point end of the LandPride rake drove me backwards to the ground with a heck of a thump. For three weeks I couldn't put full weight on my right leg and crept around with a makeshift walker and later a cane.

Eventually the pain was all gone and when I went to see the surgeon for my final hip check xray I told him what had happened. he goes over to the xrays just taken and says, "come and look at this! You cracked your pelvis in two places!!

The photo is how it landed with me under one wing of the rake. If that pin hadn't slipped [b:53928b8f96]almost[/b:53928b8f96] out the rake would have smacked the top side of my pelvic structure. I'm glad I never had the keeper in the hole on that pin.

So, you'd never catch me rolling a loaded tire without help now. Once burned, twice shy.

I just bought the 2 ton shop crane on sale at harbor freight for 179. 00. I know a crane is over kill but I had back surgery a year ago , got 6 screws , rods and a wire cage put in. The surgery freed up nerves that had been pinched for 40 years .. I still can't feel my feet touch the floor . So I will gladly use a crane because I don't want to go through that ordeal again and hope none of you do either , not fun .

Auggie,

[color=darkblue:1ace3450de]Happy B-Day tomorrow![/color:1ace3450de]
I'm in the same camp at 68.

T

I've repeatedly removed and rolled around loaded 13.6's by myself, but a shop crane is an extremely useful thing to have handy if one of them falls over as you'll never get it vertical again without mechanical assistance of some sort!

cherry picker is just one of those tools ya need to have.
After you buy one for this or that job, you will use it for lots of stuff. Especially if you work alone, it's a very strong helper.
If buying the cheap HF ones, get the 2-ton. on sale not much price difference. folds up the same as the little one.
(remember the sliding boom thing..the rating is with the boom short..extend the boom, ya need the bigger one)

for tractor tires (smaller tractors), they are not really needed though. I do a lot of tire swapping. Don't think any tire has ever left the ground. make the tractor match the tire with the jack. no lifting tires.
If you absolutely need a tire raised an inch, roll it up on a board.

edit..lol missed the post that you bought one....guess we agree!

Great for moving heavy things inside. I welded 3 point hitch brackets on mine to use outside too. For a little more I would go for the 2 Ton model. It's made heavier with a larger piston.

Larry
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Larry,

Brilliant idea, 3 pt pins!

T