Going to pull the B in the house garage tonight. Displacing the wife's mini-van for a bit. My new garage has no lights yet, another work in progress.Wondering how I am going to lift the wheel while I work. Even the B had lot of clearance. My drawbar is not here yet so I cannot use that to lift. Guess I will start stacking up 'cribbing' wood while I work and keep the jack in place. Any good tricks you guys can share are welcome. We had a A-frame hoist on the farm for such chores but it was in a lean-to shed, no walls and only small 110V outlet. I rmember a 'splitting stand' that floated around the neighborhood for clutch work. We never had air tools on the farm. I have since learned that impacts wrenches are great inventions! Thought I may invest in a small engine hoist to roll around, would be good for handling rims and wheel weights. Those babies look heavy. My largest home projects so far have been my wheel horse and a VW woods buggy. Not much lifting required on those. I am somewhat familiar with heavy stuff. My first job out of college was working in coal mines on wheel loaders at 150 tons or so. But their tools are big too.
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