How to get spare wheel & tyre onto roofrack

Submitted: Saturday, Apr 16, 2011 at 14:04
ThreadID: 85658 Views:17022 Replies:9 FollowUps:11
This Thread has been Archived
Has anyone got any good ideas about how to get a spare wheel and tyre onto the roof rack of my Cruiser in the bush with only my wife to help. It is too heavy and I am too old to lift it up. I rigged up a block and tackle using some blocks left over from my sailing days, but with the fixed block attached to one of the outer bars of the roof rack on the opposite side to where the spare wheel was sitting on the ground, and the rope passing over the roofrack to the moving block which was near the spare wheel, by the time I got the wheel clear of the ground, there was too much friction between the rope and where the rope passed over the bar of the roofrack. I had rigged the block and tackle up with 3 fold purchase and I had a 6 times mechanical advantage, so it should have been easy. There must be a better way of doing it.
Back Expand Un-Read 0 Moderator

Sponsored Links