XPost: sci.electronics.repair, sci.electronics.design   
   From: excretatauris@invalid.invalid   
      
   On Tue, 26 Mar 2013 09:12:35 -0700, Jeff Liebermann wrote:   
      
   > My former 1983 Dodge D50 pickup had a chain hoist spare tire under the   
   > bed.  Great idea until I blew a rear tire and high centered the rear axle   
   > while driving on a dirt road on the way to a mountain top radio site.  In   
   > order to lower the tire, a long hand crank was provided. The problem was   
   > that I was backed up against a hillside, and could not get the long crank   
   > into the hole.  I had to dig out part of the hillside for it to fit.  In   
   > order to remove the spare tire, I had to jack up the pickup bed about 3 ft   
   > off the ground, and crawl under the raised bed to release the toggle link   
   > holding the tire to the chain. Of course, with the tire lowered, the   
   > toggle link is UNDER the tire on the ground.  I raised it with a bottle   
   > jack and a rather unstable pile of rocks.  While replacing the blown tire,   
   > the pile of rocks and jack did partially collapse.  Perhaps in your   
   > parents tire store, it might work, but on a dirt road, it's not easy.   
      
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