Whimp Warning - How do people get there spare on/off their roof rack?

[roverman]

Man invented pulleys and ropes for a reason. Get clever man, screw the hard work!!

 

[danrhiggins]

I have actually been thinking about that. I use a block and tackle system to stack my off season wheels in the garage. Haven't yet thought of a clever way to create a system on my Yakima roof rack. But I'm giving it some thought. Would be open to any ideas.

 

[Sogs]

I have thrown it off my truck 8 times without hitting it...as for the garage door however, I have hit that 4 to 6 times with my roof rack

 

[roverman]

I'm picturing a pulley on the front of your rack with one end of the rope tied to a dowel or something that goes through your hub. You'd probably need a second person to guide the tire as you pulled to sort of let it roll up the back of your car? Or something like that. Heck, I don't know, maybe you could just bounce it up off one of those jogging trampoline deals, LOL...

 

[cperez]

I have thrown it off my truck 8 times without hitting it...as for the garage door however, I have hit that 4 to 6 times with my roof rack

And you're giving people advice on how to drive through water?

(sorry, couldn't resist!)

 

[danrhiggins]

Or maybe I could use my X Jack to lift it. Or just ask my wife to toss it up on the roof for me. ;-)

I was able to lift it up. Not easy, but doable. I'll keep thinking about ideas, though. Maybe something to work on over the winter. Maybe a simple A-frame (2 dowels or whatever attached at the top with a pulley). Anchored to the rack at the bottom. Top leans out over the side of the truck such that the pulley extends far enough to raise the wheel/tire up without rubbing the side of the truck. Once the tire hits the top of the "A" then you lift/tilt the whole A up and swing the tire over and onto the rack. (OK, that last part - the "swinging" part, may be a bit more difficult.) All of this may be far too complicated. But it is sort of fun to see if I can figure out a relatively simple way to do it that actually works.

 

[danrhiggins]

I have thrown it off my truck 8 times without hitting it...as for the garage door however, I have hit that 4 to 6 times with my roof rack

Just a follow up. Since I had to change tires a couple of times this weekend there was a lot of getting the wheel/tire up and down. No problem. As was said, lift it to the tailgate, hop up, lift it onto the rack. Wasn't as hard as I thought it would be.

 

[jwest]

My PT guy (who works with the US ski team) says "to get strong, pick up heavy things" then goes through the correct/safe ways to work with kettle bells and other core strength routines.

Tires count as a heavy thing