Spare wheel lifter?

Don, Telstra appear to have some good lifters on the back of their Nissan Patrol utes that have a canopy on the back.
Out in our area they usually have 2 spares on the back.
Not sure who make them and also not sure if they could be fitted to a wagon door.
Maybe someone here has more clues than I about them.

Dave

Opposite lock have an attachment for their wheel carriers, it has a small hand winch that allows you to winch the tyre up.

Cheers Kev

Hi Don, 'Roscos' is one of the companies that supply Telstra with canopies with spare wheel lifters.


Their Melb Number is 1300 767 267.
they may be able to help you.
Cheers
Alex

I have a Pajero and what they do have, that is a pain, is the Pin that takes the spare on the rear metal carrier bracket.You have to feed the spare over this pin which goes through a Stud hole on the rim. Cut that off with a grinder and weld a plate on so that it sits inside the wheel centre,this allow you to rotate the spare to align the wheel studs while putting the spare on the bracket.This was the method used on the older Pajeros.You could consider a hinged bracket so that the spare would rotate vertically down to allow you to load the spare into the bracket and then hinge it back up into its place using an extension handle to get leverage.

The solution from left field is to change the trend that sees us getting weaker - to beat the battle of the bulge and the encroaching weakness, I am now lifting weights.

I can recommend this - in 3 months I have gone from leg pressing 60kg 15 times and falling over afterwards, to 230kg 15 times and walking easily. Pushups from 0 to easy 20.

My Jackaroo spare is now easy for me to lift back on (rotated tyres the other day) whereas it had become a real struggle. Not to mention the 5" waist reduction :) I may have to stop soon, the missus is looking at me strangely........

Got a long handled shovel?

Place the blade on the ground and put the handle end on the step.
Roll the wheel up the handle into the approximate position and swivel the wheel 90 degrees. You may need to place one foot on the shovel blade to stop it from lifting.
The wheel will now be at waist height and it's just a short lift to the "hanger" without back strain.

Depending on whether you've got a roof rack or not. If you have then the system I use may be able to be adapted for you.

I run 35" muddies and they sit up fairly high (top of the tyre is 2 meters off the ground).

I have made up an aparatus that utilises a 2000lb electric winch to lift my spare tyres. It works very well and takes the back breaking part of the task away....

Cheers

Roachie