PhuckItImDone
SILVER Star
What'd ya use to cobble this together? I'm debating going to the junkyard and pulling the pieces from a jack/setup from something to make one, per the same idea of not pulling the one from the kit outI also always do a 5-tire rotation, for all the reasons stated here.
BTW: Tire rotations are another time when the QuickJack is a huge time saver.
Lowering the spare with that janky crank provided in the kit kinda sucks. So I made my own crank, it hangs in the garage right at the spot where I need it for dropping the spare, during every oil change.
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(That is on old photo of my crank, I've since modified it to remove the hook at the end and converted it to the little cross pin that the newer winches use)
I've had to torch off the chain on several frozen spare winches on mini-trucks, it really sucks, but not as much as finding it frozen on the side of the road and you have a flat. I spray mine with Fluid Film every time I lower the spare.
I will say that it's not as effective to do the 5-tire rotation with a directional tire like the Nokian R3s I run now in the winter. Mine are pretty much worn out now (and really noisy), so I'll be looking for something different next Fall.