Try doing the front tires when you have to use spacers! Even more fun! Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message -----
> So yesterday I swapped out the two front tires on my van with a pair
> of
> older ones due to excessive wear on one of the newer ones. My stepson,
> a
> tow truck driver for ten years now, was on hand to help the old man.
> "I hate cars that use bolts instead of having studs on the wheels," he
> said.
> I can see his point. With studs, you have something to hang the heavy
> tire on, but with bolts, I found myself needing three hands: two to
> lift
> and align the bolt holes and a third to start the first bolt. He
> provided that third hand. I'm hoping I'll never have to do it by
> myself.
> --
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> Bend, Ore.