On Dec 22, 2012, at 6:44 PM, Craig Cowan <phishman068@gmail.com> wrote:

(Spare tire, Gary Lee Rack, Hi Lift Jack, 5gallons of gas, shovel, pick axe, chain, nostalic stickers, bike)....... and it can be held up by a pair of vice grips. 
I've only done it once, and i was terrified of being cut in half.....but it did work. 
I'll never do it again, that's just too heavy!

No chance of that if "insurance" is also used:
http://www.buy.com/prod/hood-prop-universal-clamp/224158257.html?listingId=230426198&s_kwcid=
Just in case .....
It gets stowed in the rear cabinet cubby hole.
bob