Date:         Tue, 28 Aug 2012 08:14:25 -0700
Reply-To:     Vern in Bend <vernmcintosh@EONI.COM>
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From:         Vern in Bend <vernmcintosh@EONI.COM>
Subject:      Re: Putting on tires: three hands
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Rocky, look here:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/400314535869

I've even seen these called a "third hand"

Regards,  Vern

> 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.
>