Hey Liz, in response to your metaphor: Trigger is the name of your dog, right?
DO send them the dimensions on the 14" wheel cutouts, and see what they say.
Jim: you understand EXACTLY, re: my discussion of dolly-based attacks. But let me expand on a point I made:
For a CAR or SUV, a "6200 lb" Dolly only needs a dead weight capacity of about 1500 lbs. As you raise the tire you're lifiting, the weight transfers to the other axle and other tire. Those of us with the 15" wheel are dead-weight loaded closer to 2000 lbs empty, and even more when loaded.
Yeah the garage Dollies can probably lift a bit more than their advertised capacity. But 2500 lbs? In order to do that, you've got professional towing equipment (as REPO MEN
DO), not the $400 garage-type equipment. Fortunately for us, road-towing, high-load-capacity dollies cost well into the 4-figure range. To withstand the towing-via-high-quality-dolly-lift attack, you're back into the GPS tracking system (or armed guards
) level of defense, unfortunately.
BTW, an 18-wheeler might be
easier than a 16-wheeler (the 3rd axle on the Trailer means less dead weight on the particular pair of tires which you're lifting.) And it's not so easy when loaded to the hilt, I'll bet he's taking an EMPTY truck on that television show. And did he have to tow away on the dollies, or only lift enough to further raise the "target" truck via tow truck straps? (Boots on BOTH the frontmost and rearmost axles of the truck would require the entire thing to be carried. Our single-axle TM's have the same problem, the axle which has the boot is a load-bearing axle while towing, unless the entire thing is lifted onto a BIG towtruck, or unless the dollies used on that axle are road-capable.)