Like I said, though, little effort was needed and I'm pretty careful in everything I do.
I'd just be worried about getting the lock ring tight enough if you skid. You'd probably be able to tap the lockring to where it seems like it's tight enough, but if you pull back hard to skid and it's not 100% tight, you could potentially walk the cog an strip the hub body.
If you do do this, I'd lay off the skids until you get a proper lockring wrench on there. You'd be surprised how much more turn you can get out of those things when you think they're tight.