Post pics of Tire Racks

BigWilly · Nov 25, 2009

I have two sets of tires and wheels for my car, not a big garage and last night spent one hour looking at stuff laying around that I could possibly make a rack out of...then I remembered, I shouldn't start any new projects until I check "The site"...
Can you post up picks of your tire racks?

e3pres · Nov 25, 2009

I don't have any pics right now, but I made two knee braces out of angle, bolted them to the wall, then used a leftover chainlink fencepost and a couple of the post clamps as the horizontal member to span between them. I'll try to get some pics tonight.

mdadgar · Nov 25, 2009

This one is pretty hard to argue with for the price:

http://www.tirerack.com/accessories/detail.jsp?ID=61

- Mark

BigWilly · Nov 25, 2009

mdadgar said:
This one is pretty hard to argue with for the price:

http://www.tirerack.com/accessories/detail.jsp?ID=61

- Mark

Ha! That's the one That got me started on this...but it's on back order.

knipdm01 · Nov 25, 2009

Build one outta threaded pipe and pipe flanges with screw holes.

BigWilly · Nov 25, 2009

I have a few lengths of angle iron laying around...I'm thinking that would be the way to go. I was curious to see what others are doing around this.

justinmc · Nov 25, 2009

I'd be curious to see some tire storage solutions as well. I was just looking at ideas the other day. Someone on here has a garage build thread where they used the space above their garage door to store them (up against the header) built a shelf basically. Pretty cool except you have to have the door down to access the tires. Still pretty good idea.

Motorhead Extraordinaire · Nov 25, 2009

We installed this tire rack at a BMW shop. It uses Shure tire racks modified to have a top tier. They will hold a lot of tires and a lot of weight.

Joe Germann

BobWarfield · Nov 25, 2009

Got a Gorilla Rack at OSH and it works great. Just assemble without the MDF shelving. The tires fit perfectly. Add shelves if you don't need that much tire storage.

Best,

BW

G1K · Nov 25, 2009

Here's mine:

Ryan

Garage_Mahal · Nov 25, 2009

Liftin' a tire and wheel onto a rack *****, try this:

XelderX · Nov 26, 2009

Here is the one I did out of pipe. It was very simple and under $100 for supplies IIRC.

autowerks9 · Nov 26, 2009

I sell the wall mounted racks as well as a tire storage cart that rolls around in my online store. check them out here::Free shipping !!

http://www.autowerks9.com/autowerks9_web_004.htm

E46M3 · Nov 26, 2009

Like xelderx... mine are black pipe and pipe flanges. The whole section holds 4 sets of tires on rims.

Cheers,
E46m3

Mr_fixit · Nov 29, 2009

Here's the one I just put up today.

I didn't make it, I got it out of an old service station. It was covered by 4 layers of paint that took forever to scrape & sandblast off. It looks like it was homemade out of shelving uprights, shelf brackets, angle iron and flat stock.

It was in use for probably 40 years, it's now 11' long, after I trimmed it.

fireguy · Nov 30, 2009

With 4 service trucks, I finally developed a tire rack that is very easy to make. It is also completly adjustable. At present, there are 6 tire/wheel assemblies stored, tommorrow the Sprinter tire/wheels will be added, then the summer tire/wheels for the E250.

Start
1. tire/wheel on floor, layed down
2. Next tire wheel on first
3. Next tire wheel on 2nd
Stack as high as needed, while maintaning stability.
To retreive, remove top tire/wheel. I have tried to remove the bottom wheel/tire, but that is very troublesome.

Any one needing inexpensive storage, please feel free to use my method.

bmwpower · Nov 30, 2009

fireguy, I am using your method as we speak! I even have a table top sitting on top of a couple stacks. Too bad the table top is covered with **** and I can't use it. :beer:

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Black pipe brethren, is there a way to mount blackpipe 45 degrees on a wall? Do they make a flange like that?

Talking about circled areas....

nate379 · Nov 30, 2009

I just stack them in a corner though I only have the 4 summer tires for my Subaru. Everything else I own I don't switch tires for winter.

nmk_61802 · Nov 30, 2009

bmwpower said:
Black pipe brethren, is there a way to mount blackpipe 45 degrees on a wall? Do they make a flange like that?

Talking about circled areas....

I would need to see I photo of your garage, but I assume you have a cathedrial ceiling hence the need for mounting the flange @ 45 degrees.

If so, why not add a 45 elbow in one of the upright braces to set the flange perpendicular to the ceiling?

sonett43 · Nov 30, 2009

I made mine quite simply out of some unistrut and threaded rod, under $100 in materials, an hour or so to assemble, easy storage of 12 tires

bmwpower · Nov 30, 2009

nmk_61802 said:
I would need to see I photo of your garage, but I assume you have a cathedrial ceiling hence the need for mounting the flange @ 45 degrees.

If so, why not add a 45 elbow in one of the upright braces to set the flange perpendicular to the ceiling?

I think that is my only option, unless someone knows of something else to use. My worry was that the added depth needed when using a straight piece off the wall, then a 45 might make it stick off the wall too much.

sberry · Nov 30, 2009

I will get a couple pics, my helper and I just build one that holds 45 or 50 tires. Nice to finally have that mess picked up. I like a couple of these home brew setups in this thread.

babzog · Nov 30, 2009

Here are my tire storage racks. Built for far less that $129 ea.

Auzivision · Dec 1, 2009

I was originally going to build a rack up high. Then I realized my regular old metal shelves would work just fine. Not having to lift the wheels is a big plus when considering options.

hyisbm · Dec 1, 2009

is it better to have the tires & wheels stacked up on each other than having them up right and on the ground? We just switched our summer wheels out last weekend and I just rolled them under the table.

Dan0myte · Dec 1, 2009

Sitting on the tread in one spot for too long could potentially cause a flat spot or cause the tires to go slightly out of round. But that's really far-fetched, more than likely nothing will happen to them sitting like that. But just for peace of mind you may want to have them lay on their side...

Auzivision · Dec 1, 2009

IMHOP… it really doesn’t make much difference. Tires flat spot to some degree every time you park your vehicle… sometimes more than others depending on pressure, temperature, and time. Tires return to round while driving… sometimes it takes longer than others depending on the same three factors. Except for long term storage (like 5 years plus), tires are tires and they will take about anything you throw at them within reason.

Cobra4B · Dec 18, 2009

XelderX said:
Here is the one I did out of pipe. It was very simple and under $100 for supplies IIRC.

What secures the threaded rod to the upper pieces of wood?

XelderX · Dec 18, 2009

Cobra4B said:
What secures the threaded rod to the upper pieces of wood?

There is a blind nut on the top side of the wood. I was worried it wouldn't hold enough weight and I even went hunting for a larger diameter blind nut, but my 200lb grandfather decided to hang from it with all the tires up there and it didn't even budge.

Julien · Jan 13, 2010

We built a wall-mount tire rack like these picture. It looks pretty clean in a tire garage and takes a big 5 minutes to assemble.

It is good for 8 tires (two sets) and price is 131.25$

SharkD · Jan 13, 2010

mdadgar said:
This one is pretty hard to argue with for the price:

http://www.tirerack.com/accessories/detail.jsp?ID=61

It's cheaper, direct from the manufacturer: http://www.hyloft.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=96&Itemid=130

Julien said:
We built a wall-mount tire rack like these picture. It looks pretty clean in a tire garage and takes a big 5 minutes to assemble.

It is good for 8 tires (two sets) and price is 131.25$

Maybe I'm being thick, but where is the pricing/ordering info?

I'm definitely interested -- it's less than the cost of two hyloft units and it'll give me back the space taken up by my race and rain sets.

speedracer · Jan 13, 2010

sonett43 said:
I made mine quite simply out of some unistrut and threaded rod, under $100 in materials, an hour or so to assemble, easy storage of 12 tires

You can't just throw up a teaser shot of that longhood 911! More pics! Sorry to hijack the thread.

speedracer · Jan 13, 2010

And here is mine.. $75 from Canadian Tire..

gotta56forme · Jan 14, 2010

A permutation on the no cost flat stack idea, is to dig around in your parts/junk box for four matching casters. Make a small dolly, say 32"x32" (or whatever your largest tire diameter is, and attach the casters at the four corners of the dolly. This allows you to relocate the stack as needed around the garage without having to unstack and restack. Maybe even buy one of those inexpensive HF carpet covered furniture dollys and nail a piece of sheeting (cut to size) to it. I wasn't smart enough to think of this myself, but saw it in a friend's shop.

Y

BigWilly · Jan 14, 2010

I ended up using all materials I had sitting around the place. Some angle iron, some chain...It does just what I needed, Now I can park a bike under it no problem. Holds the spare set of wheels...worked out good.

Julien · Jan 19, 2010

SharkD said:
It's cheaper, direct from the manufacturer: http://www.hyloft.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=96&Itemid=130

Maybe I'm being thick, but where is the pricing/ordering info?

I'm definitely interested -- it's less than the cost of two hyloft units and it'll give me back the space taken up by my race and rain sets.

We are in the process to offering it online but for now you can order by phone 1-866-409-RACK (7225). Ask for me, Julian.

PhantomChaos · Jan 19, 2010

mdadgar said:
This one is pretty hard to argue with for the price:

http://www.tirerack.com/accessories/detail.jsp?ID=61

- Mark

Hmmmm.....in stock now!

SharkD · Jan 19, 2010

PhantomChaos said:
Hmmmm.....in stock now!

Save yourself $30 and buy it directly from Hyloft, the manufacturer.

Thomarann · Jan 20, 2010

Julien said:
We built a wall-mount tire rack like these picture. It looks pretty clean in a tire garage and takes a big 5 minutes to assemble.

It is good for 8 tires (two sets) and price is 131.25$

+1 on these racks. Sturdy as heck - I can climb on them with tires on and no flex at all (used 3 1/2" lag bolts into studs).

Marc
(no affiliation)

fattogatto · Jan 23, 2010

Marc Shaw said:
+1 on these racks. Sturdy as heck - I can climb on them with tires on and no flex at all (used 3 1/2" lag bolts into studs).

Marc
(no affiliation)

Where are they sold in the US?

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