Anyone build a hanging tire rack?

[DRRummel]

Anyone build a hanging tire rack?

I have at least four sets of tire and rims I'd like to get off the floor and out of the way. I was thinking of sinking some eye bolts in the wall studs to hang some chains and strong pipe. I will post a drawing later.

I am curious to what others have done and how much weight seemed safe to hang from the walls.

 

[Kevin54]

I have at least four sets of tire and rims I'd like to get off the floor and out of the way. I was thinking of sinking some eye bolts in the wall studs to hang some chains and strong pipe. I will post a drawing later.

I am curious to what others have done and how much weight seemed safe to hang from the walls.

A search turns up quite a bit of different ones. Check this and scroll through some of the threads http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/search.php?searchid=1828010

 

[Tech Guy]

Well if you are in Canada, Canadian Tire just put one on sale for about $79.00 CDN. Floor or wall mount and holds four tires

 

[DRRummel]

A search turns up quite a bit of different ones. Check this and scroll through some of the threads http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/search.php?searchid=1828010

The link comes up blank for me. I had tried "Hanging tire rack" which only had two hits. What terms did you use to search on? Thanks.

 

[rwhite692]

I haven't built one yet but when I do, it will be along the lines of these very (ridiculously) simple designs:

http://www.carguygarage.com/tire-racks.html

You should be able to build one of these for essentially $0 if you are patient and can scrounge up the materials.

 

[DRRummel]

Old post, but here is an update.

My son helping me mount the rack to the wall.

Spot checking the alignment of the rack.

Lastly, the tray support struts are put in place.

The rack rack is 15 feet long. I have three 4 foot folding sections and one 3 foot section.

 

[E.rodz]

Built one myself years ago I have posted picts on my garage build . Your rack looks good keep up the good work.

 

[38Chevy454]

Posted this in a different thread, but here is my low-budget simple pipe-based solution:

 

[Steve91T]

Posted this in a different thread, but here is my low-budget simple pipe-based solution:

How strong is it? It looks like it's bending with only 4 tires, which is probably about 50 lbs a pop.

Looks like you have room for 1000 lbs of wheels/tires.

 

[DRRummel]

Here is what it looks like today.
I thought I would never need that much tire storage. That is why I made the sections collapsible.

 

[38Chevy454]

How strong is it? It looks like it's bending with only 4 tires, which is probably about 50 lbs a pop.

Looks like you have room for 1000 lbs of wheels/tires.

The bottom is 3/4 inch and the uprights are 1/2 inch galv pipe. Does it flex a bit? Sure, but it is nowhere near any permanent deformation. You could add additional uprights or wall support if it bothers you. You do not have to do my way, just showing an example of how to make one cheap. My total investment is about $70 for the whole thing. Plus fab was easy as threading the pieces together and adding a few large screws.

I have had 14 wheels and tires on it, without any trouble. It is about 8 ft off the ground so no head clearance issues. My garage is for working and is not intended for man-cave or trying to win a decorating contest.

 

[skeletonizer]

 

[DekeT]

Don't tires get a lump when you store them like that or doesn't it matter without the car weight on them?

 

[bullfrog123]

Looks to me to be a real PITA to get tires up there. Down isn't such an issue. I guess in my case I am dealing with pickup and Jeep tires which are considerably heavier than lil car tires.

 

[Scottishross]

This is mine

 

[slugworks]

Mine is a little on the ghetto side, but it's been up about a year and hasn't sagged yet.

 

[Steve91T]

Just buit this tonight. I had 4 feet of dead space that was perfect for my 2nd set of race wheels/tires. It's stronger than I thought it would be.

 

[Steve91T]

The bottom is 3/4 inch and the uprights are 1/2 inch galv pipe. Does it flex a bit? Sure, but it is nowhere near any permanent deformation. You could add additional uprights or wall support if it bothers you. You do not have to do my way, just showing an example of how to make one cheap. My total investment is about $70 for the whole thing. Plus fab was easy as threading the pieces together and adding a few large screws.

I have had 14 wheels and tires on it, without any trouble. It is about 8 ft off the ground so no head clearance issues. My garage is for working and is not intended for man-cave or trying to win a decorating contest.

Maybe my post came off wrong. I was simply asking because I was about to build a rack myself and was going back and forth between using pipe or wood and I wanted to hear about your thoughts on it now that it was built.

 

[FThera]

Here's mine

 

[awdblazer]

what size of pipe are you using?

 

[skeletonizer]

Looks to me to be a real PITA to get tires up there. Down isn't such an issue. I guess in my case I am dealing with pickup and Jeep tires which are considerably heavier than lil car tires.

My car has 20" wheels with 255/45 tires. I only put tires up there twice a year when I change the snows. They are heavy. Once every 6th months is not a PITA in my book

what size of pipe are you using?

If I recall it was 1".

 

[awdblazer]

hmm i wonder if i use 3/4 that would be enough?

 

[DRRummel]

Don't tires get a lump when you store them like that or doesn't it matter without the car weight on them?

I have read that from a couple of reputable shops also. I don’t have anything with that precision of handling that I would notice.

 

[DRRummel]

Here's mine

Nice, Is that a little block and tackle to help raise the tires to your rack?

 

[Tim The Tool Man]

Had spare pipe sitting around and tires in my way so, Ideas Stolen! Thank you all so much!

 

[DRRummel]

Had spare pipe sitting around and tires in my way so, Ideas Stolen! Thank you all so much!

Perfect. It looks like it was unused space anyway.

 

[skeletonizer]

Don't tires get a lump when you store them like that or doesn't it matter without the car weight on them?

I suppose they could. I rotate mine a small amount about once a month, just push up on the tread that faces out and they spin a bit. Takes 30about seconds for all 8 at most. I generally do this when I am running my generator for its monthly workout.

 

[jerkyboy]

Posted this in a different thread, but here is my low-budget simple pipe-based solution:

Love it!!! Great idea, I'm going to replicate that for my garage, thanks.

 

[AMCguy]

Some good ideas in this thread. I'll be borrowing a few of them.