Off-season wheel storage - ideas?

[NuthinFancy]

I've got summer and winter sets of mounted tires/wheels for two cars and not enough space (is there ever?) in the garage store them as I would like - a pair of wall racks.

The wheels are rotated (sorry) every April and November on both vehicles.
Hauling them up and down to/from the basement has lost its appeal and storing them outdoors is not an option.

One option would be to hang them on a bracket (one wheel per bracket) on something like this. These would be screwed into wall studs to provide adequate support. The foam padding would eliminate metal-to-metal contact and thus reduce any dissimilar metal corrosion effects.

Good idea? Bad idea? Better ideas welcome.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt-Heavy-Duty-Padded-Arm-Hanger-18042/202305548

 

[vavet]

You didn't provide a link or a picture.

 

[StreetGLi]

You're going to hang 8 wheels from the wall, each from its own stud..? But you can't figure room for racks?

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[maxpat82]

Like said above: that's gonna take a s***load of wall space!

 

[isb cornbinder]

I bought one of those wall mount tire/wheel storage brackets. I go this on on Craigslist for $20, delivered.
The wheels are 20 inch Ram 1500.

 

[NuthinFancy]

You're going to hang 8 wheels from the wall, each from its own stud..? But you can't figure room for racks?

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Correct: the racks stick out too far (> 26"), but the hangers are only about 10". There's room for at least 2 wheels on a stud (wall is 9' high). I didn't say it was gonna be pretty...

 

[jonshonda]

How do you have enough wall space to hang wheels in a most inefficient manner, yet don't have enough space to hang them like every other person does?

$15 and 2 hours of your time and you could have this.

 

[aka Larry]

I built mine using EMT and Superstrut from Lowes:

 

[rlwhitetr3b]

I think he is more short of floor space than wall space. He seems more concerned with how far the tires extend into the garage than the amount of wall space they occupy.

 

[pbon]

Build a shed off the garage?

 

[NuthinFancy]

I think he is more short of floor space than wall space. He seems more concerned with how far the tires extend into the garage than the amount of wall space they occupy.

Correct.

 

[firebirdparts]

Good idea? Bad idea? Better ideas welcome.

Good idea. Do it. Look through the selection at the store. They and other vendors have several geometries for basic wall hooks. They might have something long enough to stick all the way through a wheel, but you don't necessarily need that.

 

[polexican23]

4 on the floor in your bedroom, a sheet of plywood. Instant platform bed.

 

[Stuart in MN]

This is a pretty common question that comes up regularly - here are some previous discussions.

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=373436
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=369170
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=48827
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=20087
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=95449
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=181002
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=259456
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=261141
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=358977

 

[check251]

Here's some brackets to mount flush against the wall that are made to hold wheel and tires. Looks a bit stronger than the ones in your OP. They cost a bit more of course.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XCGZ7RJ/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[firebirdparts]

Here's some brackets to mount flush against the wall that are made to hold wheel and tires. Looks a bit stronger than the ones in your OP. They cost a bit more of course.

 

[Lynden]

The hangers you linked would work. Here are some other ideas.

http://www.mobilemonitors.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/charming-tire-rack-tires-9-fourtires1.png

http://forums.genvibe.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=39685

https://www.drive2.ru/l/7971000/

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XCGZ7RJ/?tag=atomicindus08-20

https://www.glaownersclub.co.uk/forum/8-main-gla-forums/220-storing-winter-summer-wheels-tyres.html -- The wood frame could be mounted near the ceiling.

https://www.strongracks.com/shop/motorized-storage/motorized-horizontal-quad-bike-lift-white/ -- Make a rack similar to this rack and store the tires on the ceiling.

 

[Backwodsurvivor]

I've just been stacking them in my kitchen/living room...

 

[joe_padavano]

storing them outdoors is not an option.

Aren't they "stored" outdoors when they're bolted to the car?

 

[slow]

Aren't they "stored" outdoors when they're bolted to the car?

Many tires especially performance tires cannot be exposed to frozen conditions.

https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2014/03/performance-tires-crack-winter-cracking/index.htm

 

[firebirdparts]

Or perhaps they shouldn't be exposed to thieves either.

 

[DRP6833]

Build a shed off the garage?

Or get something like this?

 

[joe_padavano]

Many tires especially performance tires cannot be exposed to frozen conditions.

https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2014/03/performance-tires-crack-winter-cracking/index.htm

Read that article again. GM recommends not OPERATING at temps below 20 deg F. An unloaded tire that isn't rolling is not going to be damaged. Do you really think that the trucks that bring those tires to Detroit in January are heated?

Or perhaps they shouldn't be exposed to thieves either.

And when they're on the car???

Chain and a big padlock come to mind.

 

[dkroth]

I think he is more short of floor space than wall space. He seems more concerned with how far the tires extend into the garage than the amount of wall space they occupy.

I'm not a fan of lifting wheels/tires up over my head.

I use Harbor Freight shipping dollies. 4 - 6 tires per dolly, depending on width. I can easily move them when I need access/space.

I narrowed my dollies a few inches to better fit the foot print of the tires.






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[6768rogues]

I built mine using EMT and Superstrut from Lowes:

That looks great but the OP is in Wisconsin. When his roof gets a huge snow load and the extra weight of those wheels causes a collapse, he will not be glad he hung them from the roof structure.