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How do you guys store tires? I have 3-4 sets that I need to store at any one time and I hate having them piled up in the shop. I was thinking of a 2" pipe shelf to suspend them in...any other ideas? (I know I can count on you boys!):bounce:
 
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theres mine, kind of hard to get down, but out of the way.
 

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e-tek said:
How do you guys store tires? I have 3-4 sets that I need to store at any one time and I hate having them piled up in the shop. I was thinking of a 2" pipe shelf to suspend them in...any other ideas? (I know I can count on you boys!):bounce:
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I store unmounted tires in shelves hung from the garage ceiling. I don't have a particularly high ceiling, but I get 8 tires for the race car (4 stacks of 2 high) on a 2' x 8' shelf from Onrax.

Mounted tires get stacked 4 high on the floor, covered with "Wheel and Tire Covers" from Bavarian Autosport (search for part "WTC"). I actually protect the tires with tire totes with wheel felts (search for part "1003KWF") before covering them.
 
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Built it with box steel. I need another now, that rack is completely full with more tires stacked on top of the layer that is directly on the rack.
 
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Crashnscar - that perfect! Except maybe I'll hang it from the ceiling. Looks neat, nice and straight - lots of room! Thanks!
 
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I have 4 17 inch studded tires on rims, I find it way too hard to get em up on the rack
 
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I'm in the same boat -- 3 sets of race tires and a 1 car garage/workshop.

I've been pondering the Griot's pipe-on-a-plate "Wall Mount Hanger", since it gets 2 tires on the wall in least intrusive manner (a rack like crashnscar's isn't practical, even with my high-lift door). $15/ea + shipping may be a bit more than a powder-coated pipe is worth, but I don't have a welder (yet), although I could probably ask my cage-builder to fab something up.

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SharkD said:
I've been pondering the Griot's pipe-on-a-plate "Wall Mount Hanger", since it gets 2 tires on the wall in least intrusive manner (a rack like crashnscar's isn't practical, even with my high-lift door). $15/ea + shipping may be a bit more than a powder-coated pipe is worth, but I don't have a welder (yet), although I could probably ask my cage-builder to fab something up.
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Three things to consider (which may or may not be important to you):

1) Make sure you have the wall strength to handle the weight of these plus 2 tires, x however many you use. My garage is made out of chimney flue blocks, so these weren't an option.

2) If you have wide tires, you may not get 2 per post.

3) Watch out for scratches where the wheels hit the wall or each other.
 
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Heat, ozone, and UV rays are the tire's worst enemies - for long-term storage, do everything you can to minimize exposure to them (thus the TireRack recommendation to store them in a plastic bag in the basement). :thumbup:
 
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I built a tire storage rack above some shelving in the garage. It holds up to 8 12" wide tires using part of the garage door track to keep the tires in place. It may sound odd, but it works pretty well. I did put some bracing to the track to keep it stable.

Ah, but here's the rub - the tire rack about 7' from the floor at the lowest point. So, getting the tires up there is something of an issue since I don't have a helper and my arthritis makes lifting 50# plus tire/wheels on a step ladder iffy at best. A ladder isn't going to help and there is really no other place to store the tires.

So, any suggestions? Oh, and my garage ceiling is about 19' high, so some sort of pulley system seems unlikely to be feasible.
 
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SharkD said:
I'm in the same boat -- 3 sets of race tires and a 1 car garage/workshop.

I've been pondering the Griot's pipe-on-a-plate "Wall Mount Hanger", since it gets 2 tires on the wall in least intrusive manner (a rack like crashnscar's isn't practical, even with my high-lift door). $15/ea + shipping may be a bit more than a powder-coated pipe is worth, but I don't have a welder (yet), although I could probably ask my cage-builder to fab something up.

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These are what I use. I have two sets of them to store the eight snow tires for our two daily drivers for the 9 1/2 months out of the year when we don't need them.

I have them bolted to the 8 x 8's holding up the roof of the garage, one set on either side of the garage. I wanted them close to the floor so that I wouldn't have to lift the tires up high, so I bolted them as close to the floor as possible, just so that the tire would not touch the floor. Obviously the bigger the tire you use, the higher off the floor they need to be.

They have worked fine. The tires leave a black mark on the wall where they rest but it's always covered up either by the summer or winter tires being stored there, so I don't care. Tires touch tire-to-tire, not rim to rim, unless you have your tire stretched over too wide a tire ("rim poke"). Obviously if you use very wide tires, you won't get two on each pole, but for most passenger car tires, you're fine.
 
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I made this one for tires and wheels. I've put a wire rack on an empty part, too, to hold boxes of related items, tubes wheel caps, etc.
 

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found these

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

http://www.griotsgarage.com/product/heavy-duty+wall+mounted+tire+storage+rack.do

http://www.mygaragestore.com/Tire-Storage-Racks.aspx

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-build-a-Tire-Rack/




here was a good one using these http://www.ronshomeandhardware.com/...78&ImageType=2&NoImageType=2&ColorImageSize=3

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directions from another site

Here's your shopping list for a set of tires/wheels:
(4) - Crawford FlipUp Tool Holder
(8) - 1/4"x2" bolt (confirm dia w/bracket, get largest dia as possible)
(8) - Heavy Duty Washers for face of Tool Holder (confirm the fit)
(8) - 1/4" Large Fender Washer for backside of board
(8) - Locking Nuts (preferably nylocs or double up on the nuts tightened upon one another)
(1) - 2"x6" pine board (mine is 6'-8", BTW)
(6) - 3/8"x5" Lag bolt
(6) - 3/8" Large Fender Washer.

Assembly:
a) Space out the tool holder on the board.
b) Pre drill holes for tool holder bolts.
c) Mount tool holder securely (tighten to the point of squashing) to board. Don't worry if bolt & nut protrude on the back side. You won't see them. Drywall too is not an issue there as they will just burry.
d) Predrill holes for lag bolts at the stud wall spacing. Predrill also small pilot holes for set nails.
e) Mount board to studs & level. Use a set nail on one end then level using the other set nail on the opposite end.
f) Now drill small pilot holes thru the board into the vertical studs.
e) Attach lag bolts & fender washer tightly (again, to point of squashing the board).
g) Double check that everything is nice & firm. The bracket setup should be rock-solid almost strong enough to hang on.
h) Note: I chose to paint my board, post assembly to clean up the look.

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I just made some rectangles out of 2x4's that will hold 4 tires each, with the spacing of the long sides such that the tires only go about half way down depth wise. I put one on the ground and the other on top of the set of 4 tires, this keeps the tires off of the ground and allows me to stack multiple sets. Only issue is that if I want the bottom set, I have to take the top set off (no biggie as I don't swap tires that often). I was thinking about mounting casters to the bottom rectangle so I can move them around as well. Extremely simple and allows a lot of flexibility.
 
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