Author Topic: Storing tires - standing up or lay flat? (Read 4058 times)

vroom124 · « **on:** December 11, 2005, 04:33:27 pm »

Took off my all season radials and put on some winter tires. How should I store my ASRs, standing up or lay them flat on top of each other? I've seen conflicting advice on this on various google searches.

I currently have them stored standing up beside each other.

Snowman · « **Reply #1 on:** December 11, 2005, 05:16:58 pm »

I store my ties stacked up on their side with a cardboard divider between them.

ovr50 · « **Reply #2 on:** December 11, 2005, 05:53:13 pm »

Stack flat (on their sides).

safristi · « **Reply #3 on:** December 11, 2005, 06:15:02 pm »

Don't matter a darn...they would normally be sitting with 3,500lbs on their little bittle heads..just keep PURE VIRGIN AIR in them...I have some fer $50....

...ever seen the garages and warehouses NOT storing them UP RIGHT on racks?..?..?

ovr50 · « **Reply #4 on:** December 11, 2005, 07:20:05 pm »

It's not only virgin air, it's that virgin tires can stand up, but once used, they should be laid down.....

canadianexpress · « **Reply #5 on:** December 11, 2005, 09:32:42 pm »

my friend told me once that he left them standing and this created a flat spot on the tire.

sterling · « **Reply #6 on:** December 11, 2005, 09:34:37 pm »

Quote from: safristi on December 11, 2005, 06:15:02 pm

Don't matter a darn...they would normally be sitting with 3,500lbs on their little bittle heads..just keep PURE VIRGIN AIR in them...I have some fer $50.... ...ever seen the garages and warehouses NOT storing them UP RIGHT on racks?..?..?

Ah, the voice of reason. What's this world coming to?

wing · « **Reply #7 on:** December 11, 2005, 09:49:08 pm »

Quote from: canadianexpress on December 11, 2005, 09:32:42 pm

my friend told me once that he left them standing and this created a flat spot on the tire.

Bah, that's funny, unless they were bias-ply tires. I left my tires all winter on the car last year and they were fine.

vroom124 · « **Reply #8 on:** December 11, 2005, 10:10:26 pm »

So one flat on side, one standing, one no difference...seems there's no consensus on this here either. Tire sites also give conflicting advice on this.

I have them stored standing up beside each other, as I have a storage locker (condo), so can't lay them flat.

mdxtasy · « **Reply #9 on:** December 11, 2005, 11:17:56 pm »

If you don't have space to lay them flat...then you store them upright. I personally don't see any difference....just personal preference.

random006 · « **Reply #10 on:** December 11, 2005, 11:55:50 pm »

Yes, the garages store them upright. However, I've always stored my tires flat, mounted on rims, outer rim side up. Each is in its own plastic bag.

I use 4x4 planks to keep them off the ground in my garage and any related moisture issues. My garage is unheated.

After 5 years of swapping out winters or all seasons on two different vehicles, I have noticed no problems.

Craig · « **Reply #11 on:** December 12, 2005, 08:32:01 am »

I couldn't decide between flat or vertical, so I leaned mine against a wall on a 45 degree angle.

articsteve · « **Reply #12 on:** December 12, 2005, 10:52:43 am »

It really doesn't matter. Put 40 psi in them for storage.

Whisper · « **Reply #13 on:** December 12, 2005, 01:36:00 pm »

Quote from: chansen on December 12, 2005, 08:32:01 am

I couldn't decide between flat or vertical, so I leaned mine against a wall on a 45 degree angle.

Why not ask the tire maker?

safristi · « **Reply #14 on:** December 12, 2005, 01:55:57 pm »

I make SEX Swings in MY DUNGEON.......NO COMPLAINTS so far...thought the 45degree angle is TO DANGLE FOR!!!...way ta GO....Handsome!!!

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morty · « **Reply #15 on:** December 13, 2005, 11:50:00 pm »

Ideally you want to stack them one on top of the other. However, if you dont have the room then you make do with what you have got. Not the end of the world. I am curious...if you have room to stand them up, dont you have room to stack them? A stack usually takes up less room....

vroom124 · « **Reply #16 on:** December 14, 2005, 08:50:36 pm »

It's a VERY narrow locker, just wide enough to fit two tires standing up side by side. Too narrow to lay the tire flat.

safristi · « **Reply #17 on:** December 14, 2005, 10:56:02 pm »

Dungeon MASTER!!!...?

morty · « **Reply #18 on:** December 14, 2005, 11:52:50 pm »

Sounds like a high school locker

vroom124 · « **Reply #19 on:** December 15, 2005, 09:26:40 am »

Cheap builder. They call it a "bicycle locker", which is a euphemism for "we're cheapin' you out, by giving you a half size locker". You can't even fit a bicycle in there without one of the tires being suspended off the ground. Anyway, I digress...

Author Topic: Storing tires - standing up or lay flat? (Read 4058 times)

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