Free radicals, UV....
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Re: Storing tyres...
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4 years ago
I have nine brand new tyres of various sizes I got cheap and was
> wondering what is the best way to store them in my shed? ...stood them
> up one on top of others against a wall and they distorted now got them
> flat biggest size at the bottom one on top of another....
Possibly stacked up like a pile of .. tyres ?.
If you are going to keep them for a while, maybe stick each tyre inside a strong dark black polythene sack and even exclude as much oxygen as possible by giving a blast from a CO2 fire extinguisher, then tape sealing.
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4 years ago
What are you protecting them from in that way?
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4 years ago
And ozone.
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4 years ago
Do you weld in your shed?
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4 years ago
Presumably not fitted to rims?
Stood on edge on a flat surface will tend to make them ovid and create a flat spot. Lying flat on a surface, possibly in a stack would be better but how high the stack could be before the lowest ones got too squished I don't know. Garages have them on edge in racks that provide support in at least two places. Support like that in the right position will avoid the ovid making but unless the contact area is large may give a dent at the support points.
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4 years ago
Really? On the other hand if they are kosha and you do not need them, why not just flog them, buy a nice armchair and sit in the shed? Brian
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4 years ago
Probably the best way is to keep them individually suspended in tanks of silicone oil at a constant probably low temperature. Maybe in so-called 'microgravity' in orbit would help too. Accelerating them to close to the speed of light would slow down ageing relative to you.
Or just stack them up and swap them around occasionally.
Cheers
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4 years ago
Build a vacuum tank
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4 years ago
Keep them in the dark in a cool, dry place.
Unless they are genine road-legal tyres (and not some Chinese crap intended for horse&carts) and they are the correct size for your car, just flog them off and save the space.
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4 years ago
Every tyre place I've ever seen stores them vertically. When fitted and with the weight of the car, they can develop a flat spot. But on their own?
I would put them in thick black plastic bags to keep the light out, though.
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4 years ago
It's where he likes to wear his wife's underwear.
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4 years ago
UV light and oxygen or still worse traces of ozone. Tyres are really well crosslinked polymers but they do degrade with time even so.
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4 years ago
By the time you need them we won't be allowed to have private transport, except bicycles.
Bill
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4 years ago
Would you worry about plasticiser release inside a plastic shed? Probably not, I guess. It't not going to cause environmental stress cracking of course. Which is the reason you try to reduce the stress on them, including the old one about jacking cars up and putting the axles on bricks. So a single layer reversed periodically might be best, if hardly convenient.
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4 years ago
Do you drive a reliant robin ?. Do you do a high mileage ?. Do you like driving over nails or other sharp objects ?.
If not, why do you need 9 tyres ?. Realistically, are you ever going to use them ?.