Tire Storage: How To Store Seasonal Tires
Finding the right kind of tire storage for your seasonal tires can be a challenge. You have a number of options to choose from. Click on each option to learn more about its pros and cons.
Tips for preparing your tires for storage
If you need an economical and safe place to store your tires in the KW area, contact us.
Tire Storage Options
1. Your Garage
If you store your tires in your garage, you should try to keep them away from gasoline or other solvents
Pros:
Save money: You don't have to pay for storage fees for your tires.
Climate controlled: If your garage is insulated and has a heat or cooling source then you can control the temperature so that they don't get too hot or cold. Extreme temperatures will make your tires deteriorate faster.
Cons:
Increased fuel costs: Keeping the temperature at a consistent level may actually cost you more money than it would to pay for tire storage with a local mechanic.
Early deterioration: If you can't store your tires off the ground, there is a risk of them coming into contact with grease, gasoline, solvents, or oils in your garage that could deteriorate the rubber.
Take up space: Tires are very large, so they will take up a lot of space in your garage that you might need for other things.
2. Your Shed
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If you store your tires in a shed, it can be difficult to get them in and out
Pros:
Save money: It won't cost you anything to store your tires in your shed.
Convenient: Your tires will be stored on your property.
Cons:
Take up space: Four tires will take up a big chunk of the space that you have inside your shed. If you have a second vehicle, then you might not have room for tire storage for eight tires.
Difficult to Navigate: Sheds are usually quite small and have smaller doors, so you may find it difficult moving your bulky tires in and out of your shed.
Early deterioration: Most sheds are not insulated or heated, so you risk your tires deteriorating faster due the wide range of hot and cold temperatures as well as humidity.
Hard to keep dry: You might not have enough space to raise them up off of the ground in your shed in order to keep them dry.
3. Your Basement
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Store your tires away from your furnace
Pros:
Save money: It won't cost you anything to store your tires in your basement.
Climate controlled: Your basement already is temperature controlled, so it makes a good tire storeage location.
Cons:
Difficult to Navigate: It is difficult to carry your tires up and down the stairs to store them.
Unsightly: Unless you have a hidden spot for tire storage, they can be quite unsightly.
Hard to find appropriate spot: You need to keep your tires stored away from your furnace or sump pump because these are sources of ozone which can deteriorate the rubber in your tires.. This will limit the parts of your basement that you can use to store your tires.
4. Paid Storage Unit
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A storage unit is an expensive tire storing option
Pros:
Won't take up your space: You won't be taking up any space in your own home if you do your tire storage in a commercial unit.
Climate controlled: You can rent a storage unit that is temperature controlled to protect them from premature deterioration.
Cons:
Expensive: Unless you already use a storage unit, or have other things that you need to store in it, it can be a costly form of tire storage.
Inconvenient: It can be inconvenient having to take and pick up your tires from a storage unit.
Awkward: If you are using a temperature controlled one, then they are usually inside a building. You may have a difficult time carrying your tires to your unit.
5. Storing with a local mechanic
A local mechanic can store you tires properly and relatively inexpensively
Pros:
Climate controlled: Your tires will be properly stored in a climate controlled location.
Insured: Your tires will be fully insured against theft, loss, or damage.
Last longer: Your tires will be stored in a dark, clean location away from debris, grease, or gasoline to ensure that they last longer.
Convenient: You won't have to transport your tires to another location or to your home to store them yourself. When you get your tires changed each season, your mechanic will do the storing away for you.
Cons:
Cost money but save you time and effort: It will cost you more than storing your tires yourself, however, you will be saved the time and effort and you will know that they are properly cared for and won't have to be replaced sooner than necessary.
Tips for preparing your tires for storage:
Tire storage: Clean out the debris in the grooves
Before you store your tires away for the season, there are a few things that you should do to help them last longer.
1. Inspect the grooves in your tires and remove any debris or small stones that might be lodged between them.
2. Take a look at the overall appearance of your tires, checking for signs of uneven wear or damage.
3. Thoroughly clean your tires and your wheels with soap, water, and a tire brush. Let them dry completely before putting them into storage.
4. Label each tire with the position that you took them off your car so that you can rotate them next season.
5. Cover each tire with a waterproof covering that has holes for ventillation so that you don't get moisture build-up on them.
6. If possible, store your tires vertically instead of horizontally stacking them. This will help to reduce tire distortion and stress.
Why Take Advantage of Hansma's Tire Storage
At Hansma Automotive, we’ll give your tires a good home at an affordable price. We will make sure that your tires are stored:
In a clean, cool, dark spot
Away from debris, grease, or gasoline
Out of direct sunlight or heat (no hotter than room temperature)
Insurance: fully insured against theft, loss, or damage
Ask us about our tire storage during your next visit.
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