Homemade Tire Rack
 

I built a rack for my tires to be stored on during winter. It turned out really good! I welded together some 1/8" angle iron and painted it black. I drilled some holes and used some chain to support the weight. Bolted it onto the stud in the wall with Lag bolts and, voila! Instant tire rack!

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This one shows the small amount of space left between the tire and wall to avoid marking the drywall.

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Here is the quick build until I can get a complete DIY up:

You will need:

4 x 4' lengths of 1/8" angle iron (fits sport wheels and tires for width)
2 x 2' lengths of 1/8" angle iron (Vertical setions)
2 x 20" lengths of 1/8" angle iron (extensions from wall)

Approx 5' of chain and 4 chain connectors

2 x 3/8" x 1" bolts with lock nuts

welder and paint

How to:

TOP SECTION

Lay the two vertical wall pieces (2') down first. Place the two horizontal 4' sections on top of these (overlapping) at the top and bottom of the vertical pieces, square up and tack into place.

Drill holes in the top sections for the chain to go thru. Try and be accurate for both sides to make it even.

BOTTOM SECTION

Grind the ends of the 20" pieces that will nestle into the rack so that they can rotate up INTO the vertical section for storage. In other words, round off the square end that will rotate so that it will not interfere with the rotation.

Place the two 20" pieces on the table and lay the 4' sections (that support the tires) over these (overlap). The first piece of angle iron is tacked at 8" from the wall and the second piece is at the end of the 20" section. That leaves a 12" "cup" for the tires to sit in and the tires DO NOT touch the wall. Square them up and tack into place. I made this section SLIGHTLY thinner (width wise) than the top section so it could rotate up and into the top section for storage when not in use. To do this I ground off 1/4 " from one end of the 4' sections on the bottom.

Line up the rounded ends with the top section, clamp into place and drill a hole thru both sections and bolt together at the bottom corner. Ensure you have proper clearance for rotation. Drill holes for chain in corners.

FINISHING

Paint the entire piece to prevent rust and to make it purdy. Add shiny chain with link adapters to top and bottom corner holes, making sure that the bottom assembly is SLIGHTLY tilted toward the wall.

Find the studs in your wall and drill holes thru the angle iron in the appropriate locations and Lag bolt to wall. Ensure assembly is level.

and YOU ARE DONE!

Hope this helps. I built mine in about 4 hours. I know it is not perfect and is far from a commercial item, but it looks good and is very strong and functional. I will redo this as a DIY with photos when time permits.

cheers!

I like that. It looks professionally done. Looks like you even painted it.

awesome job!!! looks very nice.

gonna need you to wash and dress those wheels soldier!!

Looks excellent, great job! Unfortunately I live in a condo so I'll have to convince my wife to let me build one and hang it above the bed.

Oh I like this! Can you provide dimensions? I'm going to build one too. My garage is a pretty tight squeeze and this idea is great!

nice....ship or can i pick it up
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Lovely Wendie99

Well done!

Looks great. The only thing I would add is a back-board that goes along the wall. You're going to have four tire marks on the dry wall...

nice!

Looks good! I need one that holds 16 tires/wheels please. :tup:

great job!

That's really cool, good job. But you should clean off your wheels and tires before you put them up there to make them look nice and purdy. :)

I'm pleasantly surprised at how well this looks, good job !

OK OK! I was VERY busy that day and had just enough time to hang the rack! The tires and wheels were in plastic bags STRAIGHT from the dealer as I had them install the winter tires there. I had no idea they were so mucky! I noticed it too and I feel a little embarrassed.... :o


Not at all. The rack is designed with angle iron and the bottom rack is spaced 8" from the back and the front one is 20" from the wall, leaving a perfect hollow for the tires to rest in. There is a approximately 3/4" between the rubber and the wall. NO CONTACT! :icon17:

Thanks for all the positive feedback! I will post the dimensions/instructions here soon. Got to go to church this morning..... :tiphat:

looks great!

Just curious, is the bottom just bar on the outside or do they sit on a piece of metal. If they do are you not worried about flatspotting? I just know a lot of systems to hold tires don't let them fully sit on their bottoms that way.

In any case great job on the fab. You make me want a welder.

The bottom of the rack is two pieces of angle iron that are angled "open" to each other 12" apart. There is nothing touching the bottom of the tires and the tires sit at a natural angle in the channel "cupping" them really. The entire frame is angled up and to the wall by a 1/2" so as to keep the tires "leaning" towards the wall without touching.

Again, i will post a DIY instruction soon, as there seems to be a lot of interest in this rack! Thanks for all the positive feedback!!
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Got it. Very nice.

Here is the quick build until I can get a complete DIY up:

You will need:

4 x 4' lengths of 1/8" angle iron (fits sport wheels and tires for width)
2 x 2' lengths of 1/8" angle iron (Vertical setions)
2 x 20" lengths of 1/8" angle iron (extensions from wall)

Approx 5' of chain and 4 chain connectors

2 x 3/8" x 1" bolts with lock nuts

welder and paint

How to:

TOP SECTION

Lay the two vertical wall pieces (2') down first. Place the two horizontal 4' sections on top of these (overlapping) at the top and bottom of the vertical pieces, square up and tack into place.

Drill holes in the top sections for the chain to go thru. Try and be accurate for both sides to make it even.

BOTTOM SECTION

Grind the ends of the 20" pieces that will nestle into the rack so that they can rotate up INTO the vertical section for storage. In other words, round off the square end that will rotate so that it will not interfere with the rotation.

Place the two 20" pieces on the table and lay the 4' sections (that support the tires) over these (overlap). The first piece of angle iron is tacked at 8" from the wall and the second piece is at the end of the 20" section. That leaves a 12" "cup" for the tires to sit in and the tires DO NOT touch the wall. Square them up and tack into place. I made this section SLIGHTLY thinner (width wise) than the top section so it could rotate up and into the top section for storage when not in use. To do this I ground off 1/4 " from one end of the 4' sections on the bottom.

Line up the rounded ends with the top section, clamp into place and drill a hole thru both sections and bolt together at the bottom corner. Ensure you have proper clearance for rotation. Drill holes for chain in corners.

FINISHING

Paint the entire piece to prevent rust and to make it purdy. Add shiny chain with link adapters to top and bottom corner holes, making sure that the bottom assembly is SLIGHTLY tilted toward the wall.

Find the studs in your wall and drill holes thru the angle iron in the appropriate locations and Lag bolt to wall. Ensure assembly is level.

and YOU ARE DONE!

Hope this helps. I built mine in about 4 hours. I know it is not perfect and is far from a commercial item, but it looks good and is very strong and functional. I will redo this as a DIY with photos when time permits.

cheers! :tiphat:

wow good job!

i was expecting to see a homedepot particle board circle + 4 heavy duty casters (like me... :icon14:)

:icon18: Sorry, I don't do particle board....

Glad you liked it! I have to clean my wheels now before the other OCD members hunt me down and do it for me....

Cool, dude, very cool. If you go jobless, you sure could make sweet bucks with that thingy! Patent it, man!

Unfortunately, they sell a similar rack at Canadian Tire. I'm sure the rack there is the same and sells for about $130 bucks I think. It is not as heavy duty but would work... :icon17:

tire rack Search results | Canadian Tire

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Nice, but I do like the fact that his is collapsible.

:rofl2: I should have known Vipor would have one!!!

Yes, the collapsible feature is nice, but there are always going to be tires on it anyways....

and you should install your rear spacers and then post a DIY... ;)

LOL I don't have one. Yet.

I know some welders so I'll probably just get one made if/when I get some new wheels/tires.

I haven't used a welder in over 20 years but I'm serious considering borrowing a welder and trying this one as it doesn't look too hard.

The other option is to buy racks, but at $200 for a 4 tire wall rack it would cost me $800 to store all my tires!

This was my first attempt at welding and fabricating in general. DEFINITELY not hard to do. :icon17: I only have the four spares, so one rack is fine.

You COULD do the same thing with 2x4's if you made a support from underneath and maybe built some shelves under the tire rack portion.... that would hold 16 tires without issue. Suspending them all from the wall on one rack may be too heavy for the span...

I was thinking of an 8 over 8 design with maybe an extra chain and cross brace in the middle if necessary.

I did find some industrial shelving that looks promising for those with lots of tires.
Mile-X - Tire Racks

Sounds good! Build it and they will come....

hey now dont laugh. :D mine i can move it around the garage from one annoying location to another annoying location! :icon14:

I know what you are saying... I was considering a vertical stand for a minute or two as well, then I saw the blank space on the wall and...... :tup:

updated with instructions in first post ;)

updated with pics from below to show the supports :tiphat:

just in case anyone was wondering, I washed and polished the wheels and tires... all the OCD members can sleep now! :icon17:

Bump for winter tire changeover!

You selling these now? :tup:

You should sell those!

I think this project is best left to DIYourselfer's.... it would be hard to ship this unit because of size and weight. I sold the one extra unit I had to another member here in Zedmonton. But if you have access to a welder and metal saw, this is one easy build! I suppose you could build it with carriage bolts too, but welding is more fun!