FLA997

From my old open trailer: nothing real fancy.

schvetkaaks

Here's a picture - you can see the work bench (still has junk on it because I'm working on setting up the interior yet), which is 4 feet off the ground, and one 18" wheel (the track car will have 17's) on the floor. I could stack 4 there, but wonder how to fasten them in place.

If I use a piece of plastic sheeting, and then a ratchet tie-down across the whole piece, that should hold them. A pole down the middle would be great, but I don't have the clearance above to put it in. Two poles at 4 and 8 o'clock with screw ends might work, but I'm not sure they are strong enough to hold all 4 tires if something were to happen. I'd like something rather simple, yet effective.

chrisp

Now I get it. Thanks.

You could have some sort of hinged bar that locks at the bench top. Unlock it, the bar folds down (hinged at the floor) and the tires are free. You could also use a wide piece of wood if you need something with some width to it.

AndyT

I have 2 Pit Pal racks in my enclosed trailer schvetkaaks. Combined they hold 3 sets of spares.

http://www.pitpal.com/catalog/Adjust...Racks-6-1.html

schvetkaaks

I like the racks, but I would rather not mount them up high and change the balance to a higher center of gravity unless I have to, and with the v-nose section, I have room to stack, and still a full 20' of box behind me.

AndyT

I travel with 2 or more spare sets of wheels so i put one on each wall the balance it out. I have the front of the trailer loaded with tools to counter the tires that are at the back by the ramp.

A930Rocket

Is there enough room to mount a pole on the floor and slide the tires from the top down or run a pole through the workbench to a fitting in the floor?

schvetkaaks

No, that was my original idea, but that pole will need to be 3 feet long, and the table top is at 4 feet, so there's no way there is the possibility of getting that pole down straight in one foot of open space.

joel-cs

I saw someone at the track recently with a set of tires secured to a dolly. The dolly made it easy to move the tires in and out of the trailer, all at once. What if you did that and simply tied the dolly down to the bench?

A930Rocket

How tall are your tires? Can you mount the pole in the plate and then move the tires between the pole and work bench, then lower the tires down on the pole?

What about drilling a hole in the work bench to allow a pole to be lowered down into a stack of tires. You can thread it or have a recepticle 1' or so high for it to go into to. The hole doesn't need to be that big and you can make a cover for it.

38D

If you make the pole out of brass, it can serve 2 purposes

Sean F

I'm interested David. Could you PM me please?
Thanks