mrbill_fl

Very timely... I also just bought a Featherlite 3110, and need a tire rack...
and some fuel and tool storage, plus 2 trailer tires... hmmm. maybe a double tire rack?

Chrisp, how did you attach your tire rack? through the floor or just sides?

chrisp

It's bolted through the floor. The fact that it's sitting on the deck means that the bolts are really just there to keep it from sliding around on the trailer. You don't need to go overkill with the hardware on a design like this.

Another neat feature which wasn't installed at the time of this picture is I have a strip of 1/8" x 2" steel angled and welded to the cross bar to meet the tire surface so there's a flat surface for the tires to sit on - no harsh edge to dig into the tires. There's also a grip tape available at Home Depot (only place I could find it) that is 2" wide and 96" long and fits perfectly on the angled steel. This keeps the tires in place and most importantly the tires from wearing through the paint.

The tubing is 1 1/4" square everywhere. For the unsupported crossbar (one with no triangulation) it only flexes about 1/2" when i sit on it (230 lbs). Overall it's pretty stout for my use but you should have your welder recommend a final design to meet your needs.

Also, with the 17'6" deck Featherlite a 2500lb 911 sits entirely behind the rack. The space under the rack is totally available for storage. If I recall correctly, the nose of my car is 25" behind the front edge of the trailer deck. This also let's you build the rack low so it's in the slipstream of the tow vehicle. My crossbars are around 28" off the deck and there's about 24" from the deck to the bottom of the tires when they are on the rack. The overall height is about 4' with tires installed. It's an easy rack to get tires on and off of and the aero benefit is huge.

Good luck with your build.

007DT

Not the best angle, but you can see the rack and the stone guard.. Works well I just wish the rack was a little lower. <-- the only time you'll ever hear that out of my mouth..

CT03911

Thanks again for the continuing pic additions. I am working with Moroso, in Guilford, CT. Some of you may know them. Paul in the fab shop there is an artist with metal, not that I'm looking for anything too special here but he custom designs....well, anything metal for a race car.
This coming week I am bringing the car and trailer back to him after he looked it over a few days ago along with all the pics here and a few others I had. He found them interesting and took measurements.
He is going to start with my ideas/needs, your pics and fab just a basic rack, mid height, that holds eight wheels. Once that is tacked up he will build what he sees fit in terms of actually securing the tires. We plan on getting a basic rack done asap and add to it later. My immediate needs are two weeks away, a 1000mi trip, a van vs pickup and five passengers. Gotta get the tires, ramps and maybe a few other items on the trailer for now. I will post pics. Thanks everyone.

James-man

That looks like my kid's bunk bed frame.

Chris M.

Could you post another picture of this trailer from the front?

thanks

Ritter v4.0

I'm looking at trailers myself now- how small can/should I go with 2 sets of extra wheels? The rack can extend over the front hood as in James-man's pic; his doesn't look anything more than 18'- smaller even?

jpk

I'm going to home depot to get parts to do my tire rack tomorrow. The plan is to attach a flange on the top of each arm of the A to which I can thread in a length of 2" galvanized pipe. 24" will easilly stack two wheels vertically. Much simpler than a horizontal rack.
If I can get all the bits and pieces tomorrow, I'll post a pic.

A930Rocket

How strong will that cast flange be? You'll have some weight leveraging against the flange as the tires rock back and forth that might be too much. Just a thought...

Giacomo

I had considered something similar myself so I am interested in seeing how it work out.

M758

Mine deck is 16" feet. The car is 14" feet so if you go over the car I'd bet 14-16 feet is what you can get away with easy.

Giacomo

Well you could try something with a deck just a little longer than your wheelbase, say 10". I saw something like that once but never took any pictures. You would require extra long ramps. Still, I wouldn't recommend it.

bella1

Just buy my 2006 Trailex and problem solved! See post https://rennlist.com/forums/racing-a...ct-7541-a.html

jpk

Here's what I came up with. The pipes are 1 1/2" black steel, and that's just a standard flange. I cut and drilled the four bottom pieces from a hunk on steel bar that I had. I used an eye bolt for one thnking I'd need to strap the tires down with a ratchet strap, but I don't think it's necessary. No worries about the strength of the flanges; I can bear against them with all my might and they're plenty strong.
I thought the tires would have more of a tendency to tip side to side, but they don't; they're really stable just sitting there.
I could also drill a hole near the top of the pipe for a padlock to keep the wheels on the trailer.
These pipes are 24" long; two wheels are no problem. I could probably get a third on there with the snow tires, but it might be cutting it a bit close with wider tires. I think 36" pipes would be OK, and that'll let me get 6 on the rack, then I'd only need to find room for a couple more in the back of the truck.
All told it was $32 at home depot + the bar stock that I already had; say $10 more if I had to buy it.

BTW - It cost me $16 to find out that 2" black pipe has an OD just about 1/8" too large to fit through the center opening of a Porsche wheel.

John H

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I saw a very similar set up at the track this weekend only he used the steel chain link fence posts. Not sure how they were attached.