How to store tires?

[x_o_k_x]

I got 4 Toyo Tourevo sitting in my garage. I got them brand new for $1100. Yes.. Just wandering whats the proper way to store them for 2 years, untill my RSAs go bold, without having any damage? They are in the tire bags, stacked 4 high rght now..

[Olestra]

Stack them on their sides, get tire totes or plastic bags for each tire, make sure they are dry and clean, don't put any sort of dressing or product on them.
Store in a cool, dry place. Basement is usually a nice place. That's all.

[ultimateM3]

Stack them on their sides, get tire totes or plastic bags for each tire, make sure they are dry and clean, don't put any sort of dressing or product on them.
Store in a cool, dry place. Basement is usually a nice place. That's all.


So no dressing are require if is store in the basement. What if is store in the garage, do they require dressing?? to prevent them from cracking due to the coldness of winter over a period of time??? I wanna to ask this question long time ago, now is the best time. Your help will be appreciate from me as well.

[cereal83]

I heard you need to hang them and let gravity do their thing as if you lay them down, the gravity forces them no to be round anymore. I dunno if its true at all

[mit-gee-mui]

Other suggestions can be found here.
http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=15214&highlight=stor%2A+tire%2A

:)

[Dragazn]

I have them on a tire rack I bought from costco for 19 bucks. It stacks them on the side 4 high and is covered with a bag over the whole thing. I'll be using them in the winter so I'm guessing it should be fine. Don't know about 2 years tho.

[Olestra]

So no dressing are require if is store in the basement. What if is store in the garage, do they require dressing?? to prevent them from cracking due to the coldness of winter over a period of time??? I wanna to ask this question long time ago, now is the best time. Your help will be appreciate from me as well.

It'll be good to read the thread that MGM linked to.

But to add to this thread:
I didn't mean if you store in the garage, you require dressing. Never put dressing because although they'll keep your tires nice and lubricated initially, in the long term they may dry out faster unless you continually add dressing. Basically just clean them off with soap and water, make sure they are 100% dry and then put them away for storage. When you take them out of storage, you can apply dressing and put them back on the car so that they will have that nice black wet look.

I suggested basement because that is an ideal place, but I have friends that store them in the garage and it's fine as it is mostly cool and dry in there as well.
The best thing to do would be to buy individual tire totes from Costo/Cdn Tire.