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Res ipsa loquitur |
To park a vehicle long term on cement I was thinking of getting a tire cradle of some sort. Do I really need a cradle or would a rubberized matt like a horse stall matt work just as well? Suggestions appreciated. Thx! __________________________ | ||
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| Savor the limelight |
Jack stands | |||
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| Staring back from the abyss  |
I think it's a bunch of hooey (and I'm sure several members will chime in and tell me how wrong I am  ).I keep my Mustang parked on my concrete shop floor for 6-7 months at a time. No issues. My camper and several trailers are parked outside for much longer (maybe used once or twice a year) and again...no issues. I just make sure the tires are inflated appropriately and off I go. ________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton. | |||
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Depends on how long a term. I park my Corvette on 1/2" plywood for the winter (approx. 5 months) and have had no ill affects. Also increase the tire pressure to help decrease flat spotting. If I were thinking of longer storage I would go with trapper169's suggestion. | |||
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אַרְיֵה |
Jill sits. הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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I agree with you. Most of us that live in cold climates have multiple trailers or sunshine cars parked for half the year without issue. | |||
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Baroque Bloke |
 Serious about crackers | |||
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| Partial dichotomy |
But does she sit still? Now, back to tires... SIGforum: For all your needs! Imagine our influence if every gun owner in America was an NRA member! Click the box>>>  | |||
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thin skin can't win |
Unless you're on bias ply tires and parking for years, just park it. There are lots of things to worry more about, like fuel treatment, rubber hoses, mice, battery, remembering to pay attention to that note on steering wheel reminding you to remove tennis balls from tail pipes...... You only have integrity once. - imprezaguy02 | |||
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| The Ice Cream Man |
Used to store a sports car for months, admittedly on a dirt floor. (Inside a plastic bubble in an old animal shelter.) It would have a flat spot for the first day or so but that was it. | |||
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| As Extraordinary as Everyone Else  |
Just fill the tires to the max pressure as listed on the tire and don't worry about it. Just remember to adjust the pressure back to specs in the spring or whenever you drive it again. ------------------ Eddie Our Founding Fathers were men who understood that the right thing is not necessarily the written thing. -kkina | |||
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| Ignored facts still exist |
that's how we did it on the farm. | |||
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| His diet consists of black coffee, and sarcasm.  |
Anything else but jacking the car clear off the ground and putting jackstands under it will still leave the tires sitting on something. Personally I don't think it necessary. Nylon cord tires - which did flat-spot - haven't been made in over half a century. | |||
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I think the only time it really makes sense now is on a collector car where you're trying to preserve the original rubber for posterity. "The people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people." "Odd," said Arthur, "I thought you said it was a democracy." "I did," said Ford, "it is." "So," said Arthur, hoping he wasn't sounding ridiculously obtuse, "why don't the people get rid of the lizards?" "It honestly doesn't occur to them. They've all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they've voted in more or less approximates the government they want." "You mean they actually vote for the lizards." "Oh yes," said Ford with a shrug, "of course." "But," said Arthur, going for the big one again, "why?" "Because if they didn't vote for a lizard, then the wrong lizard might get in." | |||
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| Thank you Very little  |
agree that it's probably nothing to worry over, and I would be sure the tires are aired up to the correct pressure as cold temps tend to drop the pressure. You could put down a garage floor mat, similar to those in the links... Link | |||
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OK, Gustofer, you're wrong. I had a set of high performance tires (1990 Corvette) permanently flat-spot on me. I forget how long it was parked, less than a year, longer than 6 months would be a fair guess. For $30 why take the chance? https://www.campingworld.com/t...set-of-2-110707.html Adios, Pizza Bob NRA Benefactor Member | |||
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| Savor the limelight |
If not jack stands, then air them to the max pressure on the sidewall. When you go to use the car, let the pressure down to the correct pressure. Just sitting there, the tires don't flat spot. The can take a "set" for lack of a better term. Airing the tires to max pressure will make the area that takes a set smaller which will work itself out quicker when you start driving the car again. Flat spots are when you lock the brakes and permanently wear one spot on a tire from the skidding. Edited to add: For $30, I'd give those a try. I didn't realize they were that cheap. | |||
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Not really from Vienna |
I have a 06 Jeep Wrangler and a 96 Suburban garaged at our vacation house. They sit for months at a stretch. No problems over the past several years. | |||
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| Thank you Very little |
Continental, Michelin, say flat spotting does occur with modern tires on cars kept stored, but you can do a few things to fix or mitigate it. https://www.continental-tires....rmal%20driving%20won't%20remedy Link Michelin Tires YOu could get a set of GUNI wheels, these are hard wheels that are used to transport vehicles, stack you stock wheels in the corner on their side. Link GUNI Wheels  This message has been edited. Last edited by: HRK, | |||
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| My other Sig is a Steyr.  |
GUNI wheels gets my vote, If you do the cradle thing and your tires have a slow leak, it will be a lot worse than having it just go flat. I found this out the hard way. | |||
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