[Shop-talk] Tire storage

[Scott Hall]

Lately as I'm getting older and lug nuts don't just fly off like they used
to when I had more muscle mass, I do find myself at least once per tire
rotation going, "wait, I'm not tightening this, right?"

On Mon, Mar 3, 2025 at 6:02 AM DAVID MASSEY <dave1massey at cs.com> wrote:

> << WRT the impact: ordered the Dewalt DCF-900. It says it's rated for
> 1400 pounds, I think. I guess if the lug nuts don't spin, it just twists
> off the lug stud itself. I guess either way the wheel's << coming off.
>
> This comment reminded me of a comment from a friend of mine (in the Austin
> Healey club - obligatory LBC content) who said he twisted of a couple wheel
> studs on a 50's or 60' Chrysler product before he realized that the studs
> on the LH side of the car were LH thread.
>
> Jus' sayin'.
>
>
> Dave
>
>
>
>
> On Sunday, March 2, 2025 at 05:39:20 PM CST, Scott Hall <
> scott.hall.personal at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> I forgot how much I enjoyed reading the list. So here's another one:
>
> I used to have Griots Garage wheel storage 'poles'--they bolt to the
> wall/stud and stick out perpendicularly and you hang your wheels on them.
>
> I don't see them on the Griots website any more. It looks like I'm
> starting from scratch on wheel storage.
>
> I've got eight--no, nine--sets of wheels and tires in the garage right
> now. Opinions on the best way to store them, and why you like them? Right
> now they're stacked against the wall and on the shelves and I don't like
> that.
>
> WRT the impact: ordered the Dewalt DCF-900. It says it's rated for 1400
> pounds, I think. I guess if the lug nuts don't spin, it just twists off the
> lug stud itself. I guess either way the wheel's coming off.
>
> Scott
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