Trailer Storage

First let me state that I have been know to over do stuff. My wife says I am anal but I just like taking care of the things I own. This spring I redid everything on a 91 trailer except the frame. Boat had been stored inside but trailer sat in yard. I do not have experience storing this much weight on a trailer for several months. It wil be stored in the yard and I planned on placing tires up on concrete pavers but will the weight flat spot the bias ply tires? I was thinking of placing on jack stands to keep weight off tires. Is this necessary or am I going overboard?

Bob
91 Sport Nautique

Not a bad idea to get them off the concrete as supposedly it leaches the good out of the tire.
One thing to be concerned with is to put some tire covers on if the tires will be sitting in direct sunlight. I store my motorhome in the driveway all year and the morning sun beats right down on one side, I can visually see a difference in the condition of the tires from the sunny to the shady side so now I cover them. Most RV and trailer tires will age out before they show any significant tread wear.

SNobsessed wrote: I left the tires on the ground last winter & there was no adverse effect. I'm sure that lifting it off the ground would be better, but that is just more work IMO. My tires look pretty old - probably are the originals from '89.

Have you seen that article on shelf life and ageing of tyres scarey stuff if they are the original tyres it may be time to change before you have a expensive failure.

SNobsessed wrote: I definitely will get a new rubber for the road trip to GL next year!

You got a promise already?

john