Off season storage on jack stands?

laknox wrote:

DCamp84 wrote:
Ok let's try this again. Being new to forums and trying to work everything from a "smart phone" is getting me in trouble lol. I had a question I thought of on my way to work this morning. How many (if any at all) store your fivers up off the ground on jack stands during your off season. Would you recommend it? Is this even a correct method of storage? If so, would the continuous weight/ pressure on the points of contact hurt the trailer in any way? Ps. I have a dirt driveway. Thank you for your input

Damon,
Long Island, NY

Easiest thing to do is to run your wheels up on some boards, dress the tires with a =good= protectant (i.e. NOT a "shine", but an actual protectant, like Aerospace 303), then cover them completely. If you'll be in and out frequently, drop the rear stabilizers...or not. With ST tires, I don't think it makes a hill of beans difference if you put 6 or 8 jack stands along the frame and took the tires off and stored them inside; they're going to "age out" (almost NO RV tires actually wear out, unless there's another issue going on) after 5 or 6 years and you'll need to replace them.

(cynic mode off)

That being said, I've run a set of cheap ST tires for right at 6 years before they all 4 went bad in about a week, fortunately while I was moving my FW from storage to my house and some short "town trips". I knew I was pushing things and I didn't get burned, but I certainly could have.

Lyle