I've stored mine with tires off the ground for years. I have two short fat pneumatic cylinders and I can raise my fiver and put it on jackstands in a few minutes. My fiver doesn't get a lot of usage and it's so easy to raise up so I do it. I'm also going to start letting the pressure down in the tires while it's stored. FWIW, my previous fiver had ST tires on it when I was living in Arizona and it didn't matter if I kept it stored with tires off the ground and the tires covered... The ST tires only lasted four years, almost to the month, before the treads separated. The last set of ST tires had tread separation and blew the sidewall out of one of them and blasted a whole in the vinyl tire cover even over the winter while it was stored off the ground. I figured that set only had 3weeks of road time on them That's right I put 16 inch wheels and LT tires on it! Craig
