Storing new tyres....problems?

[sailorP]

I plan to buy some new tyres for the car, and store them in the garage until needed.
Fronts will probably be changed this spring, maybe earlier, and rears in a year.
(I'll change them in pairs as front and back are different sizes).

Are there any issues with storing tyres laying on their sides?

Reason....car doesn't have a spare, just the tyreweld and compressor.
I live in fear of a distress purchase at the local kwikfit if I get a puncture.....you can imagine....get a puncture, need a tyre quickly, so have to roll the car in with a welded tyre (worse still, on the back of a recovery truck) and having to pay way over the odds for it....you can imagine the vultures gathering, rubbing their hands.....yes sir, AMG sir, suits you sir, that'll be a squillion quid.
Whereas if I do puncture and I have spares at home, I can just get home, then call the local mobile fitter to change a pair at home....no extra grief.

(Wife has just paid £168 for one Conti tyre on her Astra at kwikfit, as she punctured somewhere up north, and didn't fancy driving home on a space-saver. Distress purchase. She didn't even realise same tyre was regularly £80. Should have called me first!)

 

[television]

What I do with my wheels,,you could do with your tyres.

I just have 2 spur uprights with 4 shelf brackets

 

[rf065]

I store my winter / summer set on their sides when they are not being used, I keep them inflated as wheels & tyres are quite heavy, without any problems. Tyres themselves are light, so they should be OK by themselves.

Russ

 

[David Nock]

I would keep moving the stored tyres into different planes. I've stored loose tyres for a couple of years and more - no problems.

 

[sailorP]

Thanks all.
Time to start looking for tyre deals
I'm not going to start asking which tyres to use....that starts pages of opinions.
But with several weeks to look around, there's bound to a deal going somewhere....just have to remember the sizes and keep my eyes open

 

[television]

Just saying that mytyres take some beating

 

[popuptoaster]

Tyre companies store them upright on racks, just keep them dry and in the dark, its the UV and damp that kills them while being stored, i used to work in the big michelin warehouse near basildon, they have tyres in there for everything from veteran cars to aircraft and they are all stored the same way.