I made some tyre savers out of wood that double as chocks. I do think they preserve the tyre.
However, this has been refuted by some forum colleagues on the basis that modern tyres revert to round when towed for several kilometres.
They certainly cant harm the tyre.
Your choice
Good luck with your health
Tony
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Be nice... if I wanted my school teacher here I would have invited him...
Make up some stands . So theres hardly any weight on tyres . Yea I have floor jacks . Seen a bar fitted each side . Drop and reverse . Van lifts enough to take load off tyres . A pin to hold .
It is better to either place the van on stands or tyre savers, but modern radials are far better than the old cross plies and when they do get flat spots they usually roll out within 3 or 4 k's.
Jacking the wheels up and giving them a spin is a good preventative maintenance practice to be done if the vehicle doesn't get moved offten. The wheel bearing races and rollers are separated by a layer of grease, if the wheels are stationary for a period of time, the grease is squeezed out, and metal to metal contact happens between the outer, inner races and rollers. This makes conductive track for static electricity, which in turn will leave a pitted line (electrolysis), bearing failure will follow.
-- Edited by iana on Wednesday 5th of February 2020 03:04:01 PM
Whenever I am at home for more than a month or so I put the Van up on stands positioned under the centre of the rocker type dual spring assembly.
This gives me an opportunity to check the bearings, brakes and have a good look at the suspension and under the van. Of course it takes the weight off the tyres & bearings which is possibly a good thing too.
