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01-30-2009, 12:03 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Northern
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|  Do you seal your comp wheels?
Whenever my comp 2.2 isn't in use, I take the wheels off and put them in a gallon size ziplock.
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01-30-2009, 12:05 PM
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| R.I.P. Chip   Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: The Crawler State
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Why?
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01-30-2009, 12:09 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Fredericksburg
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I've never heard of anything like that before. | |
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01-30-2009, 12:50 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Alpine,CA
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Wtf ?
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01-30-2009, 01:06 PM
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| MODERATOR™  Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Ohio
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Might as well put the whole truck in a bag, it's less work. I know real automotive tires benefit from dry, dark storage, but I dunno about RC crap. |
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01-30-2009, 01:20 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Memphis
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sierradmax, chu got sum splainin' to do
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01-30-2009, 01:40 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: roanoke
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For long term storage it might be beneficial to store them in a giant baggy with some of those silica bags to keep them from drying out over time. This would be a year or more. I race 1/8 offroad, and only get to run maybe 2 months out of the year, and I keep my tires in a giant plastic rubbermaid container. They stack well, hold 4 sets of tires, and none of the tires have dried out yet. Day to day storage, no. Run them as they are, no dry rot really. Keep water off of them should be fine. |
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01-30-2009, 01:52 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Memphis
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ahh I see. It depends on how often you drive. My rig never really goes longer than a week without driving so I'd never do that.
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01-30-2009, 02:49 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Northern
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Exactly. My rigs stay in the garage and only see heat when I'm in there. I don't bother using my rig in the winter. Just a precaution I guess.
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01-30-2009, 10:23 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Wisconsin
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01-30-2009, 10:32 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: spring hill TN
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If the tires are natural rubber you could go a step further and cover them in WD-40 before putting them in a bag. That would replenish the tires natural oils.Then when its time to run them again wash them in dawn or similar cleaner . |
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01-30-2009, 10:33 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Vegas
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I keep mine in a hermetically sealed coffee can that is kept in a sealed can of nitrogen and then I put them in a vault that is kept at a perfect 75 degrees with a 10% oxygen environment and kept at an ideal 15% humidity. I know it's extra work but it lets my tires last a full 10 minutes longer than everyone elses. |
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01-31-2009, 12:54 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Sin City
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Seriously my rig is never sitting long enough to worry about it. I dont even bother with rig stands. It sits on the shelf no more than 3 days without being driven or wrenched on. | |
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01-31-2009, 01:06 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: East Mids, UK
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Franky's method seems the best so far! If I'm not using a set of tyres for a while, then I store them in a big plastic box on their sides so you don't get flat spots, but those are MT tyres not crawlers. |
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