HyLoft 01000 Heavy Duty Adjustable Garage Wall Multi-Tire Rack Storage, Black

Bought this, as this is the same thing on TireRack.com for around $150 less. Had some skepticism, but it arrived on time in a small package. After opening up the box, I found the product to be incredibly sturdy and well built. After deciding on where to mount it, i started with one side and lag bolted it into the stud, checking for it to be level and the same thing with the other side. The one thing that I found out, that was quite convenient, is that the product description says up to 48" wide, well my studs were wider than 48" and was around 52" center to center of the studs in the garage. This thing goes about 4-5" max beyond the 48" that they claim. After installing the product on the wall and all the tubes to hold the tires/wheels that I had, I double checked it by literally hanging on it, off of the ground and it didn't budge. I then put up a pair of 17" rims w/o tires, (2) tires only, and a pair of 17" tires with rims on it and it fit snugly and held up. I then hung from it again off the ground, no movement whatsoever. This thing goes above and beyond what they claim, and if done right, can hold more than they claim as well. The bars sag slightly in the center due to how far the width is, but hasn't moved, budged or anything. I have had it up for a week now and nothing. Helped my friend install one in his garage who has had it the same width and weight on it for over a year now. His sags in the middle, but hasn't budged or moved. The one downside, is that the lag bolts aren't necessarily the best grade and so I went out and bought a better grade lag bolt to make sure it holds in the studs better. For sure will be buying a second one for the rest of the tires/wheels I have in the garage, great product for an un-beatable price!

I bought this tire rack to keep a set of snow tires for my Nissan Titan off the garage floor. The packaging was beat up, but everything inside was undamaged and extraordinarily well-wrapped in foam. Seriously, I gave up unwinding the foam and hacked through it with a razor blade. If you are the kind of person who thinks "I'll just wing it" when you open a box of parts, as am I, then this may serve as a cautionary tale of thinking twice before drilling holes. Anyways, I carefully located three studs, drew a leveled line, and marked and drilled the appropriate holes. Then I brought the mounting bracket up and discovered that the holes in the bracket were not drilled along straight lines or vertical centers. So use the bracket pieces to determine your hole locations if you do not want extra holes in your studs. Also, the lag screws I received were a size larger than the ones referenced in the instructions. I don't remember exactly, but I think the instructions referenced 3/8" but the bolt heads were 7/16". So if you do not wish to precariously balance yourself on a ladder with a drill, an unwieldy piece of steel, and a lag bolt, only to discover you have to climb down again and get the right socket, might want to test fit on the ground. I finally got the brackets installed and level. I assembled the actual tire holder on the ground, and test fit the tires to get an idea of how wide it would need to be. Even on the ground, the rack looked a lot better than a pile of tires, and kept things well corralled. I realized that I could insert the entire assembled stand into the brackets, but it was a little unwieldy to get up the ladder and into the mounts. Once in the mounts, however, it was fairly sturdy and easy enough to adjust while empty. I had some concerns about the strength of the tire carrier, but this thing is pretty stout. It easily supported my 220 lbs of pure muscle as I did 12 one-armed chin-ups on the bar. Or, more accurately, it supported 220 lbs of wriggling, sweaty, middle-aged white man trying desperately to hold on to the bar until my feet came back into contact with the ladder. So it is pretty stout. The most important thing about installing the rack is to think things through. I loved the idea of using the space over my garage door to mount the rack, all the way until I had to carry my first truck tire up a ladder, and then try to leverage it into the rack while eight feet in the air. Then I realized that this was a very bad idea for me. When I change out my tires, I will probably relocate the mounting brackets to about chest height along a wall. Maybe shove the lawnmower under it or something. Final note of just random awesome: If you have a Nissan Titan with the Util-I-Track option, the bolt holes on the tire rack align with the bed rails, and you can secure the base to the base rails with a Cantruss or Unistrut 1" EMT pipe clamp, available at your local big-box store for about $1.98. Two spring nuts and two 8" hex bolts will have this thing anchored to the truck bed as though it were installed that way. Makes transporting tires marginally easier to secure, and clears up some bed space. I could have probably done the same thing with rolling them in upright and tie-strapping them down, but I had the rack and thought it was cool.

Great for moto and bike tires too!

I needed an adjustable storage solution for my motorcycle tires, mainly because the space available was limited, and I didn't want to make a tire rack that was 'custom' fit for the location I wanted to put it in. After some internet searching, I stumbled across this beauty. After looking at the features it would provide, and for the price, I decided to give it a try. Reviews did mention that proper mounting WAS critical to keeping the unit mounted on the wall, so I spent some extra time making sure that I secured it properly. After mounting it, I piled on as many tires as I could get to fit, including fully built ice racing tires, which weigh 40# each (I placed a piece of rubber hose on the tubes to keep the ice screws from damaging the painted surfaces), and it is doing well. I have 10 tires on the rack so far (some are studded for ice racing, some are just regular motorcycle tires), and it is holding up well. Construction seems very robust- I was expecting the typical 'made in china' quality, but this unit is nicely finished and rugged. Took a minute or two to figure out the spacing of the tubes based on my tire diameters, but assembly was pretty straight forward. As for folding it up when not in use, I tried it before loading my tires on, and it seemed that some of the hardware was in the way, and I couldn't fold it up as easily as advertised- might be because I am an idiot, so don't let this detail deter you from purchasing this item. I was also impressed by the fact that you could use this as a fold-up workbench if you wanted to.

I've now had this rack for 5+ years... doing just great!

While perfection should not be the goal this tire rack is pretty darn close for what I needed it to be! The materials felt of good dense steel and the craftsmanship was quality. Some other reviews have bagged on paint chipping and bent tabs, which I attributed to shipping and handling. If you’re looking for a shown room quality tire rack perhaps go buy one from a show room tire rack store instead of having one shipped to you online. I wasn’t married to the idea of having colored paint for my tire rack but was delighted to see that the color blended in to my garage motif just like any other tool or device. My wife says it matches our craftsman tool cart, so there’s that. There were some adverse reviews regarding instructions and assembly which I will cede is not the greatest but still usable and workable. The rack is more than sturdy enough to hold these 4 full size tires from my Suburban (265 70 17). For larger tires like this I would suggest bracing or shimming the wall mounts with 2 x 4 so that its space is the bracket from the wall. See in the video where the tires are touching the wall and not completely rusted on the rear bottom rung. All in all I am thoroughly pleased with the purchase assembly fit and finish and use. It’s gotten my spare tires off my garage floor and reclaimed quite a bit of space!

I never thought I would find something like this for such a low price with Prime shipping. I’m glad I did! Installation is very straight forward and all the details you need are in the instructions along with the necessary hardware. Took me less than an hour and it’s very well secured in place. I tested the weight capacity by doing some pull-ups on it after I was done! I only weigh 180lbs but it was rock solid so I proceeded to put a set of tires away on it (4 x 225 width with room to spare). I can definitely trust this rack to hold 4 wheels with tires mounted on them with no worries in the future. I would definitely buy another and recommend this rack to anyone looking to free up some floor space in their garage. I don’t see how someone would pay for similar racks at triple the price. Now it can’t all be good at this price, right? Keep in mind this is JUST nitpicking and shouldn’t demote a star at all! If I had to change anything, I’d hope they would include washers in the future. It would make folding/unfolding go smoother with some secure tension on all the Allen bolts. Otherwise, I can tolerate having to losen the bolts a little bit if I have to fold it back up. I tightened everything down to not wiggle at all with me hanging on it but not too much to pinch any of the bars.

Overall, the rack is well executed, the quality of material and manufacturing is good. The unit comes mostly assembled which is pretty nice, they could have send a bunch of parts and left assembly to the purchaser. A couple of caveats and recommendations: Other reviewers recommended "higher quality" hardware, with longer lag bolts. I purchased some longer lag bolts, 4.5" x 5/16". Do not use the recommended pilot bit of 3/16", it is too small, the hole was so tight I ended up shearing off one of the Lowe's bolts, producing a lot of extra work. The better pilot bit size is 7/32", it still made the bolts plenty tight enough, but greatly reduces the likelihood that you will shear one off while tightening. One item lacking in my opinion was washers, I put flat washers on every bolt they provided, i.e. the six lag bolts and the four bolts holding the horizontal tubes, I think this substantially improves installation strength. All of the pre-assembled hardware uses nylon lock nuts and all of them were very loose and needed tightening. Do not over tighten or the rack will not fold, but they were so lose that many of the nuts weren't even fully seated on their bolt, and there was a lot of slop. Some asked whether tires will hit the wall or not, others complained that larger tires definitely would. I'm inclined to agree, the larger tires I put on the rack are 25.5" in diameter and with the two horizontal tubes spread at their widest holes, my tires are barely clearing the call. Still, I don't think it would be a problem to have them touching the wall, just don't expect some oversized truck tires to work well. Finally, I'm a "belt and suspenders" kind of guy when it comes to engineering, there are a lot of potential points of hardware failure on this rack (regardless of overall quality), I'm going to assume one of them will fail some day. At least one other reviewer complained of a failure that resulted in his tires falling from the wall and doing substantial damage to his vehicle. As a backup, I sank two very large eye bolts just outside the upper corners of the rack and used two steel snap links to then secure a sturdy loop of rope that I have run through my wheel hubs and to each eye bolt. If the rack ever fails, I'm confident that the rope and eye bolts will catch my wheels/tires and prevent damage to the vehicle parked just below. A couple of bucks for some easy insurance in my opinion.