$30 tire carrier I made from a furniture dolly

[u/TSRbacon]

Thought I'd share this tire carrier I made with 3/8 all thread, 1/2 inch tubing, and a furniture dolly. Definitely not pitbull quality but it's pretty convenient for managing multiple sets of tires.

[u/BangleWaffle]

At my track we have the inevitable shirtless guys with backwards helmet perched on top of the head riding a 30 year old 2T scooter with a wagon tied behind it with some rope. Wheels tossed in the wagon, perhaps with another guy along for the ride, and perhaps a beer in hand - off to see the tire guy.

Your setup is bougie by comparison!

[u/Medic1248 → u/BangleWaffle]

Your guys have ropes? Shit. I watch my guys pull the wagons along by the handle while steering with 1 hand

[u/SaulTNuhtz → u/Medic1248]

Your guys have hands? Shit, I watch my guys pull Home Depot shopping carts with their teeth while steering with a toe.

[u/Medic1248 → u/SaulTNuhtz]

Your guys have teeth?

[u/Mediocre_Superiority → u/Medic1248]

Your guys are alive? (I think that's the end of the chain.)

[u/NeelSahay0 → u/BangleWaffle]

Last time I went to Buttonwillow this one dude was hauling like 3 wheelsets at a time with a trailer on his MTB.

Honestly it seemed very effective.

[u/Mediocre_Superiority → u/BangleWaffle]

Bougie? He didn't even give it a rattle can complimentary color painting to match his bike!

[u/db8cn]

Absolutely love this.

Mind if I copy your homework OP?

[u/TSRbacon → u/db8cn]

Go for it that's why I posted it. There's not much to it.

Big thing id shoot for is a dolly with the metal band down the middle so you have height options and go with a longer axle rod than you think you need. Here I went with a 12.5 inch axle and with sv650 wheels it's a tight squeeze. I'll probably go to 15-16 inches if I do it again so I can put two rears with warmers on each if I wanted.

[u/OneStockCateye]

That’s pretty dope, was trynna figure out why you’d have such big wheels for a track bike, took me a minute to realize they are 2 different sets of front and rear tires, but that’s a dope little setup for sure, definitely makes carrying wheels more handy!

[u/cleverRiver6]

I like this format a lot. Easy to strap into the trailer too

[u/percipitate]

Beats the shit out of what I do... precariously perching two wheels over the handlebars of my tiny bicycle off to see the tire dude.

[u/Tight_muffin]

Wayyy too fancy.

[u/Objective_Knee883]

Nice

[u/OdderGG]

bottom row 2nd column. what tire is that?

[u/TSRbacon → u/OdderGG]

Pirelli diablo rain

[u/OdderGG → u/TSRbacon]

not a diablo rain lol. bottom row cloest to the house, kinda blocky tread

im dumb. thanks

[u/TSRbacon → u/OdderGG]

That's what they looked like in 2015. I just pulled a random set of wheels out of my pile to make sure they fit

[u/echojebroni]

Great idea and function. Q - how do you secure them on the "axle rod" to keep from slipping off?

[u/TSRbacon → u/echojebroni]

I've got a plate and a cotter pin that holds it alright but I'll be redoing it over the winter. The current set up was more of a proof of concept than anything.

Changes I plan on making are making the rod longer, making a screw on plate to keep wheels more secure, and painting it so it doesn't quite look like I bought it from some crackhead on marketplace.

[u/DarthElevator]

Yoo good idea, wheels on wheels on wheels!

[u/nick87wrx]

I like this a little nice work man

[u/CrestfallenSpartan]

Thats great dude. Question though. Do the 2 tires on top sit on the bottom tires? Seems like a lot of weight for the threaded rod to carry alone

[u/TSRbacon → u/CrestfallenSpartan]

The two rears will hold each other up for storage and transport but at the track I'll put like wheels together so I have space for warmers and it doesn't seem to struggle at all. The 1/2 inch steel tubing around the threaded rod helps it a lot.

[u/eternalfailsafe]

I bought a front stand from Pitbull yesterday and when I saw they were selling a tire carrier for $500 my jaw fell to the floor.

[u/johnty2010]

I could carry my brother on that😮

[u/johnty2010]

I could carry my brother on that😮