2016 manual transmission black Toyota corolla 29k miles. New tires, can't remember brand name.
I'm putting this car in storage for six months. Are tire savers really necessary? Could I use jack stands instead? Would the weight on jack stands bend the frame or do any other long-term damage? Who makes the best brand of tire savers?
Thank you!
I would just put it on jack stands if you're worried
If you let tires sit on hard pavement long term, they will develop flat spots where they're sitting on the concrete. You'll feel a rumbling/ shaking when you drive down the road until they go round again. My step dad rarely drives his 2020 Mustang GT in the winter time and leaves it in the garage. It does this. Depending on how long they sat, they don't always go back into shape. Putting jack stands under the car won't cause any damage, providing you put them at the correct locations under the body. Those points are designed to bear the weight of the car.
The nose wheel tyres of the B737 sometimes develop flat spots when parked overnight. You can feel the rhythmic bump when the wheels are moving during the first few minutes, on the first flight of the day.
That might be a little un-nerving, haha. I've never felt it on an airplane, though it makes sense why they would develop them. I'd be curious to see how it affects even larger jets, like a B747 or the A380.
I parked the rear wheels on my own Mustang on a paved ramp up into my garage a couple weeks ago and forgot about it. When I drove it this past weekend I felt that same feeling then remembered the rear tires were on pavement. The gravel driveway doesn't do that to tires, interestingly.
Pretty sure it might affect most heavy machines. Maybe the gravel allows the rubber lesser ‘resistance’?
The gravel might settle and help "cup" the tire, whereas the concrete stays flat and pressed against it. Now that I think about it, when I drove my Catalina on the road after it was on gravel for 5 years, those ancient tires didn't shimmy at all from flat spots.
Yeah, that’s what I meant.