Anyone know a good way to store 8 motorcycles in small space?
January 23rd, 2010 | Articles | 3 Comments »
imd14bikes asked:
I’m deploying to Iraq again and need to figure out a way to store 8 motorcycle in the smallest area possible in my garage. I was thinking of building a rack and have 4 on top and 4 on the bottom.. The garage has 9 foot ceilings so if the rack is less than 6″, I’d have about 4’3″ on each level. Anyone know of a rack or system that could do the job? I was thinking of building a 8′x6′ platform using 4×4′s 2×4′s and some plywood. I’ll load the bikes into a truck then push them from the truck to the upper platform using a ramp to the upper platform. 4 of the bikes are 70′s and 80′s Yamaha XS650 so they don’t weigh a ridiculous amount and they could go on top. Anyone have any better ideas about the platform or a way to get them up there?
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I’m deploying to Iraq again and need to figure out a way to store 8 motorcycle in the smallest area possible in my garage. I was thinking of building a rack and have 4 on top and 4 on the bottom.. The garage has 9 foot ceilings so if the rack is less than 6″, I’d have about 4’3″ on each level. Anyone know of a rack or system that could do the job? I was thinking of building a 8′x6′ platform using 4×4′s 2×4′s and some plywood. I’ll load the bikes into a truck then push them from the truck to the upper platform using a ramp to the upper platform. 4 of the bikes are 70′s and 80′s Yamaha XS650 so they don’t weigh a ridiculous amount and they could go on top. Anyone have any better ideas about the platform or a way to get them up there?
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depends on if you have equipment to stack them or not…
what i’ve done is used the metal skid bottoms from a dealer, strap the bike to it, and then move them around on a forklift or pallet jack. to stack them, you’d obviously need something to support the weight up on top, but should be easy because the skids have a flat bottom, just string some 2×4′s together doubling them at the corners and cross brace them and you should be set
a harley dealer has always just given me the skids to have them gone so they don’t have to dispose of them… doesn’t have to be a harley to fit the skid, any bike fits. i’ve hauled 8 bikes at a time on a flat deck trailer from florida to canada that way
could always alter direction without stacking like on a small trailer…
one forward, one backward, forward, backward, etc.
I saw a guy from Mexico haul 12 full size dirtbikes on a 6.5 x 16 foot trailer using this method crossways… the diagram below might help where the “I” indicates handle bars and the “——” the rest of the bike…
-I——
——I-
-I——
——I-
-I——
——I-
-I——
would also prevent having to fabricate something to stack them on…
Military surplus carries heavy duty racking systems. If you’re near Pa. then try