CCA

So what do you think it would cost to have an aluminum tire rack made for a steel open trailer? Tired of struggling to get everything to fit in the truck bed.

TRT41

Similar but not exact. I have a aluminum bed on steel frame, the price quoted for a steel tire rack was 700 to 800. I have only priced with the builder (Sloan Kwik Loader).

Circuit Motorsports

I think the Trailex one that people have put on other branded trailers is in the 600ish range.

TheOtherEric

Yup, easy question. The answer is $600. Just call Trailex, tell then the width of your bed, and you'll have your custom-width tire rack in about a week. They don't care who makes the trailer.

brad@tirerack.com

I have many people buy the one we carry for walls and engineer it to work in their trailers. It's a great unit, and inexpensive.

Viperbob1

Get the Trailex... You will not regret it. Will be simple bolt-on just drilling a few holes.

Veloce Raptor

Yup, easy-peasy 8 bolts, viola!

rlm328

I had one made for open steel trailer out of 2" square tubing. Installed and painted by the welder $250 all in. Holds 4 tires and wheel. Let me know if you want the designs.

chrisp

I built my own out of steel and bolted it to my aluminum trailer and though I would do it myself again (plus huge help from a friend who can weld) I can attest that for $600 that's a great way to go. Mine cost me ~$175 in material and about 16 man hours (8 hrs x 2 people).

sig_a

Investigate one of your local vocational schools. You'll help kids learn a trade and get a quality rack as well. Their instructor would likely be part of the project from design through construction. Could be less than $200. Worth a phone call or visit.

CCA

Hum, $600 is a little more steep than I'd like to go. That would just about cover an additional event or set of tires for the SM. Good idea to check with a local tech school. This will likely be a winter project when I don't have to worry about turn-around time as much.

KaiB

As mentioned above, a local welder (or farmer iffn yer rool!) should be able to do you up just right...

KS-CS

PM'd you.

jpk

There are other options; I've been pretty happy with my $36 "steel pipe on the a-frame" version. Have a look at post #29 here:

https://rennlist.com/forums/racing-a...rack-help.html

I have since replaced the 24" pipes with 42" and it lets me get four tires on each side (the top one goes face down; the pipe only sticks a couple of inches above the inside face of the top wheel)
I drilled a hole about 1/2" down from the top of the pipe that lets me put a padlock on it, just the added bulk/width of the padlock is enough to keep you from getting the top wheel off. Even though it's not 100% secure (if someone had a pipe wrench, they could twist the entire pipe out) it's enough to deter most folks from walking off with my wheels.
Also, when I do have eight wheels on, I thread a ratchet strap through the stacks just to keep everything from moving around.

Potomac-Greg

Whoa! TireRack sells tire racks? Who'd have thought that!?