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Gawber
Joined: 19 Mar 2006
Posts: 2314
Location: Asturias, Spain
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 Posted: Tue Oct 27, 09 8:52 am Post subject: Uses for dumped tyres? |
 
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I have a friend who has found 100 or so dumped tyres half buried in pasture land - she has got them out of the ground but now we are stuck with what to do with them. Getting them taken away here in Spain is not possible (we think but will explore)
Someone suggested using them for a shelter/store building - any suggestions welcomed - they vary in size from tractor to car. We want to use them responsibly as she doesn't have the money to pay for their disposal. |
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Rob R
Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 16775
Location: York
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Bound together they make good retaining walls for earthworks etc. They used some to block the hole in the river flood banks when they burst a couple of years ago. |
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vegplot
Joined: 19 Apr 2007
Posts: 11129
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 09 9:47 am Post subject: |
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raised fish pond using the tyres as a ring mound packed with earth and stones (doesn't need to be rammed of compacted) then just add liner and water (and fish/plants etc.). |
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RichardW
Joined: 24 Aug 2006
Posts: 5716
Location: Llyn Peninsular North Wales
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 09 10:12 am Post subject: |
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There must be a system for getting rid of them. Ask at the local tyre fitters they might be able to shift them. But it might cost. I thing the environmental disposal charge here is 50p - £1 per tyre. |
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bodger
Joined: 23 May 2006
Posts: 6704
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 09 12:01 pm Post subject: |
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I saw an eco build on the box where they painstakingly stuffed them with soil to make walls. |
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vegplot
Joined: 19 Apr 2007
Posts: 11129
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 09 12:03 pm Post subject: |
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| bodger wrote: |
| I saw an eco build on the box where they painstakingly stuffed them with soil to make walls. |
Not to be recommended unless you have lots of time and you're very fit or can get lots of fit volunteers who won't get disheartened after their first tyre stuffing. |
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 13788
Location: w yorks /earth
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 09 12:13 pm Post subject: |
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filled with earth ace walls or cornish style hedge
good for weighting down big tarps
cut into bits they are standard third world shoe soles
planters ,place fill plant or turn em inside out on one side of the wheel if still on metal
reuse is nice |
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 13788
Location: w yorks /earth
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 09 12:15 pm Post subject: |
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a hundred isnt that many for a building |
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Hairyloon
Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 2073
Location: Today I are mostly being in Sheffield.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 09 12:31 pm Post subject: |
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I've got it in my head that tires can make good artificial reefs: provide shelter for fish, etc.
Not a DIY job though.
I'm told they are very good for growing potatoes in: add tyres & fill as the plant grows. |
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 13788
Location: w yorks /earth
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 09 12:38 pm Post subject: |
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i think they do but in industrial amounts tied with marine chain
as industrial things go old tyres to playground surface is quite good |
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Calli
Joined: 13 Mar 2009
Posts: 222
Location: Galway
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 09 12:55 pm Post subject: |
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I use tractor tyres as raised beds and compost bins. |
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Rob R
Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 16775
Location: York
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 09 1:35 pm Post subject: |
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Bastions! |
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 13788
Location: w yorks /earth
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 09 1:45 pm Post subject: |
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bahzeebo with a tarp on top ? |
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Gervase
Joined: 17 Nov 2004
Posts: 7000
Location: Ceredigion, West Wales
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 09 2:30 pm Post subject: |
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Gabions! |
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 13788
Location: w yorks /earth
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 09 2:38 pm Post subject: |
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my cornish/brittany hedge idea is a long gabion /bastion
wales and east york must be badlands
good backstop though |
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