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Josh Wilhelm

11-16-2006 19:07:00




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Has anybody out there found a cheap legal way to get rid of junk tractor tires. I havent seen anything here in Minnesota lately.




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Hal/WA

11-17-2006 22:09:18




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 Re: Old Tires in reply to Josh Wilhelm, 11-16-2006 19:07:00  
You might try putting them out by the road with a sign that says "free" on them. Maybe someone will want them and haul them away for you.

Big tires also make very good planters for raised beds in a yard or garden.

I bet there is someone out there that would want your used tires. Good luck!



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noncompos

11-17-2006 10:22:46




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 Re: Old Tires in reply to Josh Wilhelm, 11-16-2006 19:07:00  
Burying old tires may not be such a good idea; one of the complaints about putting them in landfills is that they tend to come back to the surface, just like a lot of the things we did in our very youthful days...



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Kent in KC

11-17-2006 07:04:29




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 Re: Burning Old Tires in reply to Josh Wilhelm, 11-16-2006 19:07:00  
Guys, guys, guys. We have to stop thinking like that. Our poor old planet is ailing bad. We have to stop dumping more trash into our children's air. Burning tires releases some real nasty stuff that just never goes away. Please, try to find a proper way to recycle your old tires. Like some of the guys have suggested, they have plenty of good uses, some may even pay you for your time. Worse come to worse, bury them but don't burn them. Then go tell your grandkids what you did for them.

But that's just me...

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Tim...Ok

11-17-2006 05:03:40




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 Re: Old Tires in reply to Josh Wilhelm, 11-16-2006 19:07:00  
we can dump them at the landfill for a dollar a tire..


Tim



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Don-Wi

11-16-2006 23:32:14




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 Re: Old Tires in reply to Josh Wilhelm, 11-16-2006 19:07:00  
If they're truely junk, we'll just pay the fee when we have one changed out, front or back tire doesn't matter. Rears are up to $15/each now I think. Don't know how much if you didn't have them mount anything. We have had them take an extra one here or there in the past though, and it was the same nominal fee as the first 2.

For front tractor and implement tires, it's the same $2 fee we get charged for car/truck tires. I had new (used) tires put on my truck about a month ago, but I wanted the other ones back for hay wagons. I still paid the fee for disposal, but then I brought in 4 other junk tires instead to dispose of.

Then when we have to change out a wagon tire, we pay the disposal for the one that blew out, and bring in our own used tire to mount back on the rim.

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Blue3992

11-16-2006 23:06:35




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 Re: Old Tires in reply to Josh Wilhelm, 11-16-2006 19:07:00  
Contact your state EPA--see if they have any sort of program set up for collecting used tires. Illinois has a program where they have several drop off points at different times of the year all over the state.

If Minnesota dosen't have anything, go talk to whoever sells tractor tires, and ask them how they get rid of their's. Chances are, they have a company that comes out and picks them up every so often for a fee. Get the contact info for that company and talk to them. I think I paid like 15 bucks to get rid of a medium sized tractor tire.

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doogdoog

11-16-2006 21:56:28




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 Re: Old Tires in reply to Josh Wilhelm, 11-16-2006 19:07:00  
Aloha, You could did a big hole and bury them and use the extra dirt for your garden.

Mahalo,
doogdoog



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coflyboy

11-16-2006 21:19:42




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 Re: Old Tires in reply to Josh Wilhelm, 11-16-2006 19:07:00  
If you fill them with dirt and carefully stack them behind a retaining wall that wall will be there forever. BTDT.

Of course I live in the mountains and have a greater need for retaining walls than do most of those who don't.



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Leland

11-16-2006 21:12:45




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 Re: Old Tires in reply to Josh Wilhelm, 11-16-2006 19:07:00  
In IL the epa has a free disposial day where a private person can bring up to 1000 tires to dfispose of free .



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Wardner

11-16-2006 21:03:42




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 Re: Old Tires in reply to Josh Wilhelm, 11-16-2006 19:07:00  
I can't remember their name but there is a company that trades on Wall Street and they burn tires for power generation. I think they now have about fifteen plants and are building more.

They use a technology that meets local and national air quality standards. At this point, I believe they get a "tipping fee" for accepting tires. I suspect there will be competition in the future and they will not be able to collect that fee. Save your tires. Someday you will be able to sell them as you do with metal scrap.

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IA Roy

11-16-2006 20:36:32




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 Re: Old Tires in reply to Josh Wilhelm, 11-16-2006 19:07:00  
We have one as a raised flowerbed and it works fine. We have used it about 10 years and no degradation.



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NC wayne

11-16-2006 20:13:22




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 Re: Old Tires in reply to Josh Wilhelm, 11-16-2006 19:07:00  
Do some checking wityh local tire dealers and see where they get rid of theirs. Nowdays their doing everything with tires from grinding them up to put in asphalt, cutting them into vrious shapes to make dock bumpers, blasting mats, etc. I also saw an episode of Dirty Jobs not to long ago where their actually being burned by one outfit to provide heat to process whatever product it was they made. Barring any of that either a late night burn under a bog brush pile or adopt the same stratagy you would removing any other pest minus the first step...simply shovel and shut up...

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johndeeregene

11-16-2006 19:19:37




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 Re: Old Tires in reply to Josh Wilhelm, 11-16-2006 19:07:00  
i had a bunch of used old tires one time, an a freind of mine took an sold them to some people for to put in there yards for sandboxs or sandtires what ever you want to call them. then again another people i know took her husbands tires an used them for her garden planters, big planters, but it worked.
johndeeregene



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504-1

11-16-2006 19:14:50




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 Re: Old Tires in reply to Josh Wilhelm, 11-16-2006 19:07:00  
Our local COOP(feed and fertlizer)has a tire round up every spring, ask your county recycle manager.



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Harlan Kruger

11-16-2006 19:08:51




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 Re: Old Tires in reply to Josh Wilhelm, 11-16-2006 19:07:00  
Some places that sell tires will buy them, its not cheap but its legal, otherwise, you can always have bon fires real late at night hehe



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jeffcat

11-16-2006 20:14:59




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 Re: Old Tires in reply to Harlan Kruger, 11-16-2006 19:08:51  
It is toooo sad, but not in New Jersey no more. They will hang your butt out to dry! You can't even burn them little leaf piles or nothing! Pennsy is just across the river and no problemo. Jeffcat



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