Junk tires

[enjenjo]

I am having a hard time getting rid of junk tires. There was a recycler here that would take them for $2 each, and shred them for cement kiln fuel, But they went out of business. The county transfer station will not take them.  I am getting a pile of them again, and no where close to get rid of them.

What do you do with junk tires?

[phat46]

I am having a hard time getting rid of junk tires. There was a recycler here that would take them for $2 each, and shred them for cement kiln fuel, But they went out of business. The county transfer station will not take them.  I am getting a pile of them again, and no where close to get rid of them.

What do you do with junk tires?

I save up a bunch of them and toss them in a guys yard down in Swanton Ohio....   Actually it is a problem, there was a shop here that would take them but they went out of business a month ago.

[wayne petty]

start calling the cement manufacturer.. they need the tires.. just because one of their suppliers has gone under does not mean they have stopped using tires in their cement plant...

there will be another transfer provider somewhere..


Holcim Us Inc  
6211 Ann Arbor Road, Dundee, MI 30 mi N
(734) 529-2411 ‎ · holcim.com
Category: Cement-wholesale
cement manufacturing · portland cement


Quikrete  
873 Western Avenue, Toledo, OH 17 mi E
(419) 241-1148 ‎ · quikrete.com
Category: Cement-manufacturers


i don't know about these last 2...

St Mary Cement - Toledo  
2301 Front Street, Toledo, OH 21 mi E
(419) 697-1141 ‎


Rolland Cement, Inc.  
113 Aberdeen Drive, Monroe Charter Township, MI 32 mi NE
(734) 344-4615 ‎

there is at least one cement plant here in so cal.. out east of fontana. who uses tires in their plant..


the insurance costs for storing used tires till one has enough for a truck load must be incredible..  as a recycling company..

there are also several companies around. who cut the tires into quarters.. and dip them in liquid nitrogen.. then braking them into tiny fragments. the steel is separated...  the rubber sold to asphalt plants for pavement..
one last company out here makes rubber mats out of the used tire rubber from nitrogen dipped and crumbled tires.. they also make molded sidewalk sections from them..

[58 Yeoman]

A few years back, a local cement plant had a trailer in various places to pick up tires, but I haven't seen it in a while.  They burned their tires whole.

Aren't tire sellers required to recycle tires?  But then, they usually charge $4 per tire.

[Ohio Blue Tip]

Old tires are easy to get rid of.    Every time you go to the quarter car wash, just leave two standing against the wall, problem solved. lol

[UGLY OLDS]

Put them out front by the road 4 at a time with a sign that says $100.00 for all ....DONT chain them to the tree ... POOF ...
Next morning ...All Gonnneeeeee.....  



Bob......

[chimp koose]

In saskatchewan we pay a $5 per tire recycling fee when tires are purchased.you drop off old ones at any tire shop . there are subsidised (with your $5 /tire fee)companies that recycle them into all kinds of stuff.You could always turn them inside out and make flower pots out of them!

[chopped]

In saskatchewan we pay a $5 per tire recycling fee when tires are purchased.you drop off old ones at any tire shop . there are subsidised (with your $5 /tire fee)companies that recycle them into all kinds of stuff.You could always turn them inside out and make flower pots out of them!

Wife did the pot thing with four of them for me, she had a heck of a time turning them inside out.

[Charlie Chops 1940]

I have a tire store about 4 miles from me that do dismounts, balancing, etc. for me. They take the old ones for $3 each. I do 4 or 5 every now and then to keep the pile smaller.

Kenny's idea is probably the best but now they have cameras....

Charlie

[WZ JUNK]

Mine accidentally get into a burning brush pile.  I usually burn my brush during a heavy snow storm and the smoke seems to disappear.

John

[n.c.rodder]

We have a recycling center that will take them for $5. The bonus is sometimes you find perfectly good tires in the shed when you drop off your junk ones. I picked up a pair for my plow truck that I've been using for the last 3 years.

Mike

[Glen]

the junk tires are picked up for free at my shop.  If you were in my town i would allow you to drop them off at no charge.  You might call around, especially if you are a regular customer of a shop that has a free pickup service.

[Mac]

Maybe just lucky and very rural but my landfill will take tires if the sidewalls are cut out. Plunge cut with my Sawzall, one handed walk around, flip and repeat. Worth asking.

[1800guy]

My local landfill also takes them if the sidewalls are cut from the tread.  I use a drywall knife and pre-spray the cut with Windex.  I do 5 tires and then flip the blade, just to keep it easy.  We used to have to do a cut across the tread as well, but no more. THAT was a royal pain.

[enjenjo]

Well, I found that the Henry county landfill will take them. It's about 20 miles from here. They charge  3 cents a lb., no more than 10 tires at a time.