DIY Made of Old Tires

[Suzanimal]

So cool. People are so creative, I'm impressed.

These are my favorites but there's lots more at the link.
http://www.goodshomedesign.com/diy-tires/2/


I. NEED. THIS.
I <3 Minions, I hope to acquire a few one day.

[tangent4ronpaul]

Inquire at your local garage. I think $25 a tire is the going rate, but keep your eyes out - sometimes they are found in streams and such.

Making sandals out of them is the classic use. That and swings for kids. They also make pretty good sleds on snow with a hill winters... though the inflatable inner tubes are much better.

-t

[Lindsey]

I thought this might be interesting for our shop.

[Lindsey]

Inquire at your local garage. I think $25 a tire is the going rate, but keep your eyes out - sometimes they are found in streams and such.

Making sandals out of them is the classic use. That and swings for kids. They also make pretty good sleds on snow with a hill winters... though the inflatable inner tubes are much better.

-t

I don't know of any shops that charge you for taking away their used tires. Around here most are happy to give them away so they don't have to deal with them.

[tangent4ronpaul]

I don't know of any shops that charge you for taking away their used tires. Around here most are happy to give them away so they don't have to deal with them.

Depends. If they have some good tread on them, they can sell them. I'm not sure if they get charged for them or get paid to sell them to a re-treading place. I have been charged a disposal fee the last time I got new tires though.

Rather regret not keeping them. You can stack them and grow potato's in them. Instant deep bed.

-t

[angelatc]

I think we have a disposal fee too. Which means that we can pick them up off the side of the road if we need them.

[Suzanimal]

I don't know of any shops that charge you for taking away their used tires. Around here most are happy to give them away so they don't have to deal with them.

There's a place around here that sells them for $5 each. I like the tire bathroom.

[Suzanimal]

I think we have a disposal fee too. Which means that we can pick them up off the side of the road if we need them.

And this, of course.

[69360]

We give them away for free at work.

[invisible]

Inquire at your local garage. I think $25 a tire is the going rate, but keep your eyes out - sometimes they are found in streams and such.

Making sandals out of them is the classic use. That and swings for kids. They also make pretty good sleds on snow with a hill winters... though the inflatable inner tubes are much better.

-t

I wouldn't recommend paying for one, when they are so easy to get for free. Trash men won't take them, you can't just take them to the dump. It actually costs money to get rid of the damn things, so people will throw them anywhere they can get away with it: vacant lots, the yards of vacant houses, woods, parks, streams, the side of the road, railroad tracks - virtually any piece of land that someone has turned their back on for 5 minutes. Visit any of these places, and plenty of old tires can be had for free. If you put an ad on craigslist that you will take away old tires for free, I suspect you'll get flooded with responses.

Last year, I had a neighbor try to stick an old tire in my yard. It started out in their backyard, and kept ending up in mine. I just kept throwing it back over the fence into their yard. They finally figured out that I wasn't just going to accept their trash, and made it into a swing for their kids.

[dannno]

A tire swing!!

I can't believe I'd never thought of that..

[jbauer]

Inquire at your local garage. I think $25 a tire is the going rate, but keep your eyes out - sometimes they are found in streams and such.
-t

Heck, we could have gave you 40,000 of them a year or two ago!!! You can get all the free tires your heart desires. Just go talk to any shop.