Shitloads of old tyres. Any ideas for getting rid of them?

**aprilia_RS250** · 8th April 2010, 19:41

I can give you two ideas
1. Burnouts! Nothin but burnouts! Film it post it here/youtube get good rep.
2. Sell on trade me to someone who wants to do number one.

**Number One** · 8th April 2010, 19:44

Originally Posted by aprilia_RS250

1. Burnouts! Nothin but burnouts! Film it post it here/youtube get good rep.
2. Sell on trade me to someone who wants to do number one.

You wanna buy some rep...I mean old tyres then??

**davereid** · 8th April 2010, 19:52

Originally Posted by Subike

Hey people, burning tyres is the worst way of disposal.
They are one of the big polutors of the planet
That should not be a suggestion ever

Just burn em, they burn great.

Put them around a speed camera, or a greeny. Two birds with one tyre then.

**Mom** · 8th April 2010, 20:00

Originally Posted by Number One

Over the years we have emassed a rather large assortment of used rubber under our house....

We would like to get rid of it however most places won't take tyres and the tips will but at an exhorbitant rate.

I wondered if anyone out there knows of anyone that might be looking for a large stash of old bike tyres of varied sizes....any ideas?

Dont use them as fire starters! Whatever you do dont. Even in jest that was not a good suggestion. Geeze Us, there are some precious folk around the place

**hellokitty** · 8th April 2010, 20:15

check with your local tyre shop - there are companies that will pick them up, they charge maybe $2 per tyre and they recycle them into something (something to do with roads?)

**sunhuntin** · 8th April 2010, 20:18

maybe ask around some local creches... they might use them for planters. a lot of daycares have vege or flower gardens now that the kids tend.

**Number One** · 8th April 2010, 20:28

Thanyou ladies I shall try/chase up both those options

**Pussy** · 8th April 2010, 20:38

Would it be worth asking one of the bike shops if you can chuck them on THEIR pile of old tyres?

**Laxi** · 8th April 2010, 21:06

**Cloggy** · 8th April 2010, 21:12

Are you in Wellington?
There is that place at the bottom of the Haywards Hill in Manor Park where they shred tyres.
Otherwise, cut the sidewalls out of the tyres so each tyre becomes three pieces. This will allow the two side walls to lie flat on each other and the thread portion can be folded up and held in a folded position with a bit of twine or string. Then, technically, it is no longer a tyre, just general rubbish and you can dump them without paying ridiculous fees.

**nothingflash** · 8th April 2010, 22:13

When you move out you could put a rug over them - much like covering a stain in the carpet

**huff3r** · 8th April 2010, 22:23

Originally Posted by Cloggy

Are you in Wellington?
There is that place at the bottom of the Haywards Hill in Manor Park where they shred tyres.
Otherwise, cut the sidewalls out of the tyres so each tyre becomes three pieces. This will allow the two side walls to lie flat on each other and the thread portion can be folded up and held in a folded position with a bit of twine or string. Then, technically, it is no longer a tyre, just general rubbish and you can dump them without paying ridiculous fees.

Do this! The reason they charge so much for tyre disposal is because they have to do the above to them, otherwise when in landfall covered in rubbish they will sit... and then one day suddenly become crushed under the weight, causing the entire rubbish pile above to be disturbed. (Quite a problem apparently?)