Of course there is always the once popular rural method of old tire disposal-bury them in the ground halfway and then paint the tops white. Makes a nice garden border. Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message -----
> One of the more innovative ways to dispose of old tires that I have
> heard of, was to freeze them in liquid nitrogen. After dipping they
> are shattered, this releases the steel from the "rubber". The steel
> can be recycled, and the "rubber" was then used in road paving.
> On Oct 14, 2011, at 6:12 AM, Dennis Haynes wrote:
> > ...
> > As for hand mounting and balancing the main advantage of the
> > balancing
> > machines is speed and consistency. How long did you spend installing
> > those
> > tires? Do you want to pay $100/hour for that? Also the bubble
> > balance does
> > not compensate for side to side variations.
> >
> > It's hard to believe that in a state with so many environmental
> > initiatives
> > that they allow simply burning tires to get the rubber. What a mess.
> >
> > ...
> > Dennis
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> > Behalf Of
> > Don Hanson
> > Sent: Friday, October 14, 2011 12:23 AM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: More about tires...somewhat early ..sort of Friday
> > ...
> > So why do tire shops try to charge us to 'dispose' of used tires
> > when they
> > obviously have value and are re-constituted into more tires to sell
> > us
> > again?
> ...