Third world cutting up tires for scrapping

[JohnnyG]

When the item reaches the end of its useful life you simply turn it in to the government and they take care of it, since that was already paid for.

Looks like we now know where they send them!

 

[Nick1994]

My back hurts just watching that video...

Seems like a lot of work for little benefit, but I guess you work with what you have in a 3rd world country and especially when you work for likely pennies a day.

 

[skyactiv]

Is this how they make those black rings on road construction barrels?

The tire sidewalls used for construction barrels are 22.5" diameter truck/semi and trailer tires.

The tire being cut in the Youtube video is a bias ply with no steel belts I bet.
Radial semi and trailer tires usually have a 1 ply steel sidewall.

The only place you still see new bias ply tires used on the road today is on intermodal chassis minus the old collectors vehicle.

 

[skyactiv]

My back hurts just watching that video...

Seems like a lot of work for little benefit, but I guess you work with what you have in a 3rd world country and especially when you work for likely pennies a day.

There was an 20/20 news story talking about the drug problem in Kentucky where an old hillbilly burned a tire to get less than $1 worth of scrap metal from it.

 

[Nick1994]

There was an 20/20 news story talking about the drug problem in Kentucky where an old hillbilly burned a tire to get less than $1 worth of scrap metal from it.

Strange, I'd think there's less value in scrap steel in a tire than the cost of the match and gasoline to light it on fire.

 

[Wrenchturner44]

I am not sure if this LaFarge plant is still doing this or not....but this was also a practice in the U.S. for some time.

 

[Hall]

Strange, I'd think there's less value in scrap steel in a tire than the cost of the match and gasoline to light it on fire.

1) He already has a fire burning, 2) the tire (and his time) are free so that's $1 "profit", and 3) drug addicts aren't going to use logic

 

[DougR]

Rubberized asphalt over Portland cement has been very successful in Phoenix. Unfortunately it has reached the end of its 10-year life. AZ DOT officials are working on plans to address the problem, but there is no funding source to redo the freeway surfaces as of 2019.

https://www.azfamily.com/news/inves...cle_52f9c440-5807-11e9-877c-b74cf0547c97.html

 

[Deamos]

Tires buried whole in a landfill tend to "float" to the surface. They need to be cut up first.

Look up "crumb rubber." It was found that grinding old tires into small pieces, using a magnet to pull the steel out for separate recycling, and mixing the rubber bits into asphalt for pavement made the pavement last a lot longer. Thus solving two problems at once.

The industry that paves roads lobbied Congress very hard, and successfully, against making this legal.

There's a walking path near my apartment that (I think) has this kind of asphalt paving. It's actually pretty wonderful to walk on and seems impervious to weather effects.

Been living here 5 years, it was there well before I moved here, still looks exactly the same.

 

[mk378]

The pavement was "expected to last 10 years," and indeed it did. Funding for the expected replacement should have been in the works from the outset.

 

[kneesahn]

The skill of these people using the most rudimentary tools always amazes me.

 

[Rmay635703]

If they are going to just dump them somewhere, whats the point of cutting them into pieces?.,,,

They “dump” the rings into dirt roads



If your road is gonna be dirt placing tire rings in the mess keeps washboarding, ruts and pot holes from forming.
Also the max weight the road can support before becoming stuck increases

Companies even use them in the US remote areas to provide semi access without spending a mint on the private road or semi repairs

As for me I’m having trouble finding a legal method of disposing the tires, I can’t even pay to get rid of them since everyone wants me to buy a tire and mount, the county won’t take them and sends me to a wrecker who isn’t taking them right now either

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bu.../amp/mechanical-concrete-for-home-foundations

 

[Hall]

As for me I’m having trouble finding a legal method of disposing the tires, I can’t even pay to get rid of them

Go to one of the used tire places. Odds are one of them will take them off your hands for a few bucks each. A co-worker had replaced the "summer" tires on a leased car once with all-seasons and after turning the car in at lease end, still had the tires and no use for them. They were in good condition but an uncommon size. I took them to a used tire place to see if they'd buy them and they offered $5/each. Owner told me he might sell them but he'd likely end up having to dispose them and the $5 just covers the fee he has to pay.

Otherwise, see if your city, county, etc has a "hazardous waste disposal event" where they allow people to get rid of things like tires, paint, etc 1-2 times a year. My county accepts "household hazardous waste" (2) days every week. Tires are NOT considered household waste though. They do allow residents (with proof) to drop off (10) tires per year though.

 

[mark pruett]

I understand their point because the average person actually disposes ZERO tires per year and commercial outfits that do dispose of tires are charged a fee (and we consumers are charged that fee when we buy new tires). By limiting the number of tires, they're keeping tire shops from bringing them to the dump.

Exactly. The question here really isn't "how do I cut them up to take them to the dump surreptitiously", but rather "Why do you have more than 5 tires per year to take to the dump?"

You should probably have a better way of disposing of them if you're taking more than the limit each year. You may be legally required to in fact.

 

[mark pruett]

That fee covers the cost of recycling so why not be allowed to leave tires there.

Where I live, you DO leave your old tires when you get them changed. I think they're required to charge you that fee AND take the old tires off your hands.

They'll even take other old tires off your hands for a nominal fee- I think it was $10 or so for four, when I last did it. (Discount Tire). It was more trouble to get rid of the old aluminum rims than it was to get rid of the tires. (had to go halfway across town to some janky recycling place and hardly made any money on them)

 

[OVERKILL]

Exactly. The question here really isn't "how do I cut them up to take them to the dump surreptitiously", but rather "Why do you have more than 5 tires per year to take to the dump?"

You should probably have a better way of disposing of them if you're taking more than the limit each year. You may be legally required to in fact.

He flips cars, so I expect he accumulates a lot of bad tires.

 

[atikovi]

He flips cars, so I expect he accumulates a lot of bad tires.

Less then a dozen a year. I sell the usable but not high enough tread tires on Craigslist. These two I found dumped in front of my warehouse.

 

[OVERKILL]

Less then a dozen a year. I sell the usable but not high enough tread tires on Craigslist. These two I found dumped in front of my warehouse.

Still, if the limit is 5 and you are getting close to 12, I can see how this is an issue.

 

[atikovi]

Even if you don't sell cars, 5 tires are what one car has assuming full size spare. If a person replaces the tires on 2 of his cars he is screwed.

 

[bdcardinal]

OSHA inspectors head would explode seeing that. Not open toe shoes, but NO shoes at all.

I do some of my best work in flip-flops.