Dumpster diving finds - let's see yours

   / Dumpster diving finds - let's see yours #91  
Cost me $38 for 240 lbs of tires at the dump. That was 7 from my dually and 2 trailer tires. It's not too bad. I ordered tires online and did my own mount and balancing.
 
   / Dumpster diving finds - let's see yours #92  
Many areas have periodic - here it's yearly - tire disposal amnesties, where you can take up to some number (here 8!) of tires to dispose of them properly, for free. Our transfer station/dump charges an arm and a leg otherwise.

Google for "your county tire amnesty" and then set a calendar reminder for dumping the old tires.
Ours will take 4 (maybe it's 5, but a full set) once per year. I dont think they keep a record though, so
 
   / Dumpster diving finds - let's see yours #93  
Tire shop charged me $5 a tire to dispose of 29 tires a renter left behind... December 2024
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   / Dumpster diving finds - let's see yours #94  
A fellow I knew for years was an "evil genius"...(rip). Tires reminds me of one of many, many stories about him. His uncle had an old two ton truck with wooden side racks and one day went to a local tire store after they closed and filled the truck with about 200-300 tires they had piled outside. The next day they drove way out in the boonies with a sign "used tires $5". They sold every one by that afternoon.
He was a real "Mister Haney".
 
   / Dumpster diving finds - let's see yours #95  
There is a recycling charge here on new tires. Cars, pickups, motorcycles etc. are $6.50 each.
 
   / Dumpster diving finds - let's see yours #96  
Somebody drove down the road in front of my house and threw about 10 tires, some with wheels, over a distance of about a half mile. :mad:
 
   / Dumpster diving finds - let's see yours #98  
   / Dumpster diving finds - let's see yours #100  
Most of the times now, I just pay the fee when I get new tires for the shop to keep the old ones, but i used to just bury them, and save the $5/tire. Old tires do work well for shooting range back stops, when filled with sand, and can make very good leveling drags after you have disced up a field.
 

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