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Tire shredder Ideas ?????????

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Burrhead

10-26-1999 18:23:18

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Anybody know who builds a tire shredder or the plans on how to build one? I need to buy or build one to shred small car tires.

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drgonzo

11-28-2005 10:46:02

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Re: Tire shredder Ideas ????????? in reply to Burrhead, 10-26-1999 18:23:18

I ran upon a company in belleville IL that made a tire shredder. The company was TJ Gundlach. It took a lot of horsepower.

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Steve Hansen

10-26-1999 18:58:24

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Re: Tire shredder Ideas ????????? in reply to Burrhead, 10-26-1999 18:23:18

Burrhead,

Shredding tires ain't easy. Biggest problem is cutting the steel cords. So far as I know, the only practical method is an industrial process ivolving a lot of specialized machinery. Tire shreds are mixed with coal and burned at electric power generators. The actual shredding is done at plants in metroplitan areas. The process is only cost effective when the tire disposal tax/fee is factored in. Not someting you can do in your back yard. Then again, you could be the one who makes tire shredding a cottage industry. Good luck.

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Burrhead

10-27-1999 08:14:09

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Re: Re: Tire shredder Ideas ????????? in reply to Steve Hansen, 10-26-1999 18:58:24

Thanks for your input Steve.
I saw some chips about 1" square, they were selling bagged at a store in town. I don't know what their intentions are for use.
It got me thinking that if I could shred them myself I could use them on my field roads and barn lots. We don't have stone quarries in this part of the world so rocks are very expensive.
I have'nt mastered how to use a lop or band saw on the steel cords. They are too slow and labor intensive.
I have scrap iron, hydraulic cylinders and pumps running out the ears, but I can't figure out how to build a table press knife.

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Steve Hansen

10-27-1999 18:46:31

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Re: Re: Re: Tire shredder Ideas ????????? in reply to Burrhead, 10-27-1999 08:14:09

Elderly neighbor at my country place had a couple of old tractor tires he wanted to cart off. Problem was they overpowered him and his pickup. Being the kind hearted fool that I am I volunteered to cut them into manageable size with my Sawzall. Zipped through the tires but the steel in the 1/2" bead area was damn near impossible to cut. Bolt cutters may have been more suitable but none were handy. Overall, it was a lot more work than I anticipated. Take a couple of lifetimes to get enough rubber chunks that way to do a short drive. No rocks? How about concrete and brick rubble from demolitions? Around here, rocks are in short supply but rubble goes begging. If you let people know you want it, well, it just starts appearing. Some of it has to be thrown away again but most can be used as stabalizing fill.

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Burrhead

10-28-1999 19:07:36

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Tire shredder Ideas ????????? in reply to Steve Hansen, 10-27-1999 18:46:31

Sounds like my brain storm was a thunder cloud.
Thanks folks.

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paul

10-28-1999 01:34:36

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Tire shredder Ideas ????????? in reply to Steve Hansen, 10-27-1999 18:46:31

I agree with your assesment, Steve. In the wonderful world of govt, my state decided to create jobs up north they would place a tire processing plant up there, & everyone could pay to cart their old tires up there, then pay again to ship the rubber chunks back south to be used for something. Ah, I wonder why tires are still appearing in road ditches....

Anyhow, the machine looked like an all-steel hay crimper. I'm sure there was a little engeneering into it, but it did a lot of work with that set of special rollers. Can't remember if things got ground up finer after that...

--->Paul

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