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In answer to the origional question, how to cut up tires, we have a recycler in this area, and his machine is an overgrown paper shredder. It works on exactly the same principal, intermeshed rollers. Tires go into the top whole, and drop out the bottom onto conveyor in shreds and chunks. His plan is to store them in an open field until the wire rusts away, and then recycle the rubber. He's got a 30 acre field piled twenty plus feet deep. If that ever catches fire, there won't be anyone living in three counties! He also has a machine that operates on the same principal as an over grown can opener, or a pipe cutter - a sharp roller cutter is put against the tread, and the tire rotated, cutting it in halves like a bagel. I'm told that whole tires thrown in a landfill or buried will float to the surface, unless they are cut in half. On a practical basis, for an individual, a heavy duty saber saw, or a sawzall with a coarse blade will cut up a few tires in fairly good time. A WORD OF ADVICE, IF YOU'RE PLANNING ON CUTTING UP THE TIRES SO YOU CAN BURN THEM, DON'T. LEAVE THE BURNING TO THE FACTORIES EQUIPPED WITH PROPER EQUIPMENT TO DO THE JOB SAFELY! One final word about the tire recycler, most of the used reject tires he gets in from tire dealers are given a cursory visual inspection, and loaded in semi trailers and shipped to used tire dealers, and trailer manufacturers. BEWARE OF USED TIRES!
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