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OLD TIRES??

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PLOWBOY

03-21-2001 08:02:58




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What's the best and easyest way to cut used tires?




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Greg Aust

03-27-2001 04:58:19




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 Re: OLD TIRES?? in reply to PLOWBOY, 03-21-2001 08:02:58  
Ok, here is what I use down under, If you want to remove the side wall git yerself a "Stanley'knife fitted with a carpet cutters blade and hook into the wall just off the tread. Thicker tyres will need a couple of runs with the knife. Stanley make a couple of knives, look for the curved one with the large brass coloured disc. It has a good grip.
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Franz

03-21-2001 16:46:13




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 Re: OLD TIRES?? in reply to PLOWBOY, 03-21-2001 08:02:58  
Best way to minimize wear on blade and decrease drag is to have someone drip some brake fluid onto the Sawzall blade as you cut. Better way is to use the tires full of rammed earth to construct a tractor shed. Even EPA thinks you're being environmentally friendly. Heck of a lot cheaper than laying up a block wall too.



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Paul

03-21-2001 11:10:14




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 Re: OLD TIRES?? in reply to PLOWBOY, 03-21-2001 08:02:58  
I used a sawzall to cut the sidewall out of a 38" tractor tire. Was making a sandbox for the grandkids out of a tractor tire and worried about a copperhead hiding under the bead. It didn't take two minutes to cut the entire radius just below the treads. EPA got onto a friend who was using tires to hold down the cover on a pit silo. Said he was breeding mosquitos in the water trapped inside the tires. He used three chainsaws to cut slots across the tread so water couldn't collect in them. Worked good on all but the steel belted radials. Three man job - one cutting and two sharpening. . .

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Paul with more

03-21-2001 11:15:31




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 Re: Re: OLD TIRES?? in reply to Paul, 03-21-2001 11:10:14  
I tried to talk him into using a .38 to shoot some drain holes in each tire. Probably cheaper than the method he used. He said he was afraid he would alarm the EPA observers. Seems it had developed into a hostile situation. . .



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F14...Depends

03-21-2001 09:51:55




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 Re: OLD TIRES?? in reply to PLOWBOY, 03-21-2001 08:02:58  
If you need to cut through the bead, probably a Sawzall reciprocating saw. If you want to cut the sidewall out WITHOUT cutting the bead, I saw a guy in Farmshow magazine that does it with a chainsaw.



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Bill D

03-21-2001 13:26:04




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 Re: Re: OLD TIRES?? in reply to F14...Depends, 03-21-2001 09:51:55  
A sawzall is great to seperate the tire from the bead Those stainless steel wires will eat blades when you are cutting the beads, have actually sneaked out in the country and used a cutting torch to dispose of the beads. Trimmed out and mounted a set of old tractor tires on my 15-30 burned up the sawzall before I was done Finished up with a small chain saw Neighbors thought I was nuts attacting those big old rims with a chain saw but only proved that any one that restores old iron is marching to a different beat than most

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