where to find a lot of old tires

[rawvegan]

is there a specific place that takes tires? i am looking for a lot of old tires. any recycling center in particular? The info would be greatly appreciated. thanks.

[unknownjulie]

Just curious, but are you going to build an earthship?

[beejee]

Mosquito hatchery?

[hooligal]

Used tires are great as planters. No mosquitos since they are filled to the brim with soil. Stackable and damn heavy (pig proofish) when full of dirt. I've seen them used as planters, stacked double high, at the base of fences to prevent pigs and dogs from pushing under the fence.

And, you can easily lean lava rocks against them to make 'em less fugly. It ends up looking like a rock wall/planter, but built in 1/4 the time of regular rock wall.

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[rawvegan]

were undecided yet. going one way or the other earthbag or tires. steering towards the tires at the moment. I'm sure i could find all the tires i ever wanted for free if i were there.... stuck in california for the time being until we start building. just seeing if anyone knew of a tire dump or recycling center that i could get them from. i'd hate to pay the engineer to draw our plans using one or the other and then have to switch later on. earthbag is easy to get shipped over from Oakland. Tires must be local.

[Rob Tucker]

Tires are regularly sent to recyclers were they are cut into quarters for landfill disposal. As I recall the recyclers are paid $8 each to recycle them, not likely that they will give them away.

[Lee M-S]

Do the earth bags need to be filled with, um, earth?
You know that's a little hard to come by here (most of Puna has only a couple inches of soil atop the most recent layer of lava), you'll probably have to buy fill for the bags. The free mulch from the dump breaks down pretty fast, so your house would slump.

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[rawvegan]

uh yeah definitely have to buy fill if we go that route. We would use scoria sand and concrete mix in the earthbags or just scoria for the tires. our lot in Hawaiian Acres has a couple feet of soil but definitely wouldn't want to use it up building.

[MarkP]

Seismic concerns are not trivial here. That is one thing about both earthship and earthbag construction that I think would have to be carefully addressed.

I have read a lot about building with stone. It is probably the most common building material in the world, keeping in mind that most people on earth are not in developed countries. In Hawaii, New Zealand, California, Japan, when a big earthquake hits there are a few hundred deaths. In India and Nepal, thousands die, most crushed by the collapsed walls and roofs of their modest family homes that were doing a fairly decent job of protecting them right up until the earthquake hit.

[7Shadows]

Advertise free old tire removal on Craigslist, might take some time but I'm sure people will choose free removal vs. $8.00