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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2014 7:08:22 GMT 10
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Post by You Must Enter A Name on Aug 18, 2014 7:39:19 GMT 10
Nice one Gaz, these bad boys can also be used to make retaining walls.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2014 12:13:30 GMT 10
Nice one Gaz, these bad boys can also be used to make retaining walls. Yep, done that twice...and they hold ground cover very well to hide themselves...!!  |
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Post by You Must Enter A Name on Aug 18, 2014 12:29:27 GMT 10
best part is, if you go to your local tyre shop, they will give the old ones to you for free if you explain what your doing. They charge the customer a disposal fee, then you take them for free, they get a double win.
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Post by wolfstar on Aug 18, 2014 13:45:55 GMT 10
I've heard you need to be careful what ones you get though, some leech a dangerous mineral into the soil and plants. Idk how common they are but it's worth looking further into.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2014 15:24:16 GMT 10
The heavy metal is bonded with the rubber and would take 50years or more to leach out. Unless you heat them. They make children's rubber safety floors at parks and McDonald out off old tyers!
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Post by wolfstar on Aug 18, 2014 17:48:48 GMT 10
good to hear, ive just heard others saying that so wasnt sure quite how bad the risk was looks like its time for me to go get some tyres for strawberry and potato beds! XD |
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Post by Nighthawk on Aug 18, 2014 17:56:10 GMT 10
Yeah I'm liking the look of this
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Post by You Must Enter A Name on Aug 18, 2014 18:01:04 GMT 10
I can't wait to see the first recycled tyre house....
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Post by wolfstar on Aug 18, 2014 18:13:17 GMT 10
omg yes! i love tyre buildings!
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Post by You Must Enter A Name on Aug 18, 2014 20:48:32 GMT 10
would smell terrible in a house fire though.
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Post by StepfordRenegade on Aug 19, 2014 15:34:29 GMT 10
best part is, if you go to your local tyre shop, they will give the old ones to you for free if you explain what your doing. They charge the customer a disposal fee, then you take them for free, they get a double win. Awesome! I drive passed a tyre place occasionally, I might give them a call. EDIT: I just called them, they are happy for me to take as many as I want. WINNING! |
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Post by You Must Enter A Name on Aug 19, 2014 17:27:43 GMT 10
best part is, if you go to your local tyre shop, they will give the old ones to you for free if you explain what your doing. They charge the customer a disposal fee, then you take them for free, they get a double win. Awesome! I drive passed a tyre place occasionally, I might give them a call. EDIT: I just called them, they are happy for me to take as many as I want. WINNING! lol, wonder if you said "I'll take them off your hands if you pay me $2.00 each" how it would have gone, probably could have a made buck  |
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Post by brad on Aug 20, 2014 0:45:51 GMT 10
my grandfather approached the government with a project to help stop the Erosion in Australia. His plan, putting old tyres in the ground, and fill with water. After it did many different trial runs he worked out the best system to ensure they will have enough water to kick start a new environment. The governments response to him was, "it is now illegal to bury tyres". I showed them some remote areas he did this in and they threaten to fine him. The pissed him off a fair bit so he decided to take the project overseas.
Another way to make sure your plants get enough water in dry areas is to pull apart some nappies, you can either soak them in water first or just pull apart the dry ones, the crystals in there are great for using in the soil as they retain water but also when they dry they shrink, then when they have more water they expand aerating the soil for you. you can also add them to a vase then add some food coloring to them to get a pretty cool effect.
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Post by You Must Enter A Name on Aug 20, 2014 7:37:35 GMT 10
Nice tip with the nappies Brad.
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Post by wolfstar on Aug 20, 2014 7:41:50 GMT 10
Very cool, I wouldn't have ever thought to use the filler in nappies in either of those ways!
But yeah the govt is pretty retarded in some (who are we kidding, most) of their ideas.
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