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  • From: venaurafarm <venaurafarm@bellsouth.net>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Highest use for tires?
  • Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:27:21 -0500

On 11/9/2012 3:37 PM, Frances and David wrote:
wow, tires are a real puzzle, aren't they?

possible to make them differently so non-toxic?
what to do with them?
how about recycling tires into...
tires?!
given that the toxic nature is important to their function in some way (if
that is the case),
then, how best to use them for said purpose, again and again...
I wonder whether that would work.

Not as road-ready and safe on inspected vehicles. Sure, recycle them on slow moving equipment and devices where safety is not a consideration, other than the toxicity one. You can buy, or fabricate yourself, all the components of a utility trailer, wheel rims included, axles, springs, etc etc. Make farm vehicles and use recycled tires on them.
Small, thin, large diameter tires, like motorcycle or bicycle tires
can be used on 4 wheel carts and wagons, garden carts and human powered garden equipment, tillers, weeders, tilthers, etc. As Bill Mollison said: the only limits to a permaculture (or homestead devices and equipment) design is the imagination of the designer. This is one of the most inspirational statements ever made throughout human history.

I have created designs for human powered garden equipment and hope to fabricate and use some of these.

LL




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