Tire Disposal

[F6Dave]

For those of you who change your own tires, how do you get rid of the old ones? For years I had the same driver picking up my trash, and he'd always take my motorcycle tires. He took just about anything, even an old mattress. I tipped him now and then as did other neighbors. He had a pretty good thing going.

Now there's a new driver who won't touch those tires. I'm sure others have the same problem. If you change your own tires what do you do with the old ones?

[da prez]

 BTires in trash is a no no. Cut the tread from the sidewall. Fold the tread in half twice and use drywall screws to hold it together. It is not a tire.
  Check with a local tire shop. They may take them for a small fee. We also  stuff them inside a car tire.

                da prez

[98valk]

depends on town trash/disposal laws. in my town one tire per trash day is allowed.

[mark81]

Cutting them up and throwing in your trash is an option. I've worked at several tire shops. Most would take them for free some would charge $5 per at most for disposal fee. Another option is to throw them in a dumpster of an apartment complex or chuck them in the closest river. Put them in your yard full of top soil for a planter. I've even seen them painted white and stacked up as a snowman for Christmas decorations. I personally just throw them in the bed of my truck and drive around with the tailgate down until its not my problem anymore.

[Challenger]

REALLY  ? 

[The emperor has no clothes]

Cutting them up and throwing in your trash is an option. I've worked at several tire shops. Most would take them for free some would charge $5 per at most for disposal fee. Another option is to throw them in a dumpster of an apartment complex or chuck them in the closest river. Put them in your yard full of top soil for a planter. I've even seen them painted white and stacked up as a snowman for Christmas decorations. I personally just throw them in the bed of my truck and drive around with the tailgate down until its not my problem anymore.

[Jess from VA]

Another option is to throw them in a dumpster

This is how I got rid of most big things and white elephants for many years.

Including a giant vinyl recliner I lugged around in college, but man getting that monster up over the side was a chore.

Now with cameras and pissed off shopkeepers, I have not done it in a long time. 

My favorite disposal was jamming a huge dead (and very ripe) raccoon in one of those small gas pump trash holders (because that gas station conned my wife into unnecessary repairs on her car).  I had to stomp him down in there, and it was 95 degrees at the time.   

[Moonshot_1]

I would say just take it to the local tire guy and if there is a charge, pay up.

That said, a related story.

Not sure of the specific details but there was a local guy here in town that had a tire shop. For decades.
Not sure if he was in cahoots with the other tire guys but they would dispose of old tires outside of town at some farm in the hills. Roll'em down the small valley. After decades the place was plumb full of tires and no one seemed to be the wiser except for the tire guys.

About 8 years ago we had epic rains and flooding. It was extraordinary. The river that flows through our valley was flooded to historic points.

And from the hills, in one of the most intense driving hours long rain, the thousands of tires which had been in the now flooded valley now floated out of said valley, washed down the hills, across a fairly major access road and into the swollen, flooded river.

Thousands, maybe even tens of thousands, decades worth of old tires everywhere.

I was out there and seen the aftermath myself. Could see where the tires and water came down the hill. Tires everywhere. Down the hill, in the field, on the road, in the next field and in the river.

Just looked at it all and had to laugh in a dark humor kind of way.

I understand there was hell to pay but the original players had long since passed.

[da prez]

  I am for proper disposal.  My first suggestions were done a long time go.  I own an apartment building.
  When we used a dumpster , it was a free for all. I caught a few and pressed charges. Theft of services ,
 All the items that the trucks  would not take , donate to the apartment owners.  I finally went to cans and cameras.

                                               da prez

[mbramley]

 The County I live in has a tire recycle once a year where you can dispose of 6 tires for free. Over that or truck or larger tires for a fee. The local landfill takes them anytime for a small fee.

[0leman]

Our local landfill charges $3 per tire.  No questions asked.  The guy who does my tire changes charges $5 per tire.  It is a crap shoot what cost more considering trip to landfill cost $$ in gas.

[cookiedough]

most tire shops will charge 3 to 5 bucks per tire disposal fee, just go there as said.

[Moonshot_1]

Our local landfill charges $3 per tire.  No questions asked.  The guy who does my tire changes charges $5 per tire.  It is a crap shoot what cost more considering trip to landfill cost $$ in gas.

I'll have to come and try your guy. Mine keeps asking about the body parts in the tires and I'm getting tired of that. Still only $3 a tire but the guy really needs to mind his own business.