First of all the internet is going to be your best friend if you are just looking to get rid of your used tires by selling them. There are so many avenues online that you can go to. Some solutions will be free, and some will charge a small fee to sell them. One of the best places to sell your tires for your local area is Craigslist. If you have not heard of Craigslist just simply do a search on Google or any of your favorite search engine, and you will soon find that you can select your local area, and post your ad to sell your used tires. A word of advice for selling your tires on that website, you should sell your tires only locally, and receive the money in person, the website should be used as a medium for conversation, and the exchange between the used tires and the money should be done in person. At least that is how I would do it.

Another alternative you have in selling your used tires, is to go on eBay and auction off your used tire, the only downside to eBay is that you will be charged a small fee for placing your auction online, and the costs of shipping to someone may not be worth the sale of the tire.

If you are looking to getting into the business of selling used tires, you should know if done right it can be a profitable business. Most used tires stores are opened in bigger cities. If you are looking for more information from a business stand point, be on the look out for future posts of mine, as I will likely go into more detail on how you can go about selling used tires from a business stand point.

Here is a picture with all the “proper” terms and markings found on tires. If you want to irritate some mechanic, ask him a bunch of questions about the tires, see if he really knows his stuff. Who knows you might be able to get some free work out of him if he gets it wrong! And remember… only you can prevent under inflation! Make sure to know what tire pressure you need, and check it every now and again. Under inflation will shorten the life of your tires! Manufacturers recommendations are there for a reason, heed their instruction.

How to help out the earth and be a responsible tire owner

Keep the tire healthy longer and prolong its life to delay forced replacement

• Make sure that the tires are always inflated to the proper amount. Make sure you always check the pressure in your tires when they are cold. You should do this at least once a month and before your long trips. You will see the label for the correct pressure in your car. Check the owners manual if you don’t see a sticker
• Check out your tires and inspect them for wear, misalignment, improper balance and improper suspension. Do this once a month
• Check for any objects that have become embedded into your tires. There may be glass, or stones which will cause a loss in pressure
• Rotate the tires around every 6,000 miles or earlier
• Drive carefully, avoid things like potholes, curbs, fast turns/ stoops that will harm your tire

Now for recycling

• Make sure you read up on your states laws about recycling your tire.
• Recycle and replace the tires with a facility in good standing. Always ask the facility manager what they will do with the used tires.
• You can also help out by supporting recycled tire products. You can purchase some of these products
• Make sure that you also contribute by reporting illegal tire dumping. To do this you may call your local/ state waste management. Call the office or the department of environmental quality. There is a booklet available online by the Environmental protection agency.
• With help from people like you, the United States can have a thriving tire reclamation program. It will continue to improve until there are hardly any more illegal dumpings or un-recycled tires. Moreover, one day we might be able to use a more earth friendly tire.

There are things known as tire graveyards. Here you see several hundreds of tires just laying there. They create a public health hazard. They are the perfect nesting and breeding areas for mosquitoes and rats! Eww! These creatures carry a variety of diseases that are hazardous to the public.

Another problem with these piles of tires is the risk of fire. The fire made from tire piles can go smoldering for weeks and maybe months! The major problem is that when tires burn, they release many toxic air pollutions. They may create serious health problems for people nearby. The rain water will also get contaminated as it runs off. This can lead to another series problem, pollution in the streams and nearby water sources.

This is all very bad news, but there are some good news among the pile. First off the scrap tires are being reclaimed in many ways the statistics say it all. About 130 million tires are used for fuel, and 56 million are recycled/ used in projects for civil engineering. Another 27 million tires were recycled to be used to make some things like roof pads, stall mats for livestock, mats for truck beds, and so forth. Another 9 million were shipped off to other countries where they may be used to make retreads. Another 12 million of these tires are used for rubber-modified asphalt on roads after they are ground up.
You might be wondering why used tires are not used to make new tires. Well, its an issue of safety. The tires need to be made from new rubber, and recycled rubber can only make up about 10 percent of the entire tire.

So you forgot to rotate the tires, the alignment is out of place, or you have hit something. Whatever he reason, now you need two new tires. Every year thousands of people are left in similar situations, resulting in needing fewer than four new tires. So be an informed consumer, insist that the new tires are mounted onto the rear of the vehicle.

Do not allow the new tires to be mounted on the front, with the rear tires worn out. The rear tires need to be in tip top shape. While it seems like a subtle difference, it is not. The new tires have deeper tread and will grip the road and channel water more effectively than the worn tires. Thus, the tires with the greater traction should be placed in the rear. If there is any loss of traction in the front tires, the driver will feel it in the steering wheel and the driver can make the necessary speed and/or steering corrections to reduce the amount of spinning out of control.

Your tires are the only part of the vehicle that has contact with the road. This contact can be very important, so remember, when replacing only two tires, don’t put your best foot forward, always put the best tires onto the rear.

Some extra tips:

• Always make sure your tires have at least 2/ 32 tread depth and are in good condition
• Always keep your tires inflated in accordance with the vehicle manufacturer’s recommendation
• Refer to your vehicle owners manual or applicable tire manufacturers limited warranty booklet for other essential safety and maintenance information.

Whatever you do, don’t let your tire just sit outside. They are great harboring grounds for mosquitoes, especially if it rains, and the tire absorbs the water. You should clean them with warm water and soap, Then store them somewhere inside, until you have figured out what you want to do with them.

*** If you wish to make a garden using your used tire, make sure that you do not grow any plants that you wish to eat in them. There is a metal called cadmium within the tires. This is a very poisonous metal and oftentimes becomes absorbed into potatoes, carrots, cabbages, lettuce, carrots, and turnips.

Make a hanging table planter.
Make a hanging table with your tire. By a wood round that is about the size of your tire. Then drill four holes into the wood and the tire. Then use strong chains to hang the tire over a tree branch and then bolt the chains together. You can cut in small holes for cups and you can paint the wood. Its great! You can sit under that tree and use the table as a cup holder or plate holder.

Fishing uses
Fishing fleets use the tires as bumpers for boats. This will prevent the boat from slamming into other tires.

Planting
Fill the tire with dirt and place in your favorite plant or flower. You may then choose to cover the tire with dirt. You may also choose to turn the tire inside out. Cut through the middle and all the way around and turn it inside out, it may take some work!

Instructions on Making a tire Swing:

1. Pick the tire out. Make sure that the tire is not too bum or the kids wont be able to sit on it. Look at the tire and decide on which side looks better. The side that looks best will be used for the top. Then flip it over and drill holes into it around the edges, try to space it out equal.
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3. Then flip the tire again. You are now going to drill three holes, that together, are in the shape of a triangle. Then attach an eyebolt to each side. Thread the eyebolt with a net and fender washer. On the inside of the tire place another fender washer and lock washer with another nut.
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6. Attach the S hook through the eye bolt . Then use a pair of big vice grip pliers to squeeze the attached side of the hook. Do this on all the s hooks.
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8. Attach the chains, to each of the s hooks. Once you have attached the chain, make sure to use the pliers to close it in again.
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10. Then take the three chains and hold them together. Attach the top S hook to the three chains. Then use the pliers to close the bottom part again.
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13. You will need a few items for to attach to the top part of the hook : swivel, connector link for the, clip hook, ratchet
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15. Attach the swivel to the top of the S hook. Then use the pliers to close the s hook again.
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17. Take the connector link and attach it to the swivel, then attach the clip hook to the connector link.
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19. Then take another chain and swing it over the tree branch.
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21. Attach the two sides of the chain to the clip hook. Your done!
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Tire sandals? Who would have thought of it? The soles can be made from old tires. I mean, you look at tires and they have some sort of 70,000 mile warranty, or some other grandiose labeling. Meanwhile your shoes are done after the 100th mile. What gives? Don’t you wish you had a shoe that was as durable as your tire? Well, why not put two and two together and make a tire shoe! No kidding. You can try moccasins, and rubber soles, but nothing is quite like a tire sole.

How to make the tire sandal:

First, Place either your left or right foot on a big piece of paper. Then trace around it. Next, take the pencil and draw a point down from your ankles. On each side. Also make a point from the bone behind your big toe.

Then take your foot off the paper. Then draw a bigger outline around your foot tracing. You should add about 3/8 of an inch for the toes and the sides, but not for the back. Then take out a ruler and draw a line extending 3 inches from the heel. This will help you draw the back tab. Then connect the marks you made for the ankles. Extend the line three inches outside the tracing on each side. Then extend a line from the point you made at the bone behind your big toe and extend the line three inches outside on each side.

Then with the 3 inches as a guide draw tabs. There should be two tabs at each side and one at the back. The tabs should be 1 ¾ of an inch across. For each tab sketch out a hole that will be used to place the thread strapping in. Cut this sketch out, it can be sued for both samples, assuming that your feet are similar.

When you go out and get the tires, the best to use are truck tires. Make sure that the tire does not have some sort of steel cable running through it. This is seen in newer tires. To cut the tire you should use some wood chisels or a bandsaw.

A saw also works well for cutting the tire You should cut out a piece that is at least ½ inch longer than the trace pattern. Then trace the pattern on the inside of the tire. Make one sandal at a time and then try it on. The next step is to thin out the tabs. The tabs should not be as thick as the sandal itself.

Then to make the tabs flexible, take a blade and slice it into the point where the tab is attached. Slice until the plies inside are exposed.

Then use the chisel to cut the holes, where the strapping will be placed. For the straps use nylon harness straps. You can then use a match to secure the end of the thread. For the back tab you will need to connect it to the two side tabs made at the ankle.

Safety first, that’s the motto most Americans have about driving. Many of them don’t even realize however that they are neglecting a very important part about their cars, their tires. Having proper tire pressure can effect the way a vehicle handles in an emergency situation and the statistics are there to back it up. According to the national highway traffic safety administration, under-inflated tires contribute to crashes that result in 660 fatalities 3300 injuries each year. Only 15% of motorists properly check their tire pressure and 46% of drivers don’t know what the right pressure was for their vehicle. When you consider that the tire is the only part of the vehicle that touches the road, these statistics are alarming. Tire experts say that there are a few easy rules to follow to make sure that you keep up proper tire pressure at all times : check the tire pressure monthly and get the recommended pressure from the vehicle manufactures label (on the driver side door) also, check the tires when they are cold, when they have been sitting overnight or have not been driven for hours.

Good Tips for buying used tires – how to tell if the tire is too worn out.

Some of the signs you see when looking at a tire is the tread wore indicator, this is a bar going through the tire, it’s a visible strip of rubber going through the tire, you can see that at 230 seconds, at 230 seconds that tire is legally bald and due for a replacement.

Channel cracking, which means that the side wall of the tire is cracking this is not a safe condition and is a result of too many flat replacements.

Sidewalk cracking is another indicator, and even people who have had tires for only 5 months, but have had poor alignment will need to replace it because of excessive wear to one side and not the other.

When many people feel themselves becoming sleepy in the car, they will try a number of remedies, like turning the radio on and rolling open the window. These remedies are however, minimally effective. The most effective thing to do is to pull over and take a nap. Another key strategy is to have a coffee before you sleep. That way, when you wake up the caffeine will be in your system before you drive off. Moreover, talk shows are more apt to keep you up than music.

Some signals of low alertness and sleepiness are: level of steering wheel control. Those who are sleepy have more difficulty straightening the wheel. Moreover, if your eyelids sag, it means you are sleepy. Sleeping at the wheel is a huge problem, a number of accidents are caused by this, and moreover, it is more common than alcohol related accidents.