Using tires for SHTF scenarios

[arakboss]

Tires worked in Haiti.

 

[Certaindeaf]

Do you live on top of a hill?

 

[AshWilliams]

Search for "earth ship tires" on youtube. They make excellent insulation when used in conjunction with other materials.

 

[Idaho44]

Several years ago it was popular to turn tires inside out for feeders, planters etc. especially in rural areas.

 

[ktgee]

I see that the Israelis use old tires spread out on the streets in Gaza to prevent cars/bombs from ramming them at high speed.

 

[The Heretic]

There are a couple of problems with used tires for defense:

1) They burn. Molotov cocktails or flamethrowers/et. al., would get them burning, regardless of what you fill them with. Once burning they are very hard to extinguish, especially in large numbers.

2) Government does not like large piles of tires because of the fire danger and because of pollution from the tires themselves. So often there are regulations and laws about what can be done or not done with used tires, especially large numbers of them.

3) If/when it comes time to sell a property, a large number of tires (i.e., more than half a dozen), become an eyesore to prospective buyers and degrade the value of the property because buyers don't want to have to deal with them.

4) I have seen bullets bounce off tires, so I am not a fan of shooting at them (in the case of people advocating using them as a backstop).

That said, in a TEOTWAWKI situation, I suppose they would be useful.

 

[CamoDeafie]

1) They burn. Molotov cocktails or flamethrowers/et. al., would get them burning, regardless of what you fill them with. Once burning they are very hard to extinguish, especially in large numbers.

Oh, yes. That was what they used to do signals and block routes in Mogadishu in the 1990s. Edit. Piles of tires burning at specific locations in the city

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Oh, yes. That was what they used to do signals and block routes in Mogadishu in the 1990s. Edit. Piles of tires burning at specific locations in the city

Yes indeed...thank you for bringing back that lovely memory...
Kidding you here...the memories from that deployment and fight are always with me.
Which ain't a good thing nor is it a bad thing...it is however a memory / lesson / experience that I have learned from.
Andy

 

[Spitpatch]

Actor Dennis Weaver ("Chester" in Gunsmoke, and "McCloud" in his own series) built a home out of repurposed tires 20-30 yrs ago. His were filled with straw/mud packed with a sledgehammer.

Les Schwab was busted 40-some-odd years ago for filling an entire canyon in Eastern Oregon with cast-offs.

Personally, I'd utilize tires for their intended task: Getting to a place where the "S" is NOT hitting any fans.

 

[bradsteen]

I suppose you could use tires as a baffle stack to mitigate noise if building a shooting range... Might not be that useful for actual training, but for sighting / zeroing optics it would probably serve a purpose. That's assuming you have the space / backstop to do it.

 

[GrayGoose]

Let us know if you ever get any traction on this project.

 

[DangerDog]

Make barricades, fill'em with concrete. Also cut them up and use them as armor from attacks from blunt force weapons. Haha!

And for fun, make tire swing

 

[bcp]

I suppose you could use tires as a baffle stack to mitigate noise if building a shooting range... Might not be that useful for actual training, but for sighting / zeroing optics it would probably serve a purpose. That's assuming you have the space / backstop to do it.

Tire suppressor.

When there is a will, there is a way. Reminds me of those tank suppressor pictures.

www.northwestfirearms.com

Bruce

 

[DB is Here]

This thread has kind of skidded to a halt.

 

[nammac]

Tire suppressor.

When there is a will, there is a way. Reminds me of those tank suppressor pictures.

www.northwestfirearms.com

Bruce

Tire Suppressor, a.k.a. Redneck Suppressor…. I want one!!!!

 

[Knobgoblin]

Nobody's brought up necklacing?

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Burnin' rubber...
Reminds me of a mom I ....Err....Nevermind...wrong forum...
Andy

 

[CamoDeafie]

Burnin' rubber...
Reminds me of a mom I ....Err....Nevermind...wrong forum...
Andy

Dear Penthouse? pretty slick there... were they bald? How deep was the tread?

 

[DangerDog]

Just don't use them to grow anything in. Don't want the tire chemicals to leach into your foods or other plants.

 

[CamoDeafie]

Just don't use them to grow anything in. Don't want the tire chemicals to leach into your foods or other plants.

Hows that different from shredded tires being used as playground/landscaping mulch? https://www.shreddedmulch.com/the-process-of-making-rubber-mulch/