dak911

My "New to me" 03 Cab has what looks like 80% tread remaining tires in the front.
BUT, they are date coded 07....So, I am replacing them...what happens to the OLD tires?
I'm thinking that they are bought up by "recyclers" who then sell off any that "look" good.
So some uninformed s****k is going to buy 2 good looking tires for probably $40 a piece.....
THIS SUCKS....
I like to think of myself as a "Person who DOES THE RIGHT THING".....what to do?

dkraige

If you want to be sure they get recycled instead of reused, just damage them beyond repair. Use a saw to make a huge cut in them that's not repairable. Then they'll get ground up and used as something other than a tire.

NuttyProfessor

Lots of tire shops sell "used" tires for resell. Not a good idea in my opinion, but many people buy used tires. Another common recycle method is the old tires are ground into a mulch for rubber flooring or play surfaces.

AnthonyGS

pawcio

Except some people might not know that old tires can be dangerous. If someone knows this and still buys old tires then I agree it is their problem, but if there is a simple way from preventing the re-sale of used tires by the OP, like damaging them so they are recycled, I think that is a small step to take in protecting an unsuspecting consumer.

Imo000

Tell the shop you are taking the old tires with you and then just drop them off at the landfill or look up a tire recycling tacitly that will take them to make rubber floor mats or something other than tires.

dkraige

Get them to this company: http://www.ecoreintl.com/

dkraige

Until they lose control of their car and run into you.

Imo000

How often does that happen?

dkraige

Not often, but OP's original premise was trying to make the world a slightly safer place by recycling 1 set of tires, so we're talking about infinitesimal changes here anyway. If avoiding a low-likelihood bad scenario is not worth bothering with, none of us would get vaccinations, buy insurance, look both ways before crossing the street, etc. I think OP's goal of getting unsafe tires off the road is a good one and I support it.

dak911

I ALWAYS TRY TO DO THE RIGHT THING, Unfortunately it's sometimes rather difficult...
I think I'm going to "slash" the old tires....(Hmmmm bring sharp big knife)

DBJoe996

Just drill some big holes in the tread. Think hole saw. Then it is all over.

joseph mitro

+1

Splitting Atoms

The good thing is not many people who buy used tires would have a vehicle that takes the sizes on a 996.

I donated a good set of tires from my daughter's Mazda to a local used tires place. They took some old tires off MG rims for me in the past for $5 cash. When I have been there, the cars they were servicing were mostly smaller foreign cars (Corolla, Mitsubishi, etc) and cheap US models (Chevy Cobalt).

AnthonyGS

Let’s ban water and stop all the pointless drownings too! Ban cars and this problem is gone. Solved. And Orwellian stupid too.