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I've got this massive loader tire that I found on the side of the road. Probably weighs 600 pounds. I want to cut the side wall off of one side so I can fill it with soil and make a redneck planter. Whats the best way to do this? Recip saw with a metal black did all of dick and shit to it. I have most tools a normal man has.

>> No.2423255

>>2423253
Pretty sure the rubber will leach nasties into your soil.

>> No.2423262

>>2423255
It won't be for food...

>> No.2423267

If it's just the one tire and you don't mind getting some exercise, I'd try a hacksaw. I've had good luck cutting hard rubber with mine.

>> No.2423401

>>2423267
It's reinforced,thick rubber. I'm not so sure would it work

>> No.2423404

Wet the tyre as you cut it.

>> No.2423455

>>2423253
Stupid idea. Large abrasive discs will cut them but steel just overheats. Read if you care why.

Consider it a lesson learned then get rid of the thing.

>> No.2423538

>>2423253
>I found on the side of the road
They have those just laying around on the side of the road where you live?

>Probably weighs 600 pounds
How did you move it?

>> No.2423541

>>2423253
Whats stopping someone from just taking the heavy machinery that is left on the side of the road for construction? I mean its just sitting there with a key in the ignition...

>> No.2423543

>>2423253
Sawzall should work, the trick is to lube the blade with beeswax or WD40, a wooden chock and a mallet to pull the sides apart helps too

>>2423538
>How did you move it?
I'd like to think he hopped inside and rolled home

>> No.2423697

pneumatic shears is the only way. grinding discs will not cut the rubber. saws will not cut the cables. you could melt the rubber off, then cut the cables, but a large enough shear can cut it all.

>> No.2423897

>>2423541
Where are you gonna take it

>> No.2423917

>>2423262
nasties can kill the plant, without you eating it

>> No.2423926

>>2423897
buried in the back of a shipping container full of scrap metal sent to africa

>> No.2424863

>>2423541
Try it and you'll be entertained. No one has though of this before...

>> No.2425185

>>2423697
>grinding discs will not cut the rubber.

6" abrasive cutting disks do because I've done it, and they cut the wire beads too. The shears would be far less smelly though.

Where to get a shear cheap enough for one use could be problematic but one would be cool to have handy.

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2426273

>>2423253
I cut the sidewall from a semi truck tire with a sawzall. Super easy

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2426314

>>2426275
Hi ladies,
Come relax in my mosquito hatchery.

>> No.2426421

>>2423897
someone took one of the haul trucks at a site i worked at and used it like a cab to get downtown
i was the one who drove it back
that was a fun day

>> No.2427430

>>2423255
Doubt.
We've been putting used tires around tugboats and docks for a century. The US government is okay with that, but they'll fuck you up if they catch you driving your truck around in that same water. You should get out more...

>> No.2427431

>>2426314
>mosquito hatchery.
He thinks its the rubber and not the stale water contained within that attract the skeeters.

>> No.2427830

>>2423253
sawzall or a demo saw. I had to do this to some Military split rims that had rusted to the tire.

>>2423255
if you bury it it will, but for the most part it won't and is fine.

>>2423538
my guess is a comealong.

>> No.2428872

>>2423253
What's wrong with it? If it wasn't completely destroyed it can still be worth decent money. They refurbish them and resell them.