Date:         Sat, 25 May 2013 16:25:10 -0700
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Tires
Comments: To: Jim Ogul <jimogul70@gmail.com>
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  I've been known to drop off one or two at the same shop where I buy my
tires...They have a semi-trailer there that they put customer's take-offs
in, probably when it gets  full,  they haul it away and sell em to someone
who reclaims the rubber for something...Anyhow, Sundays the tire store is
closed but the tire trailer sits there, open with lots and lots of dead
tires in it...So, thinking I probably have given them thousands in profits
anyhow, I don't feel bad about sticking one or two more in that Take-off
trailer  on a Sunday when nobody is around.  If I got caught I'd probably
do more jail time than the head of Bear-Stearns Derivitive fault swap
department did for wrecking the world economy, but hey...so far we've both
got away with it...

   A lot of low-lifes would just dump them in the ditch somewhere....at
least THIS low life puts them where they belong, even if I cheat and don't
pay the tire dealer twice for each tire...once when new and once again to
take the tire back when I wear it out....


On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 1:13 PM, Jim Ogul <jimogul70@gmail.com> wrote:

> It turns out, after checking on line, I can offload them to a trailer at
> the landfill.  You are allowed to dispose of up to five tires a year
> without having a tire disposal licence, so I am good to go.  So Tuesday I
> will check it out.
>
>
> On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 3:54 PM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:
>
> > I'm sure like with anything else, what is supposed to happen and what
> > actually happens varies widely.
> >
> > I recently had 11 steel Vanagon wheels with dead tires to get rid of. I
> > tried giving them away but no takers. I tried to find a legal place to
> > dispose of them near me, but no luck.
> >
> > In the end I paid a low end tire shop $5 per wheel to take them off my
> > hands. $55 to let me drop them off at their shop.
> >
> > Mark
> >
>