Serendipity strikes again
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381751)
Rockingham, Australia
February 13, 2021 7:27am CST
At the moment, we’re a bit obsessive about this ‘saving ourselves’ should a bushfire come our way. The next project will be to remove the tyres you can see in the photo as, if they caught alight, the shed would probably catch fire too. The caravan and tractor are in the shed not to mention all the controls for the water from the bore.
The tyres stabilise the ground but, instead, we’re going to peg old netting over the area to hold the soil in place. It will also keep out the rabbits which have a number of burrows between the tyres. We have some old netting that was previously used as fence guards but which is well past its best. It will be a good use for that.
If we take the 80+ tyres to the rubbish tip, we’d have to pay $5 a tyre to get rid of them. So we thought we’d add the tyres to a heap of old reticulation hose down the paddock.
The serendipitous part is this: we got two new tyres for the Toyota and Vince took the opportunity to ask if there were other options for disposing of old tyres other than taking them to the tip. The guy had just put down the phone from a farmer who was looking for old tyres. We will ring the farmer on Monday and see if he’d like our tyres. How’s that for good timing?
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
13 Feb 21
it would be interesting to know what he will use them for. is he going to pick them up or are you delivering them to him? what will happen to the rabbits?
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
14 Feb 21
@JudyEv i knew about rabbits as pests and i knew they were the "wild" type, not the white fluffy pets at home. a relative who now lives in north america confirmed it when he started a garden.
yeah, same reaction when you post about burning leaves, right?
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@JudyEv (381751)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Feb 21
That's the funny part. The farmer wants them for soil stabilisation which is what they're being used for now. 
We would be so pleased to get rid of them, we'd deliver them.
I'm sorry about the wild rabbits but they are a terrible pest here. We will be joining with others in a poisoning plan soon. I won't write about it here as I know many find it hard to think of rabbits as anything but cute and cuddly.
We would be so pleased to get rid of them, we'd deliver them.
I'm sorry about the wild rabbits but they are a terrible pest here. We will be joining with others in a poisoning plan soon. I won't write about it here as I know many find it hard to think of rabbits as anything but cute and cuddly.2 people like this
@JudyEv (381751)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Feb 21
@FourWalls @hereandthere No rabbit restaurants. You sometimes see one in the meat section but they are incredibly expensive.
Just checked with Vince and it's not a poison, it's a virus. It's mixed in somehow with oats. Because of that, I thought it was a poison. Interestingly, a poison called 1080 is used sometimes and is poisonous to dogs but native animals have a natural immunity to it. It's derived from a plant endemic to the area.
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@snowy22315 (208746)
• United States
13 Feb 21
Nice you can get rid of them. I have actually seen little sculptures made out fo tires spray painted wthite. They may have been planters of source. They were pretty cute really.
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@JudyEv (381751)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Feb 21
I've seen swans made in this way and you're right, they're very cute. But they must be the devil to try to cut. The tyre place made a Christmas tree of them one year. I've probably shown it before.
@JudyEv (381751)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Feb 21
Once they start to burn, they'd be very hard to put out. And it would be terrible for the electrical wiring to be burnt.
We may have to deliver the tyres but that's okay. They are all relatively small. I look on it as good exercise.
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@moffittjc (128824)
• Gainesville, Florida
13 Feb 21
I hope you find a good use for the tires, so that they are recycled instead of disposed of as trash/garbage. By the way, where did you get all of those tires?
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@moffittjc (128824)
• Gainesville, Florida
17 Feb 21
@JudyEv It's nice to take a look around your property with a different view than what you previously had. I'm sure there are a lot of things that stand out to you now that you may have not noticed before. But good to see it now than when a raging fire is knocking at your back door.
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@JudyEv (381751)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Feb 21
@moffittjc If those tyres caught alight, we'd never get them out again.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
13 Feb 21
Happy for you that you found a way to get rid of your old tyres probably earn something too. Wow!!
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
14 Feb 21
@JudyEv Heere the tyres are painted different colours and some flowering plants in them .
Image Credit: https://www.kwik-fit.com/index.html
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@JudyEv (381751)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Feb 21
@allknowing This is a really good use for them. Thanks for the suggestion.
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
13 Feb 21
That was very good timing.
I could make us a house out of those tires.
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@wolfgirl569 (135583)
• Marion, Ohio
13 Feb 21
I hope he will take them. They can have many good uses.
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@JudyEv (381751)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Feb 21
He wants them for soil stabilisation which is their purpose at the moment! lol I know they recycle them and make matting, etc but that would only be in the big cities. Some stack them to make round yards for training horses and they're used to hold down covers on grain bins and silage here too.
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
13 Feb 21
Another huge project for you to do. You two are always so busy. A very fortuitous phone call for sure if you can get rid of the tires.
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
14 Feb 21
Serendipity is one of my favorite words (it is by the way an Awesome movie as well). But, that is a good bit of serendipity to have that chain of events happen!
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@JudyEv (381751)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Feb 21
@DocAndersen Yes, we have the product on some playgrounds too. But being so far from the city, the problem isn't always easily solved. It will be good if this guy wants them.
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
14 Feb 21
@JudyEv here is the US there is a company that grinds them for playgrounds - after for the kids and a good use of old tires!
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