Silage tyres and plastic.

Rowley Birkin QC · 04-03-2011 8:07pm #1

We've a good lot of tyres here in the yard that used to be used for covering the pit. The last few years we baled what we needed and sold off the rest of the silage.

Just wondering what could I expect to sell these for or is there even a market? Companies that recycle them and make new products?

Or is it a case of paying someone to take them away? They are neatly enough stacked so it's not a major thing, just wondering.

I've also a good lot of silage plastic gathered that I want to shift. Any advice there other than burning it! :P I know they do collection days around silage season but is there somewhere that takes it year round?

I'm in North Cork.

Cheers.

David brown · 05-03-2011 1:05am

not sure about tyres but there is co in north that collects wraps year round .cost is 50e for 400 wraps.

sh1tstirrer · 05-03-2011 1:26am

You won't get paid for tyres now as they are classified as waste. It would be cheaper to give them away as otherwise you will have to pay to get them removed.

Rowley Birkin QC · 29-06-2011 12:44pm

Just to resurrect this, does anyone know of places in Munster that would come and take the tyres and roughly what the costs are? Based in North Cork.

Cheers.

JohnBoy · 29-06-2011 12:46pm

Dont know, but when you find someone will you report back to us here.

29-06-2011 1:05pm

http://www.pkrubber.ie/

no idea what he charges though

might be cheaper to bale them and bury them in field gateways.

Rowley Birkin QC · 29-06-2011 5:10pm

49801 wrote: »

http://www.pkrubber.ie/

no idea what he charges though

might be cheaper to bale them and bury them in field gateways.

Asked him for a quote anyway, cheers.

When you say bale and bury what do you mean? What purpose would it serve and who would bale them? Brain on a bit of a go slow today so apologies if it's blindingly obvious!

Rowley Birkin QC · 29-06-2011 5:10pm

JohnBoy wrote: »

Dont know, but when you find someone will you report back to us here.

Will do.

30-06-2011 11:05am

Rowley Birkin QC wrote: »

Asked him for a quote anyway, cheers.

When you say bale and bury what do you mean? What purpose would it serve and who would bale them? Brain on a bit of a go slow today so apologies if it's blindingly obvious!

seen an article somewhere...
they baled the tyres into a very large square. then dug a hole at muddy gateway and buried them there. helps with drainage, machinery support etc.
see
http://www.rfour.net/tyrebales.pdf for more idea's.

Silage tyres and plastic.

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