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Title: Tractor tyre pond
Post by: David P on January 27, 2006, 00:30:41

Hello there folks, can anyone help me. I've got two tractor tyres and want to make a pond out them them.  I would like to cut the side off one of them, but dont know how to. Help?

Title: Re: Tractor tyre pond
Post by: glow777 on January 27, 2006, 07:49:32

first take them off the tractor!

then it depends on what tools you have, I would use an angle grinder with a disk cutter, failing that a drill and drill lots of close holes and chase around with a large hacksaw

Title: Re: Tractor tyre pond
Post by: KevB on January 31, 2006, 08:44:53

The grinder will work great as the tyres dont have steel reinforced sidewalls the same as car tyres do!!

Title: Re: Tractor tyre pond
Post by: Gardenantics on January 31, 2006, 08:57:09

Careful what you are breathing in if you grind the walls off. I don't know how thick a tractor tyre is, but would a jigsaw blade be long enough to do it. I cut car tyres with an old govn't surplus army knife, slices through a treat.

Brian