It's not a tractor tyre it's a lorry tyre!!

[David P]

Thankyou all for your messages, but apparantly it's a lorry tyre it that makes any difference ???

[David P]

[Gardenantics]

Same thing I guess, Do try cutting with a knife that has a very strong blade, like the old WW2 british army knife. It works for me on car tyres.

Brian

[kenkew]

Maybe a tyre fitting bay could do the job?

[Travman]

The steel reinforcing  sidewalls may prove troublesome.
Even if you cut them the edge may be very sharp or unsightly.
but worth a try.

[agapanthus]

What are you all talking about ??? ??? ???

[Gardenantics]

Get With The Plot Agapanthus,

Turning an old wagon tyre into a small pond! Well I guess you may not have seen the first post about a tractor tyre. Look down the thread a bit .Bob Flowerdew is the expert on re-using old tyres, maybe his books contain some tips, anybody got copies?. I have cut the walls off loads of car tyres, and never come across any steel wire, and was surprised how easy the wall is to cut. Have you got two tyres, if you have, then you could use one as it is, but buried at twice its width, and the one you cut a wall off sits on top, bringing it to ground level so you get a nice deep pond, with a ledge around the edge for supporting marginal plants in crates, and a nice dark undercut for frogs to hide, the whole thing lined with butyl, up and over the sides so the tyres are hidden, and no chemicals can get to your water.

Brian

[agapanthus]

With it now :-[  Sounds a great idea....would've saved me a lot of digging had I known before ;)

[kenkew]

If you get a tyre bay to turn it inside out you end up with a sort of )( shape.,

[David P]

Thankyou all so much for your help with this problem.  I'm going to do it this sat and will let you know how i get on