1998 - Volume #22, Issue #1, Page #36
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Truck Tire Beads Make Great Silage Pit Weights
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Bee Right Tire Disposal goes to farms to pick up the tires and uses its own tire-cutting equipment to cut off the beads. Farmers come in to pick up the 4-in. wide beads.
"They're easier to carry than whole tires and eliminate problems with water or ice in-side tires. They're also easy to stack and take up less storage space," says Jerry Yoemann. "Each bead weighs 20 lbs. which is about the same as a car tire. You can carry four or five beads to your silage pile at a time. Fifty beads can be stacked in a 4-ft. high pile. We sell the beads for 50 cents apiece."
For more information, contact: FARMSHOW Followup, Bee Right Tire Disposal, Box 122, 118 East Linn, Rhodes, Iowa 50234 (ph 515 493-2008).
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