Tire Tread Cattle Guards
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Joe Gillmore is in the tire recycling business, so it's only natural that he's always looking for new ways to use old tires. His latest project is a 10 1/2-ft. long, 5-ft. wide, 12-in. deep cattle guard that he made from old truck tires.
"It cost far less to build than a conventional cattle guard and I didn't have to pour any concrete to install it," says Gillmore. "It's made up of about ninety 20-in. tires."
Gillmore cut the tread into 4-in. wide strips and stacked them in layers about 4 in. apart. Then he air-nailed the strips together. He installed the cattle guard in a 12-in. deep hole with a layer of rocks in the bottom to allow water to drain out.
"Each strip is 1 to 1 1/2 in. thick so it took about 10 layers to make it 12 in. deep. One disadvantage is that it weighs well over a ton. My front-end loader had all it could handle to lift it."
Gillmore custom builds tire cattle guards for $300 to $400.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Gillmore Tire Recycling, 473 Dubuque Road, Springville, Iowa 52336 (ph 319 854-6903).
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Tire Tread Cattle Guards LIVESTOCK Beef 20-4-13 Joe Gillmore is in the tire recycling business, so it's only natural that he's always looking for new ways to use old tires. His latest project is a 10 1/2-ft. long, 5-ft. wide, 12-in. deep cattle guard that he made from old truck tires.
"It cost far less to build than a conventional cattle guard and I didn't have to pour any concrete to install it," says Gillmore. "It's made up of about ninety 20-in. tires."
Gillmore cut the tread into 4-in. wide strips and stacked them in layers about 4 in. apart. Then he air-nailed the strips together. He installed the cattle guard in a 12-in. deep hole with a layer of rocks in the bottom to allow water to drain out.
"Each strip is 1 to 1 1/2 in. thick so it took about 10 layers to make it 12 in. deep. One disadvantage is that it weighs well over a ton. My front-end loader had all it could handle to lift it."
Gillmore custom builds tire cattle guards for $300 to $400.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Gillmore Tire Recycling, 473 Dubuque Road, Springville, Iowa 52336 (ph 319 854-6903).
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