It All Started with Johnnie: Random Facts About Tyres

there was a place in Kentucky or somewhere like that over 30 years ago,.... that was a huge dumpsite for old tires.... it caught fire (how who knows)... anyways there was oil running through the yard. Reports state that was from the tires. And went on to say how much oil could be extracted out of each tire.

Is that TCMTECH's house there in the second photo?

No! There's way too much good heating fuel going to waste by building one of those.

Not that picture, I mean the one at the top of the article.

Not yet but a guy has to have things to look forward to for his bucket list!

Got to give you a GA for that phoenix911 - Good one!

jt.

True story: I set my grandma's house on fire when aged 6.
Along came the fire engines, bells ringing, they smashed in all the windows and doors,
flooded the place with water, and,.. I got sent home? What a day.
(Bart Simpson eat your heart out!)

Oh,...True story's..... great. I like that.

About 10 years ago, I had dated a girl, which I'll call Faye, she was kinda an outdorsey type.... I went camping with her and her friends, there were like 6 other couples there, with their kids.

Well, we were sitting around the camp fire telling story's and reminiscing about our past. And a fellow sitting next to me who I'll call "Jim", brought up... this was a lot better time that when my girlfriend Faye and her husband (now 'EX") at the time went camping.

They were all around the camp fire just like we're doing now, having a good time, and her now ex-husband excused himself, he came back and threw on some old tires on the campfire.

People asked him what the hell was he doing. He response was, this is a good time to get rid of these.

Anyway, "Jim" mentioned it wasn't before long and we were black all over. Black faces, white eyes..... it was terrible.

And me with my graphic imagination, ask Jim.... "So, did anyone break out in a good show tune?"

And without the aid of this link, he knew what I was thinking and he replied,: "I did a really good Al Jolson melody."

Shred the tires, burn them in a low O oven, run the gases thru a Fisher-Troupse (sp) filter. Then you have bio diesel. The remaining tar can be used for road repair.

Low "O" , that would be a calciner.......

Oxygen. I did some experiments using crushed brick charcoal in my kitchen in a tea kettle. Made a flame around 3' length and burned a hole in the kettle. Dang near set fire to the kitchen.

wow, you really keep the neighbors entertained..... you should keep a journal..... there's a tv sitcom about you in your future......

We make liquid smoke out of saw dust, we use calciners, wiped film evaporators and the like to process this.

Ya know, I had always wondered why the British insisted on spelling it tyre. Now I understand. To PO the French!

Tyre, fyre, wyre,hygher, I think I lyke it!

Years ago I saw a presentation on how to turn tires into natural gas. They were heated up in a pressure chamber and the gas drawn off. There was a continuous feed with a hydraulic ram. About 15% of the gas was used to heat the cylinder. The rest was surplus. The remaining char was good for roadbed and fill.

Anyone willing to attempt to answer the question

Which company is the largest manufacturer of tyres in the world?

Clue: Company founded in 1932 by a Viking...

To answer the original post, believe it or not, it has nothing to do with the automotive industry or even the cycle industry, it is, in fact, a TOY MAKER !

The largest producer of tyres in the world is LEGO !