Tyre walls for silage pits beware

[Long]

In April i bought 1000 tyre walls for weighting the silage sheet down the company i got them off was Hardings Vans at Wigan , i would advise all not to use this company as 400 of them had wire exposed and after four months of trying to get them to swap good for bad they became unreasonable now expecting me to return all for a refund or nothing!.
They are Sharks so steer clear.

 

[Goweresque]

If they are offering a refund, take it!

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Joined yesterday and came straight on to have a go at a company....

 

[Barleycorn]

We use a lot of tyre walls. They have a tiny amount of wires showing where they have been cut, but they are very short thin wires which just rust away in a year or two. You do have to be careful not to rip the sheet with them when they are new though.

 

[Long]

I believe sharing my bad experience with other farmers might prevent others making the same mistake,i have wanted to be active on the forum before but this experience has given me the drive to join.
The 400 tyre walls that have wire showing are split , have wire up to 6 inches exposed all the way round etc.
If i was to return them for a full refund i would have to remove the 600 on the silage pits load them on a trailer with the other 400 and drive them to Wigan . He may promise a refund but he also promised to collect the 400 and swap them for good ones.
From all the enquires i have made i believe this character would not give any refund when i had returned them

 

[milkloss]

I believe sharing my bad experience with other farmers might prevent others making the same mistake,i have wanted to be active on the forum before but this experience has given me the drive to join.
The 400 tyre walls that have wire showing are split , have wire up to 6 inches exposed all the way round etc.
If i was to return them for a full refund i would have to remove the 600 on the silage pits load them on a trailer with the other 400 and drive them to Wigan . He may promise a refund but he also promised to collect the 400 and swap them for good ones.
From all the enquires i have made i believe this character would not give any refund when i had returned them

Well done for posting your experience. I’m of the belief that we are suckers for paying to take someone else’s waste. We should be paid handsomely for taking astro, tyres etc.

 

[Lazy Eric]

Well done for posting your experience. I’m of the belief that we are suckers for paying to take someone else’s waste. We should be paid handsomely for taking astro, tyres etc.

Agree.. it’s like tarmac plainings.. it’s a waste product, but the sods want upwards of 10quid a ton for it. We have a waste exemption for it !!! I reiterate... WASTE exemption .

 

[Longlowdog]

I can't defend/denounce the tyre guy as I know no details, however as someone who works in a council yard shared with a roads department I can assure you that plannings are actually reused quite frequently.
Having a very rough farm track I've made enquiries into 'helping' the roads guys with their problematic plannings and was told I could take an odd ton when the pile was high but they were reused as a sub base during road widening/passing place construction. Now, bear in mind we don't have motorways so we don't create thousands of tons but still they are reused.

 

[Headless chicken]

As another side to the coin I’ve had two lorry loads from the mentioned company. The first I think there was about 20 out of 2000 that had some wires. Second load a little rougher maybe 30 out of 1000. I didn’t notice any wires at all on the original load when we used them again this year.

 

[milkloss]

What do these sidewalls cost to dispose of in the proper manner?

 

[Blue.]

I bought 3000 or so about 5 years ago,as posted the sidewall wires are very thin and rust away after a few years,not like the car tyre with long wires that kill cows.

They are something your not going to buy every year and basically when I bought mine it was more just a case of paying the haulage.

Nice work if you can get paid to fire them out onto farms,where are all the old car tyres going nowadays?

 

[Long]

As another side to the coin I’ve had two lorry loads from the mentioned company. The first I think there was about 20 out of 2000 that had some wires. Second load a little rougher maybe 30 out of 1000. I didn’t notice any wires at all on the original load when we used them again this year.

My neighbour who gave me his number has also had very few,Tony the owner called on 15th July after many tens of phone calls and agreed they needed replacing but changed his tune this week when i contacted him again.
I do not know why they were delivered to me but it looks like i am stuck with them!.
Use this company at your own risk but i would steer clear from the dealing with them as its been nothing but hassle.

 

[Goweresque]

Post some pictures of how bad they are then.

 

[milkloss]

What do these sidewalls cost to dispose of in the proper manner?

Got curious, to answer my own question: Disposal seems to be about £150/tonne delivered which actually didn't seem too bad. 45p per average car tyre, and £1.50 for a 10kg sidewall. That is assuming they wouldn't charge extra for it being a sidewall?

 

[michael N123]

What’s wrong with just using car tyres

 

[JeepJeep]

Got curious, to answer my own question: Disposal seems to be about £150/tonne delivered which actually didn't seem too bad. 45p per average car tyre, and £1.50 for a 10kg sidewall. That is assuming they wouldn't charge extra for it being a sidewall?

At £150 its triple what It was 10 years or so ago.

 

[JeepJeep]

With car tyres we worked at 7.5 Kilo a tyre and would still often weigh in Heavy. So at £150 a tonne tipped they're over a quid a piece.

 

[milkloss]

What’s wrong with just using car tyres

Apart from the fact they hold water I can’t see what’s wrong. Must be less than half the cost if you include disposal. Our tyre supplier repairs all our punctures for free and new tyres at cost so alls good.

 

[Headless chicken]

What’s wrong with just using car tyres

Everything. No one wants to handle tyres here. If we sheeted everything we tyres I’d be doing it on my own. Side walls you smash through it.

 

[Kiwi Pete]

Everything. No one wants to handle tyres here. If we sheeted everything we tyres I’d be doing it on my own. Side walls you smash through it.

And, they stack up really nicely, 20+ high takes up a heap less room than 5 high with tyres.
Like the proverbial "rocking horse poo" down here though, so I'm stuck with tyres