Used Tires

Originally Posted by dlcj

Has anyone ever built a retaining wall out of used car tires? Has anybody even saw one. In Co. they are building houses with them. I would like to try it out in my own back yard first were i need to come up about 14' on the high corner and run to nothing about 50' in each direction. For a retaining wall you cut off one side wall to make it easer to fill with dirt and pack it with a plate compactor. Then stagger the next row and set it back 3- 6". Plant grass in the exposed dirt.

Originally Posted by mickeyco

I've got 3 old tires you can have for free, you can pick them up in Chicago, just send me an eMail.


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