DIY used tire septic system for a rv, cabin or tiny house. all made out of tires.step by step build

[@_DB.COOPER]

I love how everybody’s an expert at this in the comment section and not only do they all have different methods of doing this but most of them have never done this. PRICELESS!

[@marktype1with2]

Where I live I could never record and post it, much less tell anyone, but I’m glad you did. Thank you.

[@michaelbohlander6711]

Those tires better be "S" Rated.

[@jlm3303]

Number two grade type s is ideal.

[@lxmzhg]

@@jlm3303 shit grade

[@charlielamb4606]

lol

[@billschlotterbeck5583]

"P" rated also good to take care of the three p"s

[@michaelbohlander6711]

Better be a 10 ply to be sure.

[@johnjaco5544]

We buried an old VW van and use that as our septic tank,been working for 45 years,we pump it out about 6-7 years,works great.

[@johnjaco5544]

@TheElPescador This one was shot,and they were a dime a dozen years ago.

[@eddiemclean7011]

Did you leave the hippies in it or take them out? 😅

[@shannonjensen3855]

Wow! That's out of the box!

[@theuber4618]

This is a great idea to use tires. Twenty years ago I used a couple barrels and ran leach lines down the same trench I dug for water lines. Never had a problem.

[@jonathanking6546]

Great idea. I would use rock to back fill and maybe a deep base of rock underneath the tires. I would also think about putting a tank of some sort to allow solids to decompose. I will have to research this out more, but I want a system that will outlast me, because I am getting too old to install a second system.

[@AdventureAwaits1111]

@@jonathanking6546 and if you cut tires in half and lay them in a trech with the arch up, and fasten them together, we just created a chamber system out of used tires! 😉

[@nadineraynor2539]

Place bricks inside tires to prevent them from flattening out over time. I learned this from my own experience.

[@ProctorsGamble]

I wondered about that

[@JS-px3et]

I used field drain to fill the inside.

[@TerryWatkins-rb5mo]

Wonder if you can use Ridex to keep it cleaned out, like a regular septic tank?

[@chaz4471]

❤❤❤thank you

[@Tyroneshoelaces242]

Expanding foam maybe 🤔? Fun and functional

[@AdventureAwaits1111]

A septic system needs a holding tank to break down the solids. That is why the outlet in a conventional system is near the top...the tank itself never fully drains. The water slury contains bacteria and enzymes that break down the waste. That said: if I were to build this, i would go the other way with the tires that are spaced. Leave the bottom three or four tight together, then space the top 2. This will help achieve the "tank" needed to break down the waste. I think the system would last much longer before filling up.

[@alancomaskey2045]

A second stack of tires spaced could be connected as a leach field while the first stack sits tight. Use PVC to connect the two at the second tire from the top.

[@AdventureAwaits1111]

@@alancomaskey2045 That is a great idea!

[@jamesmarsh1831]

I was thinking the same thing, he and anyone else that builds one without some sort of holding tank will be having it sucked out on a regular basis depending on how often and or much sh:t they put in.

[@steveezard8859]

Or a 55 gallon plastic drum... with a baffle near the top connected to several leach lines

[@AdventureAwaits1111]

@@steveezard8859 yes. I have done a drum system before on a camper. Only 20' of leech line (in well draining soil) 6 years and still going! I think for the sake of the video, the idea is to try and repurpose tires....and get a septic system from them.

[@Beyondthebox11]

I see the same system used to here in the Philippines out in the country. The only difference is they just drill a bunch of holes in the tires and stack them on top of each other. But it does seem to work Well. Really cool video I enjoyed watching it .

[@KarimTroost]

Very smart, I have an RV I park on my back property, and this will work perfectly. Thank you 😊

[@Daniel-m4v7n]

Years ago, I met this old boy named Calvin down in West Virginia. Calvin did not have enough money to put waterlines in his home so what Calvin did was take heavy duty garden hose and cut the length of garden hose to Size and then he use worm gear clamps, and silicone sealantto attach the lines to the fittings. It was the craziest thing I ever saw in my life, but I guess that’s what you would call Appalachian ingenuity

[@ray-ph7wr]

Years ago we did the similar thing. We use the fifty five gallon drum tho. I poked holes in the sides. and put gravel around the outside of barrel.

[@rupe53]

I once saw an old 275 oil tank used as a septic tank. Just drill some holes and backfill with gravel, then cover with straw to keep the dirt out.

[@RustyShackle-v9u]

​@@rupe53wonder if you could flip the tank upside down with the top lid off and use the shut off valve for the pipe connection?

[@rupe53]

@@RustyShackle-v9u I suppose you could but then how do you empty it when the solids build up? If its' to be similar to an old cesspool system, you still need to get rid of the solids at some point so need a top access point.

[@RustyShackle-v9u]

@rupe53 I imagine a 300 gallon tank would take a very long time to build up wouldn't most waste just break down and never need disposal?

[@rupe53]

@@RustyShackle-v9u If it's seasonal use, you'd probably go years because the off-period is when that happens. If you want an idea of what goes on, look at that bail of TP in your closet (package of 48 rolls) and then think about how long before you use it up. Compare it to the space in that stack of tires then add a pound of human waste (per person) on a daily basis, plus the water to do the flushing. Your 300 gallons is only 40 cubic feet but it's mostly sludge that takes time to go away. Add some soap scum and fats, which also slows down the process. Yeah, there is some science to septic systems but I don't have it all in my head.

[@johnhoward7298]

I got a kick out of the idea of the dual use for a storm shelter ! I'll tell My " DREAM KILLER " to get into the Storm shelter till I can go get Help !!!! BRILLIANT LOL (.. at least from MY point of view )

[@bobvincent4841]

35 years ago my stepfather made a "leach" field past the septic tank by burying a station wagon and 35 washing machines all around it with rock and tin over them. Then parked a shipping container over it so no one would drive on it. It is still working good to this very day.

[@3172bees]

Pretty resourceful. A great use for old tires.

[@williamrobinson6680]

I think these are supposed to be stacked without shims. Leaching between the mated tires is sufficient. And should be 60 to 80 feet from water wells.

[@rhess10]

I was thinking the same thing. The liquids would still Leach out but it would keep the solids inside the tires.

[@markcobb4693]

I’ve been thinking of putting a small hunting / camping cabin on my 50 acres and this would be perfect. Thanks

[@thomasjoseph5876]

You're better off using a couple of upsidedown 55 Gal Plastic Drums with the covers left off or cut off, connected to each other with a larger hole dug out surrounding them. I put down a base layer of about a foot of 1-1/2" river rock (no smaller) and set the bottomless drums on top of that. I also dig a couple of oversized pathways for some leech pipes connected surrounded by the same size river rock about 2/3rd up the drums and surrounded completely in the river rock. I don't worry about "sealing" any of these pipes to the drums. Then fill in the extra space dug out around the drums with more river rock and over the top of the drums where the main inlet pipe goes into the first drum. I usually fill the river rock at least 6 inches over the top of the drums. Then fill the rest over the top with dirt. The only thing people see is dirt and a 4" pipe sticking out of the ground slightly angled 45 degrees to hook your main line from your cabin or RV into it. The problem isn't always the "gray water" but the solids that accumulate. That's why for an RV or Cabin that houses 4 people every weekend and a few weeks during the year, this type of system will work great and for several years without any sort of maintenance. I have some seasonal (spring summer fall) RVs hooked up to one 55 gal drum system with one leech pipe that has been working perfectly for 25+ years. If your soil is mostly hard clay, this sort of system will not work unless you massively expand the number of drums or use a plastic container larger than drums and a few leech pipes. If you have sandy loom soil as I do, they are perfect as that type of soil is perfect for dealing with water aka gray water. The reason I use 1-1/2" river rock is that it keeps the dirt back as dirt can eventually flow into the drum/system and it causes an issue as it takes up the space needed for the "solids". If my solids are starting to fill the drum up, I can usually use some lye which will eat away some of it for a while. This premise is much like an old outhouse but a system that lasts longer because of the rock keeping the dirt from falling into and filling up the system. Sewer systems methods like this have been used for years with this sort of method but just on a larger scale for a normal year-round home. They just have one or more larger cement tanks connected together and a much larger leech field with usually 4 or 5 leech lanes because people tend to use more water in their homes from longer showers, dishwashers, washing machines, more people, etc. Another option is to replace the drums with those large plastic farm field chemical tanks that are plastic surrounded by an aluminum "cage" so the plastic doesn't expand out when they are full. These usually are several hundred gallons and I just cut out large parts of the bottom instead of the whole bottom to keep some integrity of the plastic tank together. For the pipe going in I usually will use some hard plastic in addition to the tank to give the main pipe going down, some extra reinforcement.

[@mikehendrix4207]

Had a system like this when I lived in San Felipe,Baja California. They worked great,had my 40’ two bedroom Rv trailer hooked to it. You only dumped when the tanks got full. The desert soil is all sand and gravel. The trick is ,DO NOT PUT PAPER IN THE TOILET! We put paper in a sealed lid wastebasket and waited for a good wind and burned the paper in the burn barrel! The paper will cover and eventually clog the bottom drain layer.

[@davidcarter3053]

Wouldn’t RV quick dissolving TP work? Do the paper fibers break down completely? RV paper is all we use in our motorhome and travel trailer

[@78tag]

@@davidcarter3053 ...I don't think it matters - if it went in, it has to go some where and it is just something else that has to be broken down in the same environment that you are using for a drainage system - you pay for everything in one way or another :) :)

[@Flat-Earth-Coin]

But water wells are under ground streams so it doesn't matter were a septic is they still can contaminate the water. I really don't understand septic because of that. The leach fields is drainage. I get soil filters but like any filter they have to be changed.

[@Katalinmason]

I spent many vacations camping on the beaches around San Felipe. Great times!

[@pamplant3610]

​@@davidcarter3053I live full-time in a 5th wheel, however, I grew up with a septic tank. My mom only bought Scott t.p. and I still buy it today. Even though Scott is biodegradable, I learned from childhood to never put t.p. in the toilet. Our septic was never pumped and when my mom had to replace the cement top, after over 30 years of use, that tank was clean as a whistle. I've lived in my RV for over 8 years and never once have I flushed t.p. I just put it in a trash can that is emptied once a week. There is no smell at all. Good luck.

[@joyceblack3639]

Neat idea. And after reading comments it's pretty good for what I'm looking for. Thank you

[@user-pk2fg8im4u]

I'd call that a rubber lined cesspool, in the old days they would dig a hole, fill it with larger rock, cover it with straw and then a layer of dirt. Worked for many years, then dig another hole to the side and do it over again.

[@rupe53]

have seen a DIY septic tank made from an old bed spring (frame style) and covered with straw, over the top of a foundation of rocks. Run a perf pipe out the other end for a leach field and more rocks. Dug one up that must have been 60 years old and the steel frame was still good.

[@krissaann333]

Yup, that's how WE did it in the BACKwoods of Mississippi years ago. Then came a porcelain God and PVC pipe to the creek.(We lived on a hill so flowage was NEVER a problem) "Okay Memaw, let her rip"!!! I was/am so fascinatinated by moving liquid/parts/gears/etc. Great memories before all the bad ones......💜💜💜🙏🙏🙏

[@unclesams1000]

We built something similar used concrete block just loosely stacked in a circle about 4 feet tall with a precast concrete lid. My dad called it a dry well. 4 people,living there.Worked for many years.

[@outdoorlife-j4h]

Wouldn't it work better with rocks around it?

[@rupe53]

@@outdoorlife-j4h backfill with gravel and it's a cesspool.

[@outdoorlife-j4h]

@@rupe53 I would think you would want the water to leave. Clay seals the ground. Like in the bottom of a pond or it can kill a lot of trees which have a hard time getting through the clay, I wonder if the clay has any nutrients for the trees?

[@rupe53]

@@outdoorlife-j4h Yes, that's why you use more gravel when you have poor drainage. The gravel makes space to store the water while you wait for it to go away. If the drainage is really poor (bad perk test) you can add a leach field / pipes, which will work to evaporate water at the surface, instead of it going into the soil.

[@outdoorlife-j4h]

@@rupe53 evidently, you know more about it than me.

[@mrrick3999]

In the loosest of terms, it is a crude septic system but it is not a septic tank system. It is actually a cesspool. Have your water supply checked regularly, these things leach into your well all the time.

[@AubreyHarrison-gz6tm]

need to check your water table too

[@rupe53]

new codes will say to keep them 75 feet apart... and the septic down hill of surface water flow.

[@daanwessels4781]

​@@rupe53we did 150 yards/paces and also followed he downhill rule. Dug a hole 6ft x 6 ft and 8ft deep, filled with rocks and covered over. It lasted more than 40 years, still working last time I heard.

[@Flat-Earth-Coin]

I was just going to ask about that. How deep is his well?

[@Mercmad]

Here in Australia, i lived in a place called lightning Ridge . The place is riddled with mine shafts from opal mining . Old mine shafts make great toilets .... 😅

[@DamianLewd]

Took too long. He doesn’t even get started for 11min

[@nb6065]

That shits funny 😂

[@78tag]

...as long as you don't live in the same mine shaft :)_

[@r8edrv4fun65]

Dirt will fall through the brick spaces and fill the thing up. Don't you want to wrap the whole thing with landscaping fabric or fiberglass screen?

[@leethebee1560]

Good thought but he says dirt won't be a problem

[@offthebeatengrid]

Even chicken wire would help a little bit.

[@lloydhoneycutt2424]

He lives in an area where you don't have to get inspection 's to get power to the cabin

[@badger31738]

That’s what I was thinking.

[@NotMe-z6b]

Ever seen an old school weep tank dirt is not an issue

[@DanielinLaTuna]

This could be a “seepage pit” (a horizontal drain field) if you had a septic separation tank ahead of it. I don’t think you have the septic tank, so technically it’s a cesspool. You’re right about the 2-3 year lifespan. A seepage pit (in the right soil) will get you more like 20-30 years

[@immrnoidall]

After living in my home for 22 years, I found out the hard way, that I was to get that tank pump every couple years. YUP, Backed up and out the basement toilet. We started to dig out the cover and 4 feet later, we found the top of the tank. holy crap. I put in a riser so now it about 6 inches to the cover.

[@larryharvey7709]

When I was a kid my buddy and I were sitting in a tree, and his toddler cousin came along and lifted the wooden box covering their cesspool and looked in. He fell in headfirst and the lid slammed close over him. If we hadn’t seen it happen and pulled him out he might never have been found.

[@Agirl52]

I was told that in about the 40s and 50s they would take an old junk car and turn it over and bury it. I think it would drain out the windows that weren't there anymore, the bottom was the lid. This is from Washington stare.

[@shutterdug9935]

What was his nickname? 😆

[@78tag]

@@shutterdug9935 ...the responses should get real creative on this one !! How about - Chithead ?

[@MuskratOutdoors]

That would be a crappy way to die.

[@jerryweigl4730]

I like your idea a lot. I have a cabin on a bush parcel of land. I am going to copy and build this simple septic system because I have access to water for a flush toilet. The women folk especially will like it. Bye bye outhouse. Thanks for sharing.

[@tuberNunya]

Better to get a couple of those plastic 40 gallon food containers and connect them with PVC and use perforated pipe as a drain field.

[@jerryweigl4730]

Thank you for your thoughts.

[@--harry_]

With the gaps like that, the first good rain would wash all the dirt down inside. You would want to wrap it with like weed netting and fill the space around it with rocks or something? I just remember my dad putting bails of straw around it. His were made of cinder block cemented with gaps between the bricks.

[@jerryweigl4730]

Thank you

[@larrymccormick7434]

Separate your gray water, system works better

[@jefferyyoung6521]

What keeps the firt grom going in between the tires where it sits on the bricks?.i think i would wrap it in a good filter fabric to keep the insides free of dirt....great for a camp site

[@claybornlewis276]

I dug a hole filled it 6"With 3 quarter stone. Shot a bunch of Holes in a 55 gallon plastic drum... When the shotgun about 20 or 30 shots.... Buried it in the ground covered it up And pumped my septic into it for over 10 years without a problem..... Add a drane fild 10 by 20 area with one foot ' of 3 quarter stone Covered up .. I never had a problem for over 10 years And the people I sold the house to.... Still use it today.... Just use Riddex in it once every couple of months

[@jamesheath5825]

Depends on where you live if could even get by with it before some ahole turned you in for not having a permit

[@mamajan99]

I think I would wrap the outside with a permeable ground cover to prevent soil from filling the tires over time.

[@joelalleman9591]

after wrapping the tires with fabric , put in straw , then large stone , cover top with fabric , then topsoil.

[@richardowens9061]

Clever idea! Thanks for sharing the project with us! Unfortunately, around here, where I live, this sort of septic system would never be acceptable, even on private land. If I had such a system on my land and the county found out about it, I would be fined and possibly criminally charged for violating building codes and creating a biohazard for the local water supply. They expect us to get a permit even for a pit toilet.

[@lunarminx]

I can honestly live with some codes of where waste can go. That's a huge worry about crapping during a shtf situation and where everyone would dispose of their human waste. I live in an apartment complex with a creek running through the end of the property. I don't even think the dumpster is 200 ft from the creek. I know dog waste is thrown in the dumpster, a dog park fenced in area is right next to the dumpster. I see people just taking it down to the dumpster not realizing how far waste should be. You never know who may be grabbing water farther down drinking it without treatment or boiling.

[@78tag]

@@lunarminx ...yep - that's the problem with modern living, most people have forgotten basic survival because the cities have provided for them for so long. The SHTF scenario is going to be really ugly. Not only are people not prepared for it, it is almost impossible to be prepared for it.

[@candlelightbeesgardening]

This is a really interesting idea! I'm curious how it will work tested out. Will any smalls be fully contained though after its working since there's... the tires aren't sealed together between the tires? I've heard of people sometimes having smells from when their septic systems get full and leak out. Or perhaps... I wonder how deep you have to be for any leakage to have its smells fully contained? An alternative is to have gaps between the tires, but only deeper on the bottom half of the tire stack. Then on the top half instead have them fully sealed or compacted more. I would have had narrower gaps between tires. Your gaps are so big I'm worried it won't function as well. I hope this idea of yours works. Your idea has merit. Especially now since this country has no manufacturing left hardly, we're vulnerable to faster inflation and getting priced out of many things quickly. I think this means people will be forced to adapt and do like you are doing. I also hope my comment will be seen as friendly and not criticism.

[@MrBugman2525]

The best septic system on you tube yet, very good presentation and information

[@richardowens9061]

Just don't expect it to pass any sort of building code inspection. And, no bank would ever make a mortgage on a house with such a septic system. You would have to keep it secret and never use it on a residential structure.

[@Realgrande]

Pure genius! When I was a kid 60-70 years ago the families and neighbors would dig 4' x 4' x 6' holes, lined them with Bricks, stacked on the walls, cover it with plywood, cover it with dirt and connect the cast iron pipes connected with molten lead. It was called "Cesspool" unlike the Septic systems used to day with Liquid, Solid Chambers and drain fields. This would be totally illegal today but outside of any city limits who would know?

[@williamburdon6993]

I would make a cap for it , and leave an access hole for a pump hose to clean it out. Every 6 months or so , pump it out and use an Rv black tank to haul it to a dump station.

[@jason37801ftp]

Its a cesspool without any rock, gravel ect. Never seen one using tires, they can last over a lifetime, of course running a leach field Drainage using pipe, gravel whatever something to increase the storage area. New septic systems use evaporation so they say more than ground absorption. My grandfather put a cesspool late 1930's. I live in the house now, never pumped or had any problem at all. No reason no to put sewer rock from bottom up ft from ground level put some ground cover fabric to help dirt from going into gravel it would last for years.

[@tuberNunya]

Smarter to just drill holes in the tires. Big spaces like that will allow dirt to flow in and fill the septic in a year.

[@marcushennings9513]

I'd wrap with a pond liner.

[@chriscordray8572]

I used 55 gallon poly tanks in a line as a septic system. Laying them on their sides and building leach lines out of the last tank in the system. We only have about 3 foot of rocks and dirt on top of the bedrock. Making a concrete tank impossible to install. Leach lines had to be installed ground level then covered with dirt. I've Never have had a problem with that cabins septic system. I put clean out plugs to facilitate quick repairs of any future issues.

[@ProctorsGamble]

I would recommend backfill with #5 rock for better leaching

[@mechapman1080]

Our house has a septic made out of the old cement outhouse. It was that way when we bought it. We don't have a leach field. It leaches through the bottom. We have lived here 13 1/2 years and only had it cleaned 2x And never had a problem with it.

[@mechapman1080]

Thank you for fixing that brick lol

[@joanndavis4843]

Another good use for some old tires👍! And with some construction ingenuity using the same concept, get a hold of some used giant earth mover tires for that tornado shelter you mentioned. Btw, forget the bucket. Old tires are cheap. When it's time for another septic, just dig another hole 🕳 .

[@hordesCoffee]

Thats how I broke my hand 2 years ago. The blade got jammed, spun around so fast, I heard it crack the top of my hand. Be very careful with that type of cylinder blades or O ring blades.

[@Hoaxer51]

This would work great for your shop if you couldn’t hook into your House system for whatever reason. I don’t think I would tell anyone about it though, here in northern Ohio they might frown on that one. It would still work and you can get rid of some old tires in the process. Sounds like a winner!

[@californiagirlrachel7220]

Wow great job!

[@DelCorbin]

I believe I'd use a plastic 55 gallon barrel with a hole near it's top in its side for input and a hole on the opposite side four inches lower that would have an elbow pointing down inside the barrel. The barrel would collect solids and liquids and allow decomposition. The elbow keeps 'floaters' in the 55 gallon barrel. Excess liquid would then flow into almost exactly the system that is built in this video. This would allow a fairly easy dig out with a hand shovel when the barrel got near full of solids. The tire drain field would only see liquid and fat should float in the barrel. To empty the barrel I'd then go out in the woods and dig post hole using a post hole digger and dig about two feet deep and fill with the compost up to about 4 inches from the soil surface and top over with the dirt dug with the post hole digger. Cover with leaves to leave no trace. I'd spread these holes about six feet apart. This would return to the biosphere what the human organism borrowed from the biosphere. I'd consider topping the tire drain field with a tire that still had a steel wheel in it about six inches from the surface and cover with multiple layers of poly plastic and then cover with soil. You'd still need a cap of some type for the 55 gallon barrel. Some barrels have screw on caps so consider that. This is a hypothetical mental 'poop for brains' exercise of course. P.S. The tire drain field could also be installed horizontally.

[@100Proof-n5d]

I welded 2 50gal drums together. Capped both ends. Laid it flat Cut a hole up top and a hole on one end then put rock and leach line connected to it. Been going strong for a while now.

[@DirtRoadFarms]

I'm always curious, as someone who has used the "Humanure" composting method all my adult life..... why a gross system, when you can compost? Zero odor, easy, and beautiful compost in return. Seems so much easier🤷‍♀️

[@D-B-Cooper]

Great idea, traditionally I am use to burying an old car and sticking a pipe in a window.

[@danwildhaber8178]

I've always found Ford's to be superior for this purpose. 😂

[@robertheselberg1784]

Actually vw bugs work the best.

[@james8436]

I may have found a good use for the old Transit Connect

[@95ffd]

I don't even buy the car. Just wait for someone to leave it running when they run into the gas station. But you have to have an idea of the car so you can have the hole pre dug, just to avoid getting caught. hahahaha

[@D-B-Cooper]

@ check the back seat for babies.

[@robjonas9047]

Do you have a car tire leach field too? Last thing, how do you keep it sealed up from flood during the wet season?

[@MasterK9Trainer]

It's very interesting and it's a good way to use old tires

[@robertjones7792]

Where I live I told the appraisal police that I have a compost toilet but I actually have 3 plastic tanks and a real toilet. They want you to do a aerobic system where I live which I hate since I am a licensed plumber and I know they are a lot of trouble and maintenance. That is why I did my own and made it my way instead of going trough the county getting inspections and having my property tax jump up, because they consider a septic system an improvement of the property value at the appraisal district.Fuckum feed-em fish heads fight the system like a modern day Robin Hood. Great Video, Thanks

[@garybray3614]

Gets minus 30F around here in winter. Frost line can be 6 to 8 ft deep.

[@angelessene6394]

Brother you are a genius and very smart with everything you're doing the only thing I disagree with is water's not going to flow through them tires piss is 😂😂😂

[@sspikeable]

what happens if you get a few good rainy spells?

[@bobstaurovsky3506]

I would have dug out around the tires at least a foot to 18”, then filled the center with 3/4” gravel and on the outside. Put pour a concrete slab on top to keep dirt out, then fill around the outside with gravel, and cover the whole thing with 2 layers of 6 mil plastic sheeting and then fill the dirt in.

[@n.chapman6390]

Novel idea....cheers for sharing. On another note, i would have prepared the floor with lime, to break it done easier. And would have gone a few more tyres deeper. Be sure to throw a couple of handfuls of lime down the line every couple of months to aid in the break down of the organic material. And you always plant a tree once its full. 👍

[@hzwinip]

Pretty cool tornado shelter. You funny

[@straightupnews2965]

i have a 55gal plastic barrel for a septic tank .. been in use for 20 yrs no issues 3 people in the home

[@WisconsinForesters]

You got it backwards, the microbes in the soil that break down sewage are all in the top 8 inches of soil, anything below that leaks out of your tank just leaches down and pollutes your groundwater. That is why drain-fields are always near the surface.

[@awhinathan614]

That's awesome. I guess you could put a leach field downhill of the tank if your soil was predominantly clay. Good job.

[@colloidalsilver1096]

Why did you not place the pipe between the tires? Thank you.

[@diannew5264]

🤣🤣have fun dipping it out🤣🤣

[@paulshull9247]

Nice 👍

[@Tcrim354]

Judging by the issue with the drill, is this first time using this method?

[@birddog7492]

I would think of this as a short-term solution for a leach field. Remember tires float and will come to the surface. so, cut holes in the top of the tires to allow air to escape. Or else one good flood and your crap will come shooting to the surface.

[@bobbg9041]

Depends on diet!

[@kathyhathaway8823]

Ya this is kind of how back in the older days we use to do this. We have used small steal tanks , two big trash cans, build oak wood boxes or just about anything we could find an yes tires . Bring back memories.

[@slewfoot6608]

😂thanks for the visual !

[@michaellee3858]

Tires don't float.

[@joewoodchuck3824]

Tires float? Several sources show common rubber as being denser than water.

[@jeffw9888]

You first started that drill you were running it backwards I kept looking at why were you running it backwards even before your battery went dead

[@95ffd]

I was wondering that also. I didn't know if it was just the camera speed, or if it was actually backwards.

[@scottfranklin4541]

6:44 are you naming each brick before you lay it?

[@bobbg9041]

Choice, tornado turdnado I'll opt for the tornado!

[@britishtechguru]

I would suggest a vent is essential. I would further suggest putting the bricks inside the tyres to prevent them collapsing and not between them as the hole will fill with earth, rock and clay that collapses inward.

[@honestamerican9511]

Don't tires rise to the top of the ground after a while?

[@stevenmccrickard1401]

Once It's in use and then a tornado comes you are going to have a tough decision to make. But on a more serious note, when you get caught remember these words "It was here when I got the property". You will still have to do it correctly but you might save yourself from having to pay the fines.

[@JohnBarry-g5l]

You should throw the last tire on top so that lid is above grade to keep rain water out

[@mickeyfinn7558]

Septic is really easy. What I really love is I have an aerobic system now and Im married to the government over the damn thing. Why can't you have an aerobic and push the effluent into a field line and not have to deal with extortion fees for life and threats from the local government? We need a special septic tank to put the government in and see if we can clean them!!!

[@leepatton1180]

Make another hole for the health inspector with a sign that says "fuck around and find out "

[@stevengoodwin8011]

I knew he was going to hit steel radials!

[@michaelallen3172]

Will this pass a perk test ? It looks like eventually it will fill up with dirt

[@jreeder6168]

What's to keep rain water from getting into it. Don't you get heavy rains up there?

[@NoNamegone]

Definitely short term. Also, tire side wall will eventually collapse closing up the space between tires.

[@MikeSmith-nu9wt]

After you get all your miles , you turn them into smiles 😂 Wonder how that affects that road hazard warranty ?

[@rabbithomesteading3797]

Is this to make a septic tank or get rid of tires? If it is to get rid of tires I think my whole property would be full of septic tanks. lol

[@bobnelson1428]

What about a clean out pipe in the top for pumping out with a cap on it?

[@ctb2814]

I did basically the same with a plastic tile 4 feet wide 5 feet long . I put two inch holes from top to bottom and never one issue to date .

[@watchingyou5003]

Interesting use of tires but bad design. This would be no good for solid watse. This would make a better dry well for a shower drain. Do what you did then fill it with 3/4" clean stone. 👌

[@carlosaquino8917]

Great 👍 idea Great job 👏

[@0patience4flz]

I dug out a hole ..poured 4 inches thick concrete..at the bottom...put a 33 gallon trash can in the middle..filled it with water . poured concrete around the trash can and cast a concrete septic tank..inlet and outlet holes...for the piping have to be cut out and pipes have to be in place ..after setting...the water is scooped out...trash can cut out...

[@judymarlar1949]

Good operator!

[@gadsdonflag4289]

Wouldn't gravel work better around those tires instead?

[@timdunne4363]

Ever wonder why landfill dump sites do not accept tires to bury? Because no matter how you lay them and bury them, they can fill with methane gas and eventually they will pop right out of the ground, sometimes explosively. Good luck, but I think there are better materials to line a "well" with. Old time privy pits were lined with logs, log cabin style. When it filled, the privy was pulled over a newly dug pit and the old one covered in dirt from the new hole.

[@rockdaddio69]

Righ! Here in the city of San Diego they spent over $11MM experimenting on a new variant of the old cess pool method in the late 40s they dug a massive trench deep down and over a half mile long in a slew on the west side of Morena Boulevard, the oldest street in San Diego. They covered that trench with telephone poles a good 8’ below the surface, covered it with sand, and paved over it. Then the City crew from Wastewater Services brought in a 4’ wide corrugated cement conduit through which all the Black Water sewer passed from the Mesa above. Everything worked well until 1951 when a spontaneous explosion of methane gas blew it up. And that is how Mission Bay was started.

[@rockymegan]

Better keep that exploding tire idea secret. Our army has enough to worry about stepping on land mines. Now they have to worry about stepping on a methane filled tire buried in the road. " I don't know what happened Doc, I think I must have stepped on a 245R18LT Goodwear tire. And that smell, it's the methane that got on me when that sucker blew up smells like sh$%."😮

[@VonBluesman]

The steel belted tire is hard to cut. When I worked in the Parts Dept. as a teen at a car dealership, I used to have to saw a 12 inch piece out by hand with a hacksaw to send in for a warranty. That was 50 years ago before battery power tools were made.

[@hokehinson5987]

Thats more like a cesspit or cess pool not a septic system which has trenches or a leach field...usually the cesspit /pool fills up and needs to be dug out. Becuz theres no place for the water to percolate to especially when the surrounding soil is clay or clay loam. That system would work for one person especially if a grey water field was used for bath & sink water...but for a family it would fail miserably... Food grease from sink is the killer of leach fields or trench system as is laundry soap powders......though cool idea...they use this idea in india. Especially for small villiage community toilets...a big brick lined hole last for about 10 years...then dug another one! Smells great in the summer like a hog or dairy farm!!😊

[@1956tojo]

Uh................. that pipe could easily go between the top tire and the next one down without drilling that hole... and I would use a single sheet of 3/4" plywood cut in half glued and screwed to make a 4'X4' cover for it... take a quart can of roof tar, crack the lid and heat it in whatever safe slow way you want (just make removing it easier), and put it in a bigger at least gallon bucket, and melt it down with diesel or gasoline.... gas is faster, but the diesel is safer... DO NOT USE ELECTRIC ANYTHING IF USING GAS.... get the mix to the consistency of watery paint and paint your plywood cover with it.... it'll soak in and soak in and soak in, and that's good.... get all the edges very good with several coats..... Let it dry on the horses or whatever it's on for a couple days.... in the sun if ya can.... then throw it over the hole... That lid will outlast anybody 20 years old or older.... My Grandpa built an 8'X8' little hunting shack on the property back in the woods in the early 1940s on 4 oak stumps he cut off... These are trees about 8" across that he cut off about a foot off the ground... He used roofing tar very watered down , made a small lip in the dirt around each stump and slowly poured his watery mix (about a gallon on each) so as to soak into the ground without leaving the lip... and then did it again with a little stronger mix..... He stripped the bark off the stumps down to the dirt, and the next spring he painted them with a thicker coat of the gas tar mix... and about a week later he said he built the cabin/shed/shack.... Those stumps are as hard and strong in the ground today as they ever were in MY life, and I'm 68 now, so I'm a believer in the mix... water nor bugs, nor critters like that mix.... Doing that hunting shack like that always made me think Grandpa was some kinda genius, and I STILL think that.

[@larrybailey43]

Would it not be ok to wrap the outside of the tires in a nylon fabric to keep dirt from getting into the “ tank” ?

[@johncausey5344]

I was wondering what was gonna happen when you tried to drill through all the steel in those tires.. I use plastic drums when I wanna build a small homemade septic system but tires are a different idea

[@DanaWallace-i4k]

Just a little constructive criticism. Your starting out at a deficit with the roots growing all around the tires. They'll grow like mad in the fertile environment, and fill your tires with small roots within a year, and there'll be no place for the effluent. I speak from experience here, because I put a fill bed through an overgrown lot, and within 18 months the waste water from my septic tank had no place to go, and I had to dig up the fill beds and redo them. My next project was spraying the lot to kill all the brush to prevent a repeat performance.

[@jimburden3428]

Radial belted tire?

[@robertblunt9517]

I went to my county born and got me a 6 foot kind. Concrete cupboard 3 inches in diameter. Pour the wash rock in the bottom. Put the cupboard in and then put me. A 25 foot field line 6 foot deep with horse rock, 3 foot high and then covered with soil.I won't never feel that up

[@johnsmith-p9n]

Looks like a SHHT collection project ---?

[@johnsmith-p9n]

but the rubber tires will !!!

[@emu-5493]

Dear septic engineers + experts who never got shit on their hands before: There are vertical plastic septic tanks that also provide a leach.field. Usually installed in multiples + in a series. Useful where space is limited. Mike Reynolds usually installs a tire septic tank when they build an Earthship home. 20 years ago I had a friend build an outside kitchen/bar at his lake home. Rather than build a permitted, inspected septic tank we built one from car tires. Works like a champ and saved him a bundle.

[@plethoraOFtrivia]

I helped a friend build a pavilion at his lake house. He lends it to me for "dates." Next morning I leave the 'dirty linen' soaking in the clothes washer. It is very convenient (and private.) 😊