Mechanical Concrete | This Changes Everything

[@patrickbaitman8336]

Rocks in an old tire=$3.00 Mechanical concrete (Rocks in an old tire)=$100.00

[@DoughBoy45]

Patrick Bates how the fuck did they patent putting tires as a a foundation

[@MrEvilsurpent]

@@DoughBoy45 you can patent a process however you could easily get around such a patent

[@Zamolxes77]

@@DoughBoy45 Is bullshit, only in America.

[@matthewmitchell5617]

hey now, you're forgetting "Cutting off the sidewall" = $97.00

[@PatRiot-]

Just remember You pay someone for a patent It’s all bullshit It’s about who pays and who doesn’t They get the “right” to having the government and full force of the police come after anyone who tries to use an idea Similar to the mob Pay the right people And they will enforce almost anything you would like

[@hinglemccringleberry8805]

Mechanical concrete geosynthetic cylinder confinement technology=old tires with asphalt on top. Neat.

[@MorganBrown]

Turd Ferguson and they got a patent(!?)

[@josephrichardson2365]

Lol

[@fishfire_2999]

Yah lol fukin hilarious how much weed did they smoke to come up w that shit .

[@jlane9055]

@@fishfire_2999 yep

[@OverlandOne]

Turd: "I'll take Andre' The Giant for $200."

[@gateway8833]

I did this in my drive way 5 years ago, the difference of mine and this is I bolted all of my tires together with Stainless Steel bolts and washers.

[@chuckfrazier2007]

How is it holding up after 8 years and did you cover it with concrete?

[@ZnenTitan]

And when you flush the toilet it's a "Vortex liquid, centrifugal pre-treatment waste transfer"

[@pentuprager6225]

Thumbs down for edits as it can always be edited again and again. Idiots edit.

[@InfernoNinja111]

Yeah, you idiot.

[@chrisw5150]

what a mouth full...lol

[@ZnenTitan]

@@chrisw5150 Almost as much Gobbledygook as they made out of filling old tires with rocks.

[@chrisw5150]

@@ZnenTitan yeah ....thats alota big words for old tires and agg

[@markbrazeal6090]

This makes complete sense. I've spent years undercutting structurally deficient road beds using geotextiles and large aggregate to repair. This is so simple and solve the tire disposal problem at the same time. Kudos. Too bad something this good for everyone will probably never take off.

[@SkypowerwithKarl]

We did this over forty years ago. We sometimes interlocked them with 1/2" cable in a lateral, weaving, figure "8" patterns around the mid point of the tread so the tires couldn't work toward the shoulders with time. If they got this patented, the guy at the us patent office should loose his job.

[@willy-johndejager6810]

knew something was off

[@pcrengnr1]

If you can prove it then the patent is busted into being either previously done/ prior art and or public domain. If this information gets to the patent office then the patent will get overturned unless they are using some kind of new twist to an old idea.

[@unclebenny9028]

@@mlionea Do it!

[@mlionea]

@@unclebenny9028 I will

[@utetopia1620]

"Who'da thought a bunch of tyres filled with rock could support a truck?" *Drives a truck supported by tyres filled with air*

[@UncleWermus]

And the truck is full of rock

[@robomatt1600]

Heheh

[@Mick_Jackson]

Lol

[@snake9961]

@@UncleWermus haha nice one both of you

[@lordapophis5723]

Lmfao! Amazing isn't it?

[@ElonMuskX]

So can I start charging them $2.50 each tire to take my old tires now instead of me paying the fee?

[@Wardell43]

No, continue paying the fee to avoid the lawsuit.

[@geyotepilkington2892]

Just dump em in the woods, they make good homes for critters after a while. Can also just dump em at a local paintball field, I dont think they notice

[@MeesterVegas]

@@geyotepilkington2892 Or, you could just dump em on the side of the road and insert a sign that reads "For Mechanical Concrete Repair."

[@Meekerextreme]

You pay? My local Discount Tire always takes them for free. I used to leave my motorcycle tires in Wal-Mart in a cart at night when I knew the tire department isn't open...ops I'm bad then I realized my Discount Tire just takes them.

[@ElonMuskX]

@@Meekerextreme We have to pay the fee when the tires are purchased. Even if they come on new cars.

[@pneumaticautist9364]

Earthship builders have been doing this for YEARS

[@ProgressiveWill]

Decades.

[@AlexanderTomasik]

Right lol Wonder where he got the idea from

[@mountaindew267]

Earthship... What is this strange sounding thing?

[@abraxaseyes87]

Nothing new under the sun

[@tommybear1097]

@@mountaindew267 homes made from tires, bottles, clay, rocks, dirt, and basically anything they can recycle to build a house while keeping the trash out of landfills.

[@MacClay8]

Everyone shitting on this idea is just missing the importance of this breakthrough. These engineers managed to do the impossible. They found a way to make road crews take even longer to make substandard repairs. This is truly amazing.

[@mestizoboy]

@@M60gunner1971 Dumbass: MacClay8 was being sarcastic. Easily triggered, are we?

[@gregoryeverson741]

@@M60gunner1971 in south America they been using car tires to support 3 story house on the side of hill for decades also

[@smiley3012]

That's funny. At first I was like what? Good one.

[@mrthink5378]

MacClay8 hell yeah hours give it to hey were wroking hear

[@freedumbofspeech1977]

Cost is controlled by local politics and time is the product of a mafia style system adopted by business and plant owners.... Cement and asphalt.... The guys who are working take the brunt of the taxpayers and that's why they make the big money........ Hahahahahaha.....

[@davidaitchison3282]

What a great idea! I hope this one takes off and becomes an industry standard. One of the best uses for old tires that I have seen in a long time.

[@MikeBaxterABC]

FFS ... I invented this 10 years ago ... I (and illegally as you're not allowed to bury tires) I layed down Stabilization Fabric right on the unprepared ground ... filled a long swampy section of a customers driveway with used old tiers Wired them together with aluminum wire from the scrap yarded ... then compacted 5/8" lime stone in them ... the driveway is still in perfect shape with maybe every 3 years or so some extra inch or so of adfill and grading

[@MinimalistMotoLife]

That's funny it's illegal. Oilfield and county roads departments up here, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah, use tires and wheels to fill and build up where the dirt roads wash away into the arrayos. No rock though, rock costs money...

[@Wardell43]

You're right Mike, totally Illegal and extremely hazardous.

[@MinimalistMotoLife]

@@Wardell43 Out of curiosity I looked into it, there is no federal laws prohibiting burying of tires, it's soley at the state's discretion. Some states it's illegal, with mandatory recycling for tire disposal but others it's not, like New Mexico still does legally bury whole tires at the landfill. Some county's across the country have added guidelines into their building code about using rammed earth tires(typically buried) Even more interesting is in common practice once tires are cut or shredded they are no longer tires, or special waste of any kind. Which is why this company is likely cutting both sidewalls off doing so it's no longer a tire but a ring of petroleum and natural rubber legal in all 50 states.

[@Wardell43]

@@MinimalistMotoLife "Some states it's illegal, with mandatory recycling for tire disposal but others it's not," What does that mean to you?? It's a toxic cancer causing hazard.

[@MinimalistMotoLife]

@@Wardell43 It's called freedom, it's why we are America and not under the Queen. If we as a country are stupid(lazy) enough to use these petro-rubber disposable tires in the first place there's no reason we shouldn't have shredded used tires in our fast food or tire fire smoke in our lungs. Beyond that the recycling of tires is a joke in the first place, ever been to an asphalt plant? Or seen how we wash out truck beds and tools after the end of a day. Kerosene/Diesel right into the watershed, on the crops while carrying the asphalt "away" but out of sight out of mind right? Just another excuse to distribute petroleum waste far and wide as if Dupont's polymers weren't doing a good enough job of that. Want to help the abundance of waste tires? Stop wasting tires on personal vehicles no amount of recycling or "proper disposal" will stop the waste generation or have a lasting impact on us mammals.

[@henryg3146]

I've invented a new type of user actuated environmental interface. Peasants refer to it as a window.

[@de0509]

I always love seeing elegant solutions in engineering. Not a civil guy but as a viewer I do appreciate the slight eureka moment watching this video

[@christopherclink6931]

I find it amusing how thos little video tries to make using stone in tires is some super technical rocket science type of break through.

[@codetech5598]

Not only that, but these clowns patented it in two countries. Farmers have been doing dirt-filled-tire construction for years.

[@nascar0509]

As cynical as me then....

[@rtelles1127]

@@codetech5598 that is the first thing I thought of been seeing this bring used on field access bridges for years

[@codetech5598]

@Mike Studmuffin Proof of marketing and getting contracts from taxpayer-funded road projects. The concept of "gravel filled grids" has already been demonstrated in existing products.

[@bustarogers9990]

They literally tell you in the video how simple it is dip shit , how is that making it sound super technical.

[@get-the-lead-out.4593]

and so where was the test site you should obviously showed us where you laid down a stretch of this and then showed us a time lapse for the damage to it versus the standard stretch of road right next to it....actually prove to us it lasts longer instead of just getting people to say it does!

[@Mephilis78]

They won't really know how strong it is until they've had more than a decade of testing, tbh.

[@kauske]

I can tell you at least from an engineering perspective, mechanically stabilized road beds will last longer, period. Even putting in some metal mesh, the issue is cost of doing so. In this case, they are using waste material, which is likely given to them for free. The science is sound, but it's not as ground-breaking as the video wants it to seem. They just figured out a way to do it with garbage, effectively.

[@Wardell43]

Yeah this is hazardous and will have to be removed once the lawsuits start pouring in.

[@kauske]

Except using structures like this to reinforce ground is a time-proven way to prevent road surface degradation. This is nothing new, just a new source of materials for it.

[@Wardell43]

@@kauske It's an environmental cancer causing hazard. They have to be put into special landfills and that is still a problem.

[@MrGuyCali]

Yeah, rammed earth tires? REVOLUTIONARY NEW DESIGN

[@desiderious1]

Tire waste disposal has been a big issue for years and now we have the perfect solution. I hope this method is adopted throughout the country.

[@philipmoore6833]

There’s nothing mechanical about this. Go to any dirt bike track they have been doing this for years

[@dooglemcdoogle4062]

You been click baited like me A bit of bull sh@t put together to get view's. notice that this was made 2016 but the video of it was much older (in pal format) pre 2000

[@MultiYoda69]

Ya and this jackass thinks he has a right to patent it!!!!

[@another1commenter770]

Worked on a machine for packing tyres for retaining walls, the same company was doing this road stabilizing trick for farm tracks as well. Back in 2002ish~ in New Zealand. The major issue was resource consent when most the concrete companies have ties to Councillors or are part owned by councils (municipalities), the councils used a lot of what if scenarios to make sure it was kept from interfering with there current supply regime. Things like "what if the road get washed away in a major flood, where will the tyres go" and " what if the road wears down until the tyre's, then causes flat tyres from the wires coming through the road surface".

[@kauske]

I can explain the logic behind the name, if you wanted a fully fleshed out version, it would be "mechanically confined concrete." When you're speaking about engineering, when you say mechanical, it's generally talking about a macroscopic interaction. For example, a mechanical pesticide like diatomaceous earth doesn't kill pests with a chemical reaction, it mechanically absorbs water and shreds their bodies. In this case, the aggregates are mechanically retained with a tire, or other structure, instead of being chemically bonded with cement. When it comes to engineering jargon, a lot tends to be lost on a layman.

[@robertbradley6946]

@@kauske Accept there's no "concrete " involved. Mechanical Asphalt would be appropriate.

[@Nonotkidding]

Using dead tires to offset the mechanical rutting from heavy hauling saves on repeat maintenance down time, puts used tires to simple local use and Joe can use his mechanical tamper all afternoon while the swamp contractors come up with complaints about the initial time and effort to solve a rutting problem, pass me a cold Flat Tire. Make that a double !

[@felixcat9318]

This system also provides a recyclable method for the tens of millions of otherwise unusable vehicle tyres. This application looks to be simple, incredibly effective, durable and long lasting, whilst being economic.

[@Puma1Sunfire1]

Beautifully done. Excellent use of used tires and so damn simple

[@120ohm]

Awesome idea but the name stinks.... Mechanical concrete? Really...

[@catfishmudflap]

Why call it concrete at all. I'd like to call it tired stone.

[@AmericanThunder]

RTR - recycled tire roadway. Sounds better.

[@Mephilis78]

Lol all concrete is mechanical. By that, I mean it is all produced mechanically, which is the only mechanical thing about this. Also, you don't use concrete for roads, at least not good ones.

[@ltsgarage7780]

@@Mephilis78 What? Where do you live?

[@AmericanThunder]

@@Mephilis78 Poured concrete would be super expensive compared to asphalt! Our fuel taxes would triple lol

[@kellypenrod2979]

I used this idea on a erosion problem but the only difference that I employed was using whole tires filled with 3/4minus crusher run saturated to a 3in slump and pump placed into the tires and voids, followed by stack placed 18 minus rip rap. it was an experimental solution at the time and so far has held quite well for the last 25yrs. I see no reason why this would not work if properly set, and good compaction has been achieved.

[@cryipticcreep5586]

That's a heck of a re-name of an old tire!

[@phillhuddleston9445]

An old tire missing it's sidewalls.

[@geyotepilkington2892]

$$$

[@briandstone1able]

Thousands of buried tires, can be considered to be environmentally friendly?

[@mikemaki7192]

Why not? Rubber and steel aren't toxic they won't leach anything toxic into the ground, tires are really only a problem if they burn which they won't underground.

[@briandstone1able]

@@mikemaki7192Really? Are you a trump supporter who lives in a fact free zone?! The EPA classifies tires as municipal solid waste rather than hazardous waste. Nevertheless, tires that are thrown away instead of recycled can cause serious environmental problems. The issues arise when the chemicals they contain are released into the environment -- the breakdown of tires releases hazardous wastes. Tires contain oils that contaminate the soil; they also consist of heavy metals such as lead, that can persist in the environment and accumulate over time. And you're assuming the tires are going to stay underground forever and ever. I can't believe anybody would believe like you do, so you must be a troll.

[@mikemaki7192]

@@briandstone1able Old tires aren't considered hazardous waste, but if they are not properly recycled, they do pose threats. Mosquitoes use them as breeding grounds and stockpiles of tires are a potential fire hazard. Recycling & Disposal Information. There are several convenient options for proper disposal. Tires | Rethink Recycling www.rethinkrecycling.com › tire

[@jamesbulldogmiller]

use 6-10 stone or 4-10 stone instead of 57 stone, and get even more stability.

[@paulerickson1906]

I live in Northern Ontario Canada and I have often said what we need is rubber roads because of the tremendous heaving our roads undergo every winter with the cold temperatures we get here. The water penetrates down under the road way and freezes and pushes up the asphalt causing really impressive potholes to form.

[@zenoist2399]

I thought we'd see a truck driving on tyres filled with rocks.

[@fourbypete]

Is it cheaper to repair a road in this way or is it just cheaper where this was filmed. I have seen a few instances where they used recycled concrete as a road base and then put 4" of tar on top and it seems to stand up to wear must better than a reinforced concrete road. It sure beats going into land fill if it's cheaper.

[@jackdaniel1848]

Let's start by cutting the name down to about 2-3 syllables.

[@Triggernlfrl]

In the Netherlands they where so smart to use waste of a steelmill as foundation of a highway. The stretch of road is now the most bumpy highway in Europe. A patchjob started yesterday when they renewed the asfalt on one direction and the other side wil be smoothend next weekend. In 2021 they wil renew the whole foundation that start to rust and expand so it creates holes and bumps.

[@Farmboy1544]

This definitely does not change everything. It might change road beds though.

[@waterbird91]

I live in Pa. Harsh winters wreck the roads every year. Every year the roads are resurfaced w/ a few inches of ashphalt & every year the roads are full of huge , deep pot holes. AND OUR TAXES GO UP to pay for it. It's what I assume to be "job" security. They just don't want to do these roads a better way. Stupid as a bag of rocks these people in charge here. PennDOT is responsible for the greed. This sounds like a good idea.

[@spuriouseffect]

And West Virginia, where this was filmed, still has some of the worst roads in the country. Go figure.

[@itsTHEFIREDOG]

truer words have never been said.. they suck here

[@ronniee.douglas4075]

Oh,no,Ohio has the worst roads in the whole wide world

[@JMRabil675]

Yup. Morgantown has the most pot holes of pretty much anywhere in the country

[@Mirandorl]

Must be all those... country roooaaads

[@czwirner]

Michigan replied, "hold my beer"

[@OldSaltyBear]

Farmers been using this trick for a very long time. Its used to stabilize muck ground when filled with aggregate and no top layer (facilitate drainage) so your tractor / truck / hay wagons don't get stuck or make huge ruts. Also used to dam up drainage ditches when filled with a clay / aggregate mix. You all really aught to talk to farmers more often.

[@Cynthia_Cantrell]

There is no way I'd be able to build roads like this as my job... I would get too... tired.

[@briansimpson6710]

How the hell did these people get a patent on putting tires full of stone for a roadway? The US Army Corps of Engineers has been doing that since the Vietnam and Korean wars to make airstrips and roads.

[@leedawson5568]

It's not the process it's the wording of the process. Rocks in used tires is illegal. Mechanical concrete is genius...

[@indianseibel123]

So a pillow case is mechanical feathers ?

[@omegasupreme5527]

Reminds me of when they were giving all the fancy names to jobs like janitor or a trash man.

[@pacovasda5955]

No not at all. part of the point of this system is confinement cells and that's what the tires are is confinement cells whereas with a feather pillow the feathers are still free to move around the pillow in relation to each other.

[@thomassmith2056]

@@pacovasda5955 lol

[@indianseibel123]

The pillow case is the confinement cell in my analogy . The rocks move too , but they must stay in the tires perimeter . Mostly i'm calling bull shit on the name they are calling it not the idea it self :)@@pacovasda5955

[@dancrane3807]

@@pacovasda5955 Yes, but they are confined within the pillow. I agree with mechanical feathers.

[@dasboot6935]

I have two innovative ideas for making two companies. First one I'm going to start will be my leaf polishing system. People can order my services to have the leaves on their trees polished to make them look nice, like the ones on the Wizard Of Oz movie, the second company will be a Gold and Other Metals Removal Company, the customer can call us to their property and have us come in and remove all of the gold, silver and any other metals under the ground regardless of why they are there, we'll get all the metals off the property and after when we're done well add some nice landscape greens to it.

[@phorewhoresman1897]

Bury instead of burn....been doing this for decades, lots of durable lakes around now.

[@ronniepirtlejr2606]

It has been thought of around 20 - 25 years ago, only it was added the the asphalt mix. ( the experimental Road that ran through the mountains was virtually new looking 10 years later ) this individual wanted to patent the process for our roads. Oil companies said "NO, this would devastate our economy!" The oil companies even convince Congress of this, so..... now you know why are roads still don't last worth a crap!!! It's all about the $$$ & using fresh oil! *EDITED for more info. This all took place soon after a Giant Mountain of tires caught fire in the United States. The fire departments from all over the US. could not put this fire out for around 3 1/2 months. I remember seeing satellite pictures of the smoke. I believe this is what gave the individual the idea to use the used tires, recycle them & mix with the asphalt. After Congress and the Oil Companies would not let him do this, he applied a similar technology to the playgrounds at McDonald's and other play grounds for kids. ( the soft rubber like material)

[@atfgarage9459]

"Doing what should have been done since Eisenhower's cabinet first suggested it"

[@jengleheimerschmitt7941]

No kidding? Has this plan been on the shelf that long?

[@michaelmcneil4168]

@@jengleheimerschmitt7941 It sounds like the basis for Romn Roadworks of course without rubber contaiers they had to keep them straight instead of allowing "cornering".

[@atfgarage9459]

@@jengleheimerschmitt7941 Yup. If you really want to get mad look up Nikola Tesla free energy. That will make you want to punch Edison and company in the face.

[@jengleheimerschmitt7941]

@@atfgarage9459 Sounds like it'd be very difficult to enforce a patent like that all over the world. Especially during the cold war. It it was possible, to enforce a ban on something like that, wouldnt a prohibition on nuclear weapons been a good move in around '46?

[@bisbeejim]

I saw tires and rock used to control occasional flooding in S.E. Arizona. Twenty years later it's still there. I wonder how much longer it will stay. Past my lifetime I think.

[@splattbastard]

This is how Bob Jane built the Thunderdome Raceway in Australia. Done in the 80s, it became to unstable to support the banked turns.

[@LindysEpiphany]

It makes sense that it wouldn't work for high speed steeply banked racetracks or road areas. Inertia would move the entirety of the roadway because this process creates too good of a bond. Things like racetracks work better if it's flexible to allow for the g forces placed on it. This process would understandably push the entire roadway in the direction that gets the most force.

[@utetopia1620]

Upvote for a Melbourne reference!

[@geyotepilkington2892]

Good thing our roads arent banked like race tracks then!

[@cc950]

This video is very well written and produced.

[@MeesterVegas]

I remember when they said concrete filled tires for volleyball net poles would change everything.

[@2wheelsr2wheels39]

Rocks in a tire. Marketing is Everything!

[@_lime.]

They say it's patented but i don't think you can patent this.

[@robomatt1600]

Even if they get a patent, there's no way it would hold up in court. The internet is littered with public examples of this already being done before.

[@thinkpadBentnoseTheBlind]

@@robomatt1600 I hear ya. Earth ship builders and eroding retaining wall gurus have been using this way for many years

[@agt155]

The patent would probably be for the tyre shaping machine.

[@jengleheimerschmitt7941]

I hold a patent for leaving an old tire on the side of the road. I thought of it first.

[@totallyg1112]

"Road repair using old tires for reinforcement". Tip: You don't need to remove both sidewalls (or maybee water can accumulate that way?)

[@nahpoli]

they said that mr. genius!!!

[@itspossible3390]

Mechanical Concrete = Fancy name for a Gravel filled tired...amazing Stuff, with a fancy name then it can be overpriced to hell and back...the merica way

[@OneEphraimite]

LOL, so true.

[@codetech5598]

They got a patent for it in Canada too, so it is also the Canadian way.

[@OverlandOne]

Well, it is innovative, cheaper, works much better and lasts much longer AND is a great way to recycle the millions of tires thrown away every year. That IS the American way. What is not to like?

[@itspossible3390]

Changing the name of something to make it seem better than it is, is not considered innovative in my book. I lived in merica for 44yrs and its the people who take advantage of others that are rewarded here.

[@codetech5598]

​@@OverlandOne "What is not to like?" When you buy truck tires in the USA, you pay a "Federal Excise Tax", and the shop charges a "Tire Disposal Fee" to dispose of the old tires. How much do these guys charge for selling the rebranded junk tires?

[@TheMaster5150]

That's like calling the portable toilet cleaner guy... a "waste management technician".

[@sighpocket5]

TheMaster5150 he/she is.... so your point is?!?!

[@tudofett]

TL;DW Tis what happens when you build a dirt road like an earthship

[@marioremondino1829]

tires make great "bricks" this method is also used in building the off the grid homes call "earth ships" this is also know as rammed earth technology

[@slathian1223]

How can doing what farmers have been doing for years / burying tires be patentable??

[@codetech5598]

I left the exact same comment, and then I saw yours. Yeah, these guys are scammers for patenting it, and they probably charge a lot for re-selling junk tires.

[@NathansHVAC]

Cutting the side walls off is new

[@codetech5598]

@@NathansHVAC If you search for "tire sidewall cutter" you will see that there are various machine and manual methods that are already being used.

[@jmyers9853]

two years ago we covered ten acres with what is called "rock" it is just all the old concrete from roads ground up and reused again, when it is dry it is dusty and the first rain makes it muddy but after that it packs down hard. we drive 300 ton loads over a foot of it without problems

[@ignorthepain]

I knew that 30 years ago. Unfortunately I am a nobody so I am not heard at all. So sad. Anyways good on you.

[@KauaiSeeHorse4]

Same here. I've been RE-PURPOSING for over 50 yrs. I'm ALWAYS telling people I prefer keeping things OUT OF THE DIRT/Land Fill.

[@scasny]

but you still need soil compactor and depending on earth add a layer of rocks. But for cheap fast and robust temporary road its perfect. Im sure in 2-4 years there will be pot holes and puddles in a honeycomb pattern. And pot holes are more often a failure of asfalt not the concrete under. Also im not sure if this is possible in wide use. We can quickly run out of old tires as we already use them in asfalt. Also consider to volume there is 1-2% of road pavement is rubber. So what they use for that small patch can be used on several miles.

[@dagwort]

Innovation is the enemy of bureaucracy, and vice versa.

[@Wardell43]

And Stupidity leads to cancerous lawsuits

[@stuartd9741]

Pens mightier than the sword? Thought id stick that one in.

[@doghouse416]

We did this on our farm in upstate NY 40 years ago, the key is to get the sidewall off the top side so no air pocket.

[@yetidynamics]

if we make roads out of tires, should we make wheels out of concrete?

[@scasny]

what if i tell you there are crush tires already in the pavement.

[@yetidynamics]

@@scasny i mean you aren't wrong, it's all just petroleum based products

[@MrHitfromthabong]

I can't even believe nobody thought of this before. It's so simple.

[@geyotepilkington2892]

Literally thousands of people have, this "technology" has been around for decades. They were just the first smart enough to swindle everyone good.

[@MrHitfromthabong]

@@geyotepilkington2892 How did they ever get a patton on old tires filled with rocks?

[@npsit1]

It only "changes everything" if people use it.

[@Wardell43]

Yeah cause the neighborhood will be dead from cancer.

[@geyotepilkington2892]

You'll be surprised to learn this process is commonly used in 19 US states

[@jengleheimerschmitt7941]

@@Wardell43 You might have a exaggerated idea of the harmfulness of tires.

[@Wardell43]

@@jengleheimerschmitt7941 That why I posted examples of the lawsuits brought forth by cancer victims. It's not too hard to search for these stories.

[@jengleheimerschmitt7941]

@@Wardell43 Yeah, I can understand why someone with cancer would want to sue someone, but around 20% of us will get cancer due to not being killed by something else first. Even if there are tires.

[@jupp9999]

There is a 50 mile stretch of highway along I-10 between Arizona and California where they chopped up used tires into chucks and added it to the concrete or asfault and to this day 50 years later there is no pot holes or break down of the road and in earthquake zone..this is old technology but the road repair Industry didnt want it at the time because they claimed it would put them out of business,so they didnt implement it for the rest of the highway ..typical response...Money makes things happen and money stops things from happening..

[@waskele.wabbit717]

Okay now they have found yet another use for old tires how come we still have to pay to dispose of them?

[@Renwoxing13]

Money. If a city can grease their hands on both ends, then they will!

[@boltonky]

Makes sense, and good on them for doing it...What i don't understand is why there isn't a recyclable Tyre (they have enough money to research them). Its bad enough we have budget tyre's and trucks are still allowed to use normal truck tyres vs Non spray ones (imagine the less amount accident's) Also wish NZ did something like this we have the worst agregrate in the world (cause they don't want to pay for good stuff) , so maybe some tyres would least save us fixing road's constantly

[@ayawoke9906]

They do this in 3rd world countries, this guy didn’t discover shit. Great idea

[@RossEstate]

Yep no patent

[@brianweiss1403]

Great use of old tires genius

[@marcturk4410]

I don't see em doin patch work in some little towns that have all concrete streets ,when will they ever except the fact concrete em all and move on to more important issues ,good job people

[@fitrianhidayat]

Concrete is more expensive.

[@OneEphraimite]

@@fitrianhidayat - It's more expensive to constantly repair more vulnerable asphalt than it is to repair more durable concrete.

[@fitrianhidayat]

@@OneEphraimite perhaps, but they don't seems to care about long term benefits like that. Maybe because for some, it's more profitable to do that? I have no source for that though, so don't quote me on that...

[@marcturk4410]

No it won't ,be more expensive to pay union workers year after year to patch streers

[@dm55]

except"?

[@TheYoyozo]

I think they should just manufacture tires with stones already in them so they could skip a step. Think of the advantages. You wouldn’t have to check tire pressure and you wouldn’t get a flat. But maybe they could use beef jerky instead because who doesn’t like beef jerky!

[@MsLampalampa]

I have seen this in Russian year 2000. 😂 No concrete but tires filled with dirt :)

[@robomatt1600]

Lol dirt is just small aggregate. Same thing basically

[@sgtkort97]

@@robomatt1600 where is the cement?

[@Liedragon]

When a stretch of road somehow catches fire after a jacknife incident and 10 miles of road subsequently turn into an inferno.

[@rongray4118]

Nice of you guys to steal an original idea from Michael Reynolds in Taos, New Mexico...give credit where credit is due.

[@greggibbs5288]

In the Earthship he used tires for walls . He filled them with dirt and then used wire lath and stucco to finish the walls. This is used in a horizontal application and certainly a different function. The machining of the tires probably pretty expensive.

[@codetech5598]

@@greggibbs5288 There are already machines for removing the sidewall of tires. That is nothing new, nor is there anything new in this video.

[@linzierogers6227]

You read my mind. People being what they are they will never admit it. Someone has probably found a way to patent it.

[@40KTTR]

because burrying our trash has always been our best solution...

[@patrickpuma]

Good luck battling with planned obsolescence

[@onegerard1]

let's say for converations sake... : ) i have to get rid of old tires in Holland where i live, we don't dump tires by the roadload, we pay good money to get those old tires recycled.. you do the math. . . it's just a handy gypsy, who knows roads aren't perfect. and is willing to get rid of loads of tires how can y'all not see that

[@parteibonza]

Tires have steel belts in them, so there’s your rebar equivalent.

[@primovid]

In other words, just throw a bunch of tires in the hole next time you pour a new section of roadway.

[@dozer1642]

Idea from the 90s Video from the 00s If it worked like they say it does, wouldn’t the 2010s have seen an explosion is use?

[@bashkillszombies]

Engineered earth has been used to make sand castles that can hold up cars since the 70's.

[@armstrongskyview2810]

This is a joke wrapped in bs. Its just used tires filled in. Nothing special at all!!!

[@billpetersen298]

How about, wonder bridge. A gal, went ripping by today, in her beemer. On three wheels, and a mangled flat tire. tire was smoking, and thumping on the rim. Probably mangled the awd, too. I say, don't just take the tire. Take the whole thing. Stack it up, as a building/landscaping product.

[@Cypher791]

☝️ Get yourself down to Wacky Wallys Wonderful World of Mechanical Concrete where I’m currently overstocked and will be passing the savings onto YOUUUUU 😮

[@rynohorn3819]

I got it. Haha

[@k.r.v.4219]

Plus has anyone noticed that the tire dealers charge you to get rid of your old tires! Then they turn around and sell them for this use? They should be glad to take your old tires for FREE! I say take this technology one step further, by grinding up the sidewalls of the tires and mix into either the asphalt or aggregate.

[@danas3877]

those people who dislike this are total idiots. this is what real recycling looks like. get over your misguided hate for industrialism and get on with real progress. this s what they do in Massachusetts and it works. the only thing we need to do now is find something that doesn't get eaten away so fast by the salt. our winters get pretty hellish at time up here.

[@jmd1743]

Road millings are always recycled. You have dump trucks from different companies ining up to get it.

[@dm55]

This what BS looks like.

[@danas3877]

Better Solutions?

[@DrMurdercock]

Ok people. When a new idea like this comes out and you're pitching it around to get it funded or what ever, you don't wanna just up an say "we are gonna cut the sidewalls off old tires an use those to hold the road bed in place." You want it to sound good, like it is something cutting edge and super bad ass. iT'S CALLED MARKETING PEOPLE

[@pinslayer4579]

No matter who " invented " this flexible water traps especially in a freeze thaw environment don't seem a viable solution . Land fills don't accept tires because as the fill moves the tires surface. I know engineers have a bunch of alphabet soup after their names all I have is 46 years in the construction industry and a little common sense.

[@kauske]

Thing is, there are already systems liek this in use, as the video stated. Basically a big hexagon grid. But manufacturing new materials costs more than taking old garbage and re-purposing it. It's not at all a new idea, just a new source of materials.

[@drakekay6577]

THANK YOU for recycling that awful tire waste!

[@Wardell43]

As I've pointed out on other videos, Tires are not environmentally friendly. Most likely these roads will have to be taken up after so many wells are contaminated. We have cases in court where ground up tires were used in soccer and football fields and were found to be cancer causing and are being removed. There's a case of a farmer that used the tires for controlling Ditch Erosion and was forced to remove the tires. Getting density in impossible and inconsistent from tire to tire. There is absolutely no way to get consistent reading. You have a 1500 or 3000 foot test and control strip and each brand and size of tire is different as are the spaces around the tire. Look up "Osborne Reef" which the tires had to be removed because they are hazardous!!! Putting the tires in water was stopped years ago when tires cabled together and dropped into the sea as an artificial reef and they floated back up after a period of time. You will find the same thing happening here with the constant pounding of truck tires on the road will pump ground water into the subgrade causing the the tires to float. So we stopped using number course stone under drainage pipes because the vibration of heavy trucks caused the rock to eat thru the pipes!!!! So Which Illegal Mexican is cutting off the sidewalls to prepare the tires for this project Prepare for this lawsuit. They used ground up tires in Raleigh back in the 1990's but stopped doing it long ago. The truth is, we don't know what to do with the old tires. They chemicals used in Radial tires is hazardous.

[@kauske]

[Citation Needed]

[@Wardell43]

@@kauske Nobody is going to give you any citations. This is the internet. Prove me wrong, just like I proved this video wrong. You're not asking them for citations. Either join the conversation or get off mommy's computer.

[@elijuarez7921]

Wow very nice innovation. I own a small tire shop myself and I know the pain of getting rid of worn out tires. Made a couple of flower pots.

[@timandshannon03]

This is why people have been building homes out of used tires filled with dirt and stacked to form 3 foot thick walls. It is solid, insulated and cheap. I love when ancient technology, resurfaces and modern engineers are amazed. What is old, is new again.

[@freshlysaltedfishing8500]

Pretty funny how I get a tire disposal fee when I c recycled tires everywhere. Fake tire mulch, fake turf for playgrounds, tire shops reselling my old tires, please feel free to add to my list.

[@armstrong4196]

Yeah right! I think the government just found a new way to dispose the old tire "buried them under the roads "😂😂😂🤣.

[@KauaiSeeHorse4]

Bury them in a useful way. How would YOU make use of old tires ?.

[@lawerancelanham]

It's actually the same concept used for millenia in building. Layers of dirt with a woven material will withstand earthquake better than compacted soil and support more load. Think of it like a book... It's solid af

[@kauske]

Yep, MSE is ridiculously strong compared to what a layman would assume based on what it's made of. But this comment section is a train-wreck of 'armchair' engineers.

[@lawerancelanham]

@@kauske it's also the same way they make those Earth homes using tires and bottles. You will always have a host of people who think things outside of the norm are silly... when in fact, their lack of open minded thought is what's silly 😜

[@kauske]

I like all the ones who don't understand concrete doesn't necessitate Portland cement as a binder, and then trying to use a dictionary definition, as if a dictionary trumps an encyclopedic source. There's way too much pride here, over a somewhat poorly produced 3 year old marketing video of all things.

[@codynewman9720]

Earth ships have been using a similar method for a few decades.

[@M60gunner1971]

What the fuck?

[@QuitworkBehappy]

Old tires leach all kinds of toxic materials...so I question the assertion that this is "environmentally friendly". When you scale up to millions of tires...that's going to have an effect on groundwater.

[@williamlacombe7791]

This could solve the problem of plastic waste also.i'm sure old tires will become hard to find .plastics could be melted for reshaping into the needed cylinders

[@buddyb4343]

Unless there is a distinct thickness/height requirement, why don't they split the tire into two. Could cover twice the area. Also, this use needs to be weighed against the loss of being able to recycle the entire tire. This might be economically viable as long as there are scrap tires laying around, but there is a lot of engineered and material value, even in a scrap tire, to just be buried and lost forever in this manner.

[@glywnniswells9480]

Mechanical concrete seems like an elaborate name for tires filled with crushed stone

[@WhistleLad]

Thoughts on doing a footer this way? I have been considering building a 4ft deep (to be below the frost line) circular footer for a dome I am building. I am considering laying a ring of tires, filling them with 57 gravel, tamping them, then placing the next level of tires on top of those staggered over each tire joint, filling them with 57 gravel, tamping, then next level, etc. Think it would work well? My dome will be applying even pressure along the full ring tire footer.