Quote Originally Posted by hemmjo View Post
I always wondered WHO was cutting up the old truck tires to put around the 1,000's of orange barrels we drive by all the time. That must be the guy!!

I am trying to see what kind of blade he is using. I have a friend with a pile of large truck tires. Too old to ever be used on a truck, I am not sure why he is saving them. Perhaps too costly to get rid of.

I have an idea you could stack the treads 2 or 3 high for raised bed gardening. The sidewall section would be good to hold down weed check fabric around plants that don't do well in raised beds.
A carbide tipped saw blade in a heavy-duty angle grinder will do the trick. DON'T expect it to look as easy as it appeared in the vid though because it is not. Use something like a 5" blade on a 9" angle grinder If the tires have steel corded side walls you are in for a battle and if you don't want to die of black lung wear a real respirator a leather apron goggles and a face shield and heavy gloves.
After your first cut you will quickly figure out a good angle to attack the tire to afford the least amount of friction