Tom rigged up our flatbed trailer with some side panels so we can haul a whopping 75 tires per trip. I'm estimating we'll need around 1100 tires for our build, so that means just 14 more tire runs :P The Souris dump is a goldmine for tires---at least a couple thousand---and with the help of a wonderful earthship (ES) volunteer Evan, we were able to load up in no time. A good deal of tires are still under snow, but the weather seems to be cooperating with us at the moment, and hopefully that snow will melt very soon.
The first few rows of tires will be done with 265/70r17, then we'll try to switch to 245's if we get enough and then 235 r15 75 and 225 r15 75. Finding 1100 tires all of the same size is not very likely, so the rules to follow are: each row has to be done all in the same size so that everything's level, and the upper rows can't use tires larger than the lower rows (for stability reasons).
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