How to Build a Tire Wall [Free Tire Retaining Wall] 

I did this in Omaha Nebraska back in 1970. I also back filled the tires but.not as tight as you have done, I. Found that the weight of the upper tire’s compressed into the lower ones and since it was rubber to rubber the wall locked itself. My wall now is over 50 years old and has not moved an inch. One small note, the bottom tier should be partially buried so it won’t slide out when the top pressure increases. I too planted ground cover so the wall eventually was green in the summer.

That's quite clever. Next, put plants in the dirt in each of the tires to get the roots to hold it together and not erode out the underside like the hill behind your house.

Nice, thats an insane amount of work. Definitely need some anchoring to stabilize the whole thing. Rain and mud will move things around.

Thank you for sharing it was educational I was thinking about building a retaining wall you have give me a good idea

How does it look now, and do you have updated videos?

Great Wall!

Thank you brother ❤.

Merci pour la vidéo et les conseils.

Plant some English Ivy inside the spaces between the tires and it will look awesome!

Nice wall. I'm preparing to build one myself.

easier way to compact the soil into the tyre is to hose it with water

Amazing work!

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That's a great way to recycle. Lots of work, OMG. You may want to consider a means of anchoring the base of the wall against being "walked out" from the freeze/thaw cycle expanding the dirt behind the wall, and compaction from the hill behind it pushing it out.

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A great use of free resources! I saw that done with some Earth ship homes. Great job!

only a couple things from years more experience than you :) . . . if you half cut the sidwalls on the tires they're easier to compact with substrate and lock in better . . . if you add "log ties" and depth to the wall along with 'footing' and half bury'n the first row it will never drift dip or cause any issues. . . one last thing, even if the 'face' of a wall has a specific point the back and shoulders of the wall should be serpentine if even just a smidge that along with the 'log ties' and better dirt ram will build something that will last centuries and give you zero problems. . . i realize your height and mass wasn't very much and you'll probably never have drift or any other issues. . . just a "note" to future projects and heaven forbid something should go awry with that build. . . nicely done, have fun :)

Would making the soil damp help when packing the tires?

Another good vid Seth. Geez you are a patient man. I thought the same as Dath GBC, rebar could help if required.

Also a very nice berm for fun with a 9mm and a 45 cal.

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How to prevent from collapse. Is there no need for Deadman/ tie backs

Thank you

I used the same method in my garden, for retainingwall and for the fence.

Have a load of dirt dumped on top of the hill,and use a mini excavator to dig out the first run.make life easier 😀

Looks good👍

You could drive rebar through the tires., if needed.

Эта работа очерт тяжёлая, но оно того стоит. Минимум затрат, если делать своими руками и никуда не спешить. Делаю свой проект из шин, укрепляю берег оврага, за одно делаю чашу небольшого пруда на участке. Шины между собой скрепляю саморезами в разных уровнях.

It looks like you started using the sledge to early, you could use your pick to lift the side walls and kick dirt into the tire until it starts bulging, they you can use the sledge to compact the dirt into the tire.

What if you were to lay a course of tires, fill them loosely with dirt, and just give them a few months of weathering to settle before adding more dirt and another layer of tires?

never knew you had other yt channel

Cutting the top sidewall off with a sawsall etc would save a bunch of time.

My problem is the wall needs to be pretty high probably 20+ ft. Would this work

Seems to work well. Not sure that method would hold up well where the winters are a lot colder, but basically a good trade of cost to labor. Honestly though, and everybody has their own ideas, but it is kind of unsightly and somewhat of an eyesore. Lastly, boy some of those previous tire owners really like to get their money's worth out of a set of tires. Glad I was not on the road with them. Lol.

I wrather cut the top face of the tire and it be easier to fill and compact

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Есть новое видео размыло ли стену у меня тока же только глиняная

а еще самарезами друг перед другом укреплять можно я так делаю

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Has the wall held?

Good job! I used a smaller hammer and a hook combination instead of a sledgehammer. Or instead of the hook, you could use a pickaxe to lift the side of the tire, might be easier on your back compared to the hook (less bending down + you lean towards the pickaxe handle with your entire body). Here's my construction - 530 tires: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-o0ba3_4EgoU.html To avoid the tires slouching, you just need to pound much more dirt into their sides. A tamper would help too as your bodyweight isn't enough to compact the dirt properly and it will settle quite a bit over a few weeks from finishing. And hat down for completing the entire wall yourself, I know how much bloody work that is!

How is the wall now?

Sounds tiring! Why not just cement bags ?

Interesting they would pay for someone to take them away and you did it for free! You could have made a few bucks.