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tire cutting machine that can neatly and efficiently take care of whole tires and getting them ready for the landfill, companies can save time and money.
Cutting up tires that need to be disposed of is a simple and effeCtive solution. By using a
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Real Deal Tires Still Cuts Production Costs on Original DESCO Machine
Real Deal Tires located in Mineral Wells, TX just outside of Dallas-Fort Worth, is a 19-year old company in the used tire and recycling business. Picking up scrap tires and bringing them back to their central facility, they are still using one of the original DESCO (Blakesburg, IA) machines to cut up and dispose of the tires. Chuck England, owner of Real Deal Tires, is still very happy with his machine and other than some routine maintenance states that it has given him no problems over the years. The original engine lasted 15 years. I have bought a comparable engine and replaced parts such as hydraulic hoses, changed cylinders, and had to buy a blade for it, but in general it takes cares of itself and is easy to operate. DESCO provides tire cutters and de-rimmers worldwide, manufacturing all of the equipment in the U.S. Two main types of machines are made by DESCO: one is a tire cutter, while the other is a de-rimmer, which will take the tire off the rim for salvage yards. DESCO equipment is most purchased by landfills, waste haulers, roll-off container operators, tire shops, salvage yards and people who just want to get into the business of cutting other companys tires. England says that when they decided to purchase the original machine, the one they had been using was not able to cut truck tires, so they turned to DESCO to provide them with an effective machine and the investment has paid off. It has saved us 50 percent in production costs. Before the machine we have now, we used equipment that was a lot smaller and only able to cut passenger car tires, he states. Although the machine that Real Deal Tires owns is far from needing to be replaced completely, England does stress that if he ever had to replace the machine, he would definitely purchase one from DESCO again. I wouldnt even bat an eye, he says. I would replace the model that I have now with an upgrade to one of their machines that does de-rimming and can lift the truck tires for you. England goes on to say, The people at DESCO have been nothing but good to me. I bent a couple of bars on my machine one timejust from normal abuseand I called them and they shipped the parts right out. You really dont find folks like that anymore.
Considering the laws and regulations that are associated with whole and cut up tires, Desco 2500 Portable Tire Shear. what is the solution to this Photo courtesy of Desco. situation? A machine that can help cut up tires so your company can dispose of them efficiently. Today, there is equipment available that cuts up tires into acceptable pieces in order for companies to haul them to the landfills without any problems at less cost. A small tire cutter can be purchased in gas or electric and will usually cut up about 90 tires per hour. These machines are normally found in tire stores. From there, larger machines will cut up not only car tires, but truck tires at 128 tires per hour and semi-truck tires at about 50 to 55 per hour. Taking into account the disposal costs of sending out tires to be cut up at another facility, owning a tire cutting machine allows the tires stay on your premises and anyone can cut up as many tires as when needed without having to call another company to come and do it for you. Think about this: right now, a facility is having another company pick up their tires, which means they are paying on average $1 to $1.50 per passenger tire, while semi-tires are on average $6 to $10 dollars per tire. At the end of the day, if a tire shop needs to get rid of used passenger tires, they are going to pay $1 per tire to get rid of them, which adds up to at least $1,000 per month (10 to 15 tires per day; 1,000 tires at the end of the month). A tire cutter/shredder could have saved the shop a significant amount of money. During the day, when it is not busy, an employee can go over to the machine and cut up tires as needed. It is faster to cut up four tires than it is to take it to a pickup and trailer out back. Now that the shop has cut up the tires and put them in their dumpster, the tires have become trash and the shop is now paying by the ton instead of per tire. The going rate for tire disposal at a landfill is $35 to $42 dollars per ton, which equals about 23 to 28 cents per tire for tire disposal instead of a dollar per tire. This is almost a 70 percent savingsinstead of paying $1,000 to get rid of the tires, this process will only cost about $300. A tire cutter can save about $450 to $500 per month. An additional benefit to owning a tire cutter is at some point a company can start picking up and cutting other companys tires, in turn allowing them to charge companies that need the service. If the shop gets five or six different tire shops to pay them to cut up their tires, they can go around and pick up the tires or go to the companies facilities and cut them up there, the investment pays off. Not only can they buy the machine and save themselves 60 to 70 percent of their tire disposal bill, but they can take care of their own tire disposal problems rather than relying on tire jockeys and make a little money to help pay their landfill disposal fees. Other concernswhether or not the company that comes out to cut up your tires are legit, do they have all their current licenses, are they disposing of them properly, etc.are given peace of mind since the company that owns the tire cutting machine is taking care of their own tires.
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