Rural Business Based On Old Tires

Rural Business Based On Old Tires TIRES/WHEELS Miscellaneous Tire recycling is at the core of the Double D Family Mat Shop in Park Kan a business we’ve featured several times in FARM SHOW such as cow mats from woven tires Vol 36 No 6 Tractor tire feed bunks one of the 25-year-old company’s oldest products continue to be popular with cow/calf operators “They are cheaper than other feed bunks and it’s hard to hurt them ” says Dale Goetz owner of Double D Mats Producers place the 6 to 8-ft dia tires on the ground and fill them with feed The business offers two styles Steel-belted tires non-flipped with the sidewalls removed which sell for $35 Flipped tires are about $50 depending on size Double D has equipment to flip bias nylon tires to turn the inside of the tire to the outside “That makes them about 20 percent deeper so they hold more feed ” Goetz says Customers pick up the tire feed bunks at the business or large orders can be delivered by semi Besides the tire feeder a couple of years ago Double D started making mineral tubs out of recycled truck tires with a rubber base and flexible rubber cover Cows quickly figure out how to lift the top rubber flap that protects minerals from precipitation The feeder sells for $150 “We keep trying to do new things ” Goetz says Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Double D Family Mat Shop Inc Dale and Dena Goetz 6606 E Road 100 S Park Kan 67751 ph 888 377-2879; www ddfamilymats net

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