Eagle International tire balers create safer conditions

There are many benefits to baling tires, and all of them positively impact the environment. An Eagle tire baler is a great way to increase margins by lowering transportation and storage costs while mitigating environmental risks.

Baled tires are easier to transport

Historically, transporting tires has meant manually stacking them into trailers or containers as-is, leaving large amounts of empty air space and inefficient loads for transport. Each bale can consist of around 100 compressed tires of various sizes. The resulting bales are easily loaded into a trailer or shipping container with minimal air space, reducing the overall transport cost and increasing efficiency.

Baled tires are better building blocks

Projects that use tire bales include combatting erosion, improving facilities and building roadways. Eagle’s 4566 Baler compresses tires into bales measuring 45 inches by 54 inches by 66 inches. These bales weigh roughly half as much as conventional materials and are ideal for wet locations.

When building, the large blocks can be stacked to create thick walls and sprayed with concrete. These heavily insulated walls can play a huge role in sound dampening as well as heating and cooling a structure.

Mitigate fire risks during storage

Tire fires are highly toxic and difficult to extinguish. It’s well documented that stockpiled tires can burn for several years. In some cases, the only way to control the spread of fires has been to bury it and leave it to burn out underground, resulting in complicated environmental concerns. It has been proven that baled tires burn slower and are easier to extinguish.

Baling tires during storage can reduce health hazards

When baled, tires are compressed so that open space in each tire is significantly reduced. This decreases the space available for water to collect, reducing breeding grounds for disease carrying insects and parasites.