Comments on: Tractor tyres and bush buckets in Masailand

By: AfriGadget » Blog Archive » Recycling – tyres, motorbike wheels and water pumps

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:09:58 +0000

[...] is thanks to Bankelele (the very cool Kenyan blogger) who responded to a recent post on tractor tyres with the comment “I found a similar one last week and e-mailed it to hash, but perhaps the [...]

By: bankelele

bankelele — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:57:05 +0000

i found a similar one last week and e-mailed it to hash, but perhaps the pics should be added to this post as its the same use of tractor tyre for livestock water

By: Hedberg

Hedberg — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:45:35 +0000

Wow, I love the idea of using the tractor tire as a water trough and I bet it would work for food too. My friend made wooden troughs for his goats and animals, but they end up falling apart pretty quickly. I don’t even think it would be all that difficult to make either…

By: paula

paula — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 09:49:44 +0000

thanks roger and char, we could do a whole series of recycled tyre stories ….so many interesting ideas out there

By: Char (PSI Tutor:Mentor)

Char (PSI Tutor:Mentor) — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:38:52 +0000

Inspirational as always~

By: Roger Sharland

Roger Sharland — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:28:50 +0000

Such uses of old tyres seem to be common. I have seen sections of a tractor tyre used in a number of places in Nyanza to make feed, water or saltlick troughs. They seem to be a strong container the animals will not destroy!