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Discarded off-road tires turn into fences for livestock

By Janet Eckmann, Freelance Writer
Apr 14, 2004
Apr 14, 2004

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Thousands of discarded off-road tires are getting a second go-round as water tanks, feed bunks and windbreak fence.

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