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<br />OLD TIRE MATS <br /> <br /> <br />') <br /> <br />- (;;3; <br />~~.. <br />,,"":IIII;I;"~ <br />I!~ I ~.; r ~,,, ""'~,,,,,. "._ ) ". <br /> <br />""""i"",."""" <br /> <br />/-- <br /> <br />--~-~'~"" <br />-- ~ <br /> <br />----- <br /> <br />/ ..// F!o,",,/ <br />--------=:- // -~/ // <br /> <br />Tires banded <br />together to rorm mat <br /> <br /> <br />Nor/nol <br />Water Surface <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />TYPICAL SECT/ON <br /> <br />Old automobile tires have been used to form mats or panels to protect streambanks. Th Is <br />Is another relatively Inexpensive method of bank protection. Th Is protectlon method <br />consists of mattresses constructed by banding used automobile tfres together. The used <br />tires should be put In place as a mat. The mat can be constructed in place or built In <br />sections in an adjacent area and then banded together after the sectIons are placed on the <br />bankllne. The mat is held In place on the slope by deadman anchors to prevent It from <br />sliding down the bank or floating. Holes may be drilled In the sidewalls of the tires to <br />allow trapped air to escape and prevent mat flotation. The mat stabl Iffy becomes less of <br />a problem after vegetation becomes established and sediment bul Ids up In the tires. <br /> <br />ADVANTAGES: <br /> <br />1) <br /> <br />Low Initial cost. <br /> <br />2) AI lows natural vegetation which aids In protection. <br /> <br />DISADVANTAGES: 1) <br /> <br />Stabilization of mats Is a problem. <br />pleasing. <br /> <br />Not Initially aesthetically <br /> <br />COSTS: $30/bank-foot of protection. Tires are available In quantities at little or no <br />cost from tire centers and recapping servIces. Used 011 field cable can be used to <br />further reduce costs. <br /> <br />25 <br />