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Why do people put tires on the roof of their home? (https://chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=303195)

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Originally Posted by TribalElder (Post 12511654)

Because shingles are asphalt

there are no shingle roofs in australia. or at least i have yet to see one. that said, there should be MORE shingled roofs in australia. our tin roof is thirty years old, and every time it gets windy it sounds like a tin wave of water in the ocean. you can hear every ripple as it makes its way from one side to the other. i am waiting for one good wind to peel it off like a tin can of sardines.

at least we are insured thank ****.

(not going to refinance the house to buy a new one, so we are going to save for the next two years.)

so in short, tin roofs ****ing suck. needs to either be shingles, clay shingles, or ****ing plywood painted :D

oh, and i have about ten old tires, thanks for the idea :D

no, SERIOUSLY, thanks for the idea, i just realized where our flashing leaks, i can put a tire and some silicon underneath to stop the leak.

rain you rock even when you dont think you do :D

It's easier than throwing the whole car up there....

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Originally Posted by Why Not? (Post 12511572)

It's to prevent a phenomenon known as "roof rumble". The roofs are called "bowstring", cause they're built on a roof truss shaped like an archer's bow... flat across the ceiling and arched up slightly in the center of the roof. The wooden trusses are nailed to the top plate of the exterior sidewalls of the home. The sheet metal roof skin is screwed only at the perimeter of the mobile home, along the top plates... NOT across the top of the trusses. This is because the metal roof skin and the wood framing expand and contract at different rates in temperature changes. If the roof skinning was fastened to each truss across the top of the roof, you'd eventually have leaks roof galore. Because the skinning is not fastened across the top of the roof, it tends to rumble whenever a good wind blows up. The weight of the tires prevent the rumbling. I've lived in Fla., Texas, New Hampshire, and Ohio, and it's the same thing everywhere. Watch out in the wintertime though; the tires will fill with rain and snow, and turn to ice, which puts alot of weight strain on your roof trusses.

Got this off of yahoo. I was curious as well

I was starting to think you were really really smart until you stuck those last two sentences in there! :D

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Originally Posted by Kman34 (Post 12511726)

It's easier than throwing the whole car up there....

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Originally Posted by Bwana (Post 12511577)

What you said.

Wait what?

Have you never been to Browning or Black Eagle?

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Originally Posted by Simply Red (Post 12511565)

I have never once seen this.

Me neither, but I assume it was easier to get tires up there than the old fridge or sofa that is on the front porch.

Never seen this phenomenon .

Bubb Rubb approved.

Is fo' decoration!

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Originally Posted by lewdog (Post 12511758)

Wait what?

Have you never been to Browning or Black Eagle?

:clap:

Hardin, Garryowen...if you ever get a flat....find a trailer house.

Also, we use tires around utilities. Cows like to scratch against solid objects. We put tires around peds and markers. Cows won't step on them or around them. However, snakes and mice find them very comfy.:#

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Originally Posted by rockymtnchief (Post 12511815)

Yea, what ****ing state is Bwana living in? I could pretty much see this in every rural Montana town. ****ing high life living bitch pretending not to see it!

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Originally Posted by KC Tattoo (Post 12511740)

I stand corrected.....ROFL

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Originally Posted by lewdog (Post 12511817)

Yea, what ****ing state is Bwana living in? I could pretty much see this in every rural Montana town. ****ing high life living bitch pretending not to see it!

ROFLROFLROFL

He walks with his head hung in shame and misses quite a bit around him. You'd do the same if your wife beat you every day and your boss made you drive a Subaru.:D