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Posted on 07/14/2026 5:14:11 AM PDT by dennisw
A man's 'dream property' in Oregon turned into a nightmare after he found more than 50,000 tires dumped on his land.
Khanh Tran, a soon-to-be father, purchased a 1.2-acre property in April where he hired contractors to build his new home in Portland, according to KATU.
Tran had agreed to remove a small pile of about 50 tires on the land, but when he returned in June with a contractor, the pile had become an ocean of rubber.
Footage showed stacks of tires in mountains several feet high that the homeowner estimates are anywhere between 50,000 and 75,000.
'It was a nightmare when I saw it,' Tran told OPB.
'It stressed me out so much. I didn't know what to do. I couldn't sleep for the first few days of that.'
The sea of rubber has sparked a probe by the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office, which is investigating potential trespassing and 'offensive littering.'
Unfortunately, the dumping has delayed Tran's plans, but it hasn't deterred him from fulfilling his dreams.
'I'm not giving up. No way,' said Tran to KGW8. 'This is my home.'
He launched a GoFundMe not only to remove the tires but also to help restore the environment damaged by the thousands of pounds of rubber.
Trans has raised nearly $5,000 as of this report and is aiming to reach its $50,000 goal.
'The Multnomah County Sheriff's Office treats public safety and environmental hazards with the utmost seriousness,' an MCSO spokesperson said in a statement.
Did I read that right?
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No actually you didn’t. He bought land to build a house.
They could slurry seal the surface with an aggregate, which helps with longevity anyway.
if it was long enough ago you where probably loading bias ply tires, they used some sort of fiber belting to hold them together. Todays modern radials use steel belts, and I am sure that makes them heavier than a bias ply.
granted I don’t see many bias ply tires because they were phased out in the 70s for the most part, but the ones I have delt with did feel lighter if memory serves me right
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Yes, this would have been in 1972-73.............
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