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.
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Please help out tire guy. Send your donations to his Go Scam Me account.
“...build his new home in Portland,”
Antifa is likely on their way to grab tires to facilitate burning the city down, don’t see a great ending to this.
He is tired now, but won’t be tired when he is done.
There is a scam going on in government. Whenever I purchase new tires I get charged for their end of life disposal, then I am charged for disposal of the old tires I am changed ng out. Clearly the money isn’t going to tire disposal. Some of the tires look like they could be recapped.
BRAVE AI:
For massive amounts of old tires, the most effective solution is to engage commercial tire recycling or disposal services that can handle bulk volumes, such as professional junk removal companies or specialized recycling facilities.
These services shred tires into crumb rubber for use in playground surfacing, athletic tracks, rubberized asphalt, and landscaping mulch, or convert them into tire-derived fuel (TDF) for industrial energy recovery.
Key options for large-scale tire management include:
Commercial Recycling Partnerships: Contact tire retailers, auto shops, or municipal waste departments to establish bulk drop-off or pickup schedules, often for a per-tire fee.
Specialized Collection Events: Utilize local government-organized collection days for scrap tires, which are often free or low-cost and designed to reduce illegal dumping.
Professional Removal Services: Hire junk removal companies that offer bulk tire removal and ensure eco-friendly recycling at certified facilities.
Donation or Resale: If tires are in good condition, consider selling them on marketplaces or donating to nonprofits, vocational schools, or community groups for educational or repair use.
On-Site Repurposing: For manageable quantities, use tires for erosion control, artificial reefs, garden planters (non-edible), or playground structures like swings and climbing walls.
Avoid landfilling or burning tires, as they are non-biodegradable, pose fire hazards, and can leach toxic chemicals into soil and water.
Going back a few years I can relate 2 true stories -
Guy I knew bought a property with the intent to flip it after a remodel. About 3 acres of land with a house and a barn. And a couple of junk cars. He arranges for someone to get the cars off the property only to find out there was another car buried under the others. So they dig that one up and find another. And another. And another.
In the end there were 15 vehicles buried in that spot.
And the same thing happened to a good friend of mine. Had a smaller 1/2 acre lot and wanted to build an Ohana (mother-in law unit). Got an excavator in to dig some underground utilities and they found 3 cars buried.
Side effect of over burdnsome eco nazi rules. They overcharge for something that used to be cheap, hence some shops have resorted to illegal disposal.
A common trick is to rent a storage unit, fill it with tires and stop paying on it. The month’s rent that you get charged on leasing, is much cheaper than disposing the tires that fill the unit.
He don’t feel no ways taaaahhherd.
Tires come with serial numbers, track them from the manufacturer to wholesaler to retailer to customer and find out where they had the tires changed. with all those tires a pattern should appear and common culprits should emerge.
What Heaven looks like to Winnie Mandela.
“Tires ain’t pretty!”
He could build a giant Dennis Weaver house.
“This house was built into a south-facing slope that uses recycled materials like thousands of mud-filled tires and tens of thousands of aluminium cans that feature passive solar design and thick adobe walls.”
Cheapest thing to do would be to burn them all. Maybe an environmental do-gooder would step up and take care of it after seeing a few plumes of inky smoke.
sumbody is yard a pulting brush and other stuff onto my summer property.
What law or statue supports offensive littering?
How does one press charges?
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You silly eco liberals with your lacking of complete thought process.
Yes, y’all really did do that and caused minor to severe injuries to kids cut up by the steel in the tire ‘crumbs’..
Then y’all tried to pass off the ground up tires as landscape mulch after painting them what ever color you like bought suckers would buy.
Having beds of pretty painted rubber embedded with sharp strands of steel was/is a danger for man/child/animal.
All tires dumped with the cover of night? In one night? Surely, somebody had to notice the activity. I would guess that there are tire recyclers who would haul it away for free.
Gets GoFundMe donations, gets it hauled away for free?
I live on small ranch. I have a total of 27 tires here on vehicles & equipment.
I also found out that they charge that fee—both coming & going.
I keep a copy of tire invoices in my vehicle. Next time I might show them that I already paid the disposal fee.
YOU FORGOT THE STRAW BALES
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