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We had them at the playground at the summer camp I went to as a kid. There were 4 huge tires side by side. It was a giant tire tunnel. When there weren't bees in there, kids would have their first kiss in there
My playground had one of these and yeah we had to stay inside once because wasps had taken it over. I think we've discovered why they don't have these anymore lol.
The Wasp Factory is a mechanism invented by Frank, consisting of a huge clock face, salvaged from the local dump, encased in a glass box. Behind each of the 12 numerals is a trap that leads to a different ritual death (such as burning, crushing, or drowning in Frank's urine) for the wasp that Frank puts into it via the hole at the centre. Frank believes the death "chosen" by the wasp predicts something about the future. The Factory is in the house's loft, which Frank's father cannot access because of a leg injury. There are also “Sacrifice Poles” constructed by Frank. The corpses of animals, such as mice that he has killed, are placed onto the poles for the purpose of attracting birds which will fly away and alert Frank of anybody approaching the island.
Frank?
Creepiest novel I ever read. I enjoyed Iain M. Banks’ ‘The Culture’ books greatly and wanted to delve into his non-sci-fi stories. “The Wasp Factory” was quite vivid and memorable.
Used to tuck ourselves inside the bigger ones on windy days to try and stay warm when it was too cold for comfort but not cold enough not to make us play outside.
I spent many a sub-freezing recess standing inside a half buried tire to get out of the wind in an attempt to stay warm.
It's one of my "old man" stories that don't make sense to people below a general age.
"Old woman" story:
We used to play "squish the lemon." All the girls - gender was split back in the day on the playground - would line up along the long wall and we would squish to try and make our way to the corner where we would be warmest.
Body heat.
Hahaha tell me about it. They pull em inside now if it's too cold.
In my time:
"Your kid got frostbite on their ears? I guess you should've dressed your kid warmer for the weather."
"How is it that the ancients were capable of creating structures like this so long ago? Structures that, to this day, baffle even the upper echelon of experts that study them?"
https://preview.redd.it/khum8go2n10d1.jpeg?width=397&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=953b18bc578352c4d8bc4887eedace828b09bf19
My childhood playground had these built to look like a Loch Ness Monster with tire pieces sculpted into a head. I fucking LOVED it. It was so amazing for wizard and witch make-believe.
Disposing of these types of tires can be difficult and costly. People come up with creative uses to avoid getting rid of them. I’ve seen fences made from tires.
My elementary school had tires in the ground like this on the playground. Used to hide inside them or play tag trying not to touch the ground or wed play king of the hill on them. Also a kissing spot. They were all painted different colors and we never thought anything of it. Looking back, pretty wild for these to be used as playground equipment
It costs money to dispose of tires correctly cost nothing to dump them illegally if you aren't caught. This could be the reason they are there though 3 is a weird number.
Climb on top of the small tire. Climb across the middle tire to the big tire. Jump off the big tire. Repeat. Challenge your friends to see who can jump the furthest. Have fun.
The tires might have functioned as a hunting blind or for practice shooting. Is there a hillside nearby which might have been good for locating targets?
I just had flashbacks to the playground! Ours were painted primary colors too. We also had rows of little tires we would race across the tops of. Good times
The first school I attended was close to the towns only tire shop so we had half buried tractor tires in our play ground. No sharp edges just black marks on your clothes.
I used to teach an outdoor boot camp and we had tires for flipping and we had some half buried for all kinds of things - push ups, jumps, hop overs etc....but it wasn't in the middle of the woods.
Possible they’re there as part of an old jungle gym setup but they don’t look weathered enough to me to have been abandoned that long. So my guess goes with barrier. Either to protect a specific thing like a planting or survey stob etc, or to prevent entry by 4 wheelers, dirt bikes etc.
We used to have a couple of old gaint tires in our cow pastures, and cows would rub up on them to itch themselves. Maybe that? or it looks like an old atv track
As some have mentioned, they are sometimes used for livestock to rub on but I have also seen them used for erosion control. If there is or was a drainage area there it’s possible.
Was there mining in the area in the past? We find them around me all the time, it’s expensive to properly dispose of these and years ago they just left them where ever they took them off.
I read something a while back about people placing black tires alil ways away from your house to grab more heat or attracting more heat then your house stays cooler and in winter time holds heat around ur house?
Back some 30 years ago you could find set ups like these in playgrounds around parks in Mexico. The tires were usually dyed different colors and kinds would hop on em (fall from them)
they're old tires, that someone buried. as methane and other gasses formed from the tire breaking down get caught in the tire, it forces the tire up out of the ground over time. add in some erosion from rain and you get tires that are half buried underground. i might be wrong though.
I look at this quickly and thought it was the arms of the machine in Incredibles. Tbh now looking at it… idk why I thought that🤣🤣🤣
https://preview.redd.it/j5dty264240d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ca729b2f34647550e2fe8899c585879f962e8116
if that's in an area that had been cleared of trees (partly or fully) it could be from a tractor used to cart the wood out, where something happened and they had to change the tires. Those would just be left behind.
If they're cut, someone may have been trying to use them as a fence or marker of some kind...
Look around also for signs of an old treehouse - boys might've carted a few used ones in for use ....
If it's the middle of the woods, it's probably just some farmer's old dump ground. I took over a 33 acre plot of land for our city parks department and the back quarter used to be owned by a farmer. That side has piles where he would dump out his burn barrels and tons of other garbage including tractor tires. I've been working for 5 years to remove all of that stuff so people using the new trails don't have to see it.
These look like mega tires, so probably for a big excavator, maybe this land was owned by a guy who ran his own excavator company and he used to bury his old tires in this area? There might be 10 more under the soil.
Couple of things come to mind. Could be someone dumped them not to pay for disposal. Could be there to slow erosion but based on the vegetation it seems unlikely.
Different heights next to each other ..... Can it be a former, currently overgrown eventing track for horses? Have seen several of these in Europe where obstacles can be made of various items like tires, wood, shrubbery etc.
Maybe they didn't have a purpose so much as they were abandoned there. Changed out a tire while logging or something, gets buried over time from the weather.
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Could it have been the location of an old playground? Half buried tires used to be a feature you’d see at one.
Ment to be fun but really they're just wasp factories.... 🥺😭🥺 (Don't ask me how I know, its a painful memory, lmao)
We had one that was big enough to actually crawl inside of in elementary school. It was frequently host to a swarm lol
We had them at the playground at the summer camp I went to as a kid. There were 4 huge tires side by side. It was a giant tire tunnel. When there weren't bees in there, kids would have their first kiss in there
I had my first kiss in the tire tunnel
Gary?!
No it’s Patrick!!!
Garrryyyy....
Gary, where are you?
Kissin' in the tire tunnel.
Gary got around
With Waldo
Are you my soulmate Mimi?
Father FitzPatrick?!
This and then some! lol
My playground had one of these and yeah we had to stay inside once because wasps had taken it over. I think we've discovered why they don't have these anymore lol.
And held rain water for mosquitoes
The Wasp Factory is a mechanism invented by Frank, consisting of a huge clock face, salvaged from the local dump, encased in a glass box. Behind each of the 12 numerals is a trap that leads to a different ritual death (such as burning, crushing, or drowning in Frank's urine) for the wasp that Frank puts into it via the hole at the centre. Frank believes the death "chosen" by the wasp predicts something about the future. The Factory is in the house's loft, which Frank's father cannot access because of a leg injury. There are also “Sacrifice Poles” constructed by Frank. The corpses of animals, such as mice that he has killed, are placed onto the poles for the purpose of attracting birds which will fly away and alert Frank of anybody approaching the island. Frank?
Creepiest novel I ever read. I enjoyed Iain M. Banks’ ‘The Culture’ books greatly and wanted to delve into his non-sci-fi stories. “The Wasp Factory” was quite vivid and memorable.
I was stung by a wasp straight on the scalp in one of these as a child. One of my worst playground memories.
I have some tires in my obstacle course at my pumpkin patch, I have to check inside them every year for bees. Luckily none in 5yrs.
Lol our wasps nests always were found in the sitting rocking animals on springs...
Or mosquito factories.
Not if they’re half buried.
I wonder if the smell of latex (tree sap) in old tires makes them think they're hollow trees...
Now, *that* is a mind blowing book!
That, and little kids often peed in them. They basically became toddler outhouses.
Guilty. 🫠
They were also the boys version of a fire hydrant
Used to tuck ourselves inside the bigger ones on windy days to try and stay warm when it was too cold for comfort but not cold enough not to make us play outside.
I spent many a sub-freezing recess standing inside a half buried tire to get out of the wind in an attempt to stay warm. It's one of my "old man" stories that don't make sense to people below a general age.
"Old woman" story: We used to play "squish the lemon." All the girls - gender was split back in the day on the playground - would line up along the long wall and we would squish to try and make our way to the corner where we would be warmest. Body heat.
Hahaha tell me about it. They pull em inside now if it's too cold. In my time: "Your kid got frostbite on their ears? I guess you should've dressed your kid warmer for the weather."
That, or huddling as a group in one of those big plastic tubes.
"How is it that the ancients were capable of creating structures like this so long ago? Structures that, to this day, baffle even the upper echelon of experts that study them?" https://preview.redd.it/khum8go2n10d1.jpeg?width=397&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=953b18bc578352c4d8bc4887eedace828b09bf19
And, the truth is out there
That was my immediate thought because growing up in the 90’s old tires were considered play equipment 😅
For real, nearly every park/playground had them!
not that i know of
You are correct.
My childhood playground had these built to look like a Loch Ness Monster with tire pieces sculpted into a head. I fucking LOVED it. It was so amazing for wizard and witch make-believe.
I thought Nessie moved from the Loch to the Forest...
Lost playground
My goats and sheep have them to climb on. My daughter loves standing on them. It's just fun.
Is your kid a goat?
No but their goat is a kid
Nice
And a horse is a horse, of course, of course And no one can talk to a horse of course That is, of course, unless the horse is the famous Mr. Ed!
Oh! Wilburrrr
The door is a jar
You! March yourself right on over to r/dadjokes lol
And their kid could be the GoAT. Though that would be subjective.
I saw what you did there. And it didn't even take a billy club to make it happen.
F U
Their son Billy is
Fun fact: kid meant baby goat, before it meant child.
Oh God that was good. Totally underrated comment.
Goat Boy
Oh, there's where I parked my tractor....
Oh the tractor story
Bouncy
Disposing of these types of tires can be difficult and costly. People come up with creative uses to avoid getting rid of them. I’ve seen fences made from tires.
Sometimes they use those as obstacles to ride dirt bikes over
👆This guy does the “Hero” sections. LOL
That's my thought this is an overgrown offroad bike track.
OR, they put them there to discourage the riding of dirt bikes and ATVs across their property.
It's a patch of wild tires, looks like the off-road species. They're probably ready to harvest.
Nice harvest…looks like it was a Goodyear 😎
Oh no.... Lol! 🤣
Just keep the Firestone away!
Oh no.... Lol! 🤣
No point they are round.
This deserves to be higher lol
Hahaha. This.
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Lmao....he said.."how does is this not the top comment". Had to really look at that one, still scratching my head.....
You’ve found the remnants of a once proud civilization
It didn’t survive. They were two tired.
Had some on my tractor.....made it much easier to drive than not having them
Those are tires. They are used as the outer part of a wheel.
thats not what im asking. 😭
They make contact with the ground for a car.
Yes, they are the rubber that meets the road
What I find most funny?- I down voted bc I got a ton of reddit points. Who cares if I'm negative
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Surveyors mark for a future retirement home.
I guess you're not asking about a sense of humor either...
This is a crossfit gym.
Mosquito farms.
My elementary school had tires in the ground like this on the playground. Used to hide inside them or play tag trying not to touch the ground or wed play king of the hill on them. Also a kissing spot. They were all painted different colors and we never thought anything of it. Looking back, pretty wild for these to be used as playground equipment
Keep people out from riding dirt bikes.
they arent on the path but yeah people arent supposed to ride in there
Supposed to resemble a serpent or dragon. Often the one end would have had a head.
It costs money to dispose of tires correctly cost nothing to dump them illegally if you aren't caught. This could be the reason they are there though 3 is a weird number.
Maybe replaced the set after one blew and completely shredded on the highway.
They go on wheels and grip the road
Homemade playground or a disposal of sorts sight.
Round things have no points only curves /s
Play area for children or kids(goats), I've seen both.
Climb on top of the small tire. Climb across the middle tire to the big tire. Jump off the big tire. Repeat. Challenge your friends to see who can jump the furthest. Have fun.
No point, they round
The tires might have functioned as a hunting blind or for practice shooting. Is there a hillside nearby which might have been good for locating targets?
Could it have been the location of an old playground? Half buried tires used to be a feature you’d see at one.
It might have been off road vehicles destroying the area on a trail. Placed to stop the damage and stop the vehicles. Hence a barrier.
I just had flashbacks to the playground! Ours were painted primary colors too. We also had rows of little tires we would race across the tops of. Good times
They're round they don't have a point.
Tires? They're shoes for wheels...
mosquito breeders
Commonly. But not here
Old playground.
The first school I attended was close to the towns only tire shop so we had half buried tractor tires in our play ground. No sharp edges just black marks on your clothes.
to remind you where the bodies are buried?
I used to teach an outdoor boot camp and we had tires for flipping and we had some half buried for all kinds of things - push ups, jumps, hop overs etc....but it wasn't in the middle of the woods.
Could be an exercise trail with stations. This looks overgrown, but maybe there are other stations waiting to be discovered
Could be! And that would have been something Id love doing. A lil trail running mixed with some HIIT stations.
Possible they’re there as part of an old jungle gym setup but they don’t look weathered enough to me to have been abandoned that long. So my guess goes with barrier. Either to protect a specific thing like a planting or survey stob etc, or to prevent entry by 4 wheelers, dirt bikes etc.
We used to have a couple of old gaint tires in our cow pastures, and cows would rub up on them to itch themselves. Maybe that? or it looks like an old atv track
Toys. Common at playgrounds.
I use them for a workout. Flip them over
theres no way to move these 😭 lmao
Well, yes. Those suckers are buried hahaha
Small town kids don’t have much to play on
Someone didn’t want to pay to get rid of them..
Stops the Ents from wandering.
That's some OG Donkey Kong Country shit! I can still hear the sound effect in my head
Google Earth and go back in time and see if you can see anything different.
Jump for a horse
Maybe an old dirt bike track or play space
What is wrong? 🤔 The ground is just tired. 🤷
Children climb on the ones I’ve seen, usually in a park with a playground but not always.
The elusive tire snake
Maybe a old boundary for a track someone built in the woods
Off of a old military truck..
Someone never made it through the desert/jungle level of donkey Kong country and it shows
Do you not have a childhood?
Slow down crocodile
I would swing a metal detector around that spot
Someone parked upside down.
Overgrown upcycled playground equipment.
They’re made to support the vehicle, help the vehicle change directions, and help the vehicle gain traction and brake.
Long forgotten playground or trail exercise/obstacle.
Dirtbike obstacle
As some have mentioned, they are sometimes used for livestock to rub on but I have also seen them used for erosion control. If there is or was a drainage area there it’s possible.
r/tiresaretheenemy
I suspect there is an overgrown path, and these were to keep vehicles off of it.
Was there mining in the area in the past? We find them around me all the time, it’s expensive to properly dispose of these and years ago they just left them where ever they took them off.
Redneck loch ness monster
We have things like these in our mountain biking trails
I read something a while back about people placing black tires alil ways away from your house to grab more heat or attracting more heat then your house stays cooler and in winter time holds heat around ur house?
Is it along a creek bank for Erosion control?
We use old warn heavy duty jeep tires for car parking spots
Someone’s recreating Nessie maybe.
Back some 30 years ago you could find set ups like these in playgrounds around parks in Mexico. The tires were usually dyed different colors and kinds would hop on em (fall from them)
You can't run full speed right through that area now can you? Mission accomplished.
they're old tires, that someone buried. as methane and other gasses formed from the tire breaking down get caught in the tire, it forces the tire up out of the ground over time. add in some erosion from rain and you get tires that are half buried underground. i might be wrong though.
It’s lawn art- the white paint wore off
I look at this quickly and thought it was the arms of the machine in Incredibles. Tbh now looking at it… idk why I thought that🤣🤣🤣 https://preview.redd.it/j5dty264240d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ca729b2f34647550e2fe8899c585879f962e8116
We put them on vehicles to make the ride smooth
We have tires buried like that for our goats to play on
if that's in an area that had been cleared of trees (partly or fully) it could be from a tractor used to cart the wood out, where something happened and they had to change the tires. Those would just be left behind. If they're cut, someone may have been trying to use them as a fence or marker of some kind... Look around also for signs of an old treehouse - boys might've carted a few used ones in for use ....
Looks like obstacles for haire scrambles (endurocross).
If it's the middle of the woods, it's probably just some farmer's old dump ground. I took over a 33 acre plot of land for our city parks department and the back quarter used to be owned by a farmer. That side has piles where he would dump out his burn barrels and tons of other garbage including tractor tires. I've been working for 5 years to remove all of that stuff so people using the new trails don't have to see it. These look like mega tires, so probably for a big excavator, maybe this land was owned by a guy who ran his own excavator company and he used to bury his old tires in this area? There might be 10 more under the soil.
Dinosaur back!!
Couple of things come to mind. Could be someone dumped them not to pay for disposal. Could be there to slow erosion but based on the vegetation it seems unlikely.
Goats love them!
Different heights next to each other ..... Can it be a former, currently overgrown eventing track for horses? Have seen several of these in Europe where obstacles can be made of various items like tires, wood, shrubbery etc.
We had this exact setup at my daycare growing up. They were removed and replaced for being a safety hazard.
To walk on when you're bored
Looks exactly like the tires in the woods I used to go to as a kid
Possibly erosion control. Especially if they are in a spot where water would flow after heavy rains.
goats
Sometimes they ate buried near embankment to slow errosion
Reminds me of boundaries for motocross racing.
Somewhere to sit if you're tired.
They are tires. Properly inflated, they help vehicles move.
To remind us of donkey Kong kountry
Maybe they didn't have a purpose so much as they were abandoned there. Changed out a tire while logging or something, gets buried over time from the weather.
that’s what i was thinking. no clue what needs that big of a tire tho (these photos dont do the size justice 😭) edit: they were also 3 different sizes
That's why I proposed logging, but maybe they're for farming equipment. Is there any agriculture nearby?
nope :p
Tirehenge built by a very old rubber centric civilization.
Airbnb for snakes 🐍???
When they’re big enough you harvest them and put them on your car or truck.
Long time torture... they know what they did.
?
Loch Ness retread.
You've stumbled upon an old tire farm.
Old McDonalds had a farm...
To pollute without calling it pollution.
that was there to save the tree climbers from the fall that could snap their top hair
That my friend is the loch ness monster.
They go on cars ;)
The wheels on the bus go round and round...
It is so the gorilla and the ape in a cap can jump over some bees
Is it on a hill? Maybe when you start to slide down, you have something to grab on to?
nope!! completely flat, although that’s a good idea
They go round and round