The Ins and Outs of RV Tires
One might be fooled into believing that RV tires are only useful for the operation of a recreational vehicle. Why this may be true in the purest sense of the words, there is a lot one can do with RV tires that has nothing to do with a recreational vehicle. This is because RV may not always stand for recreational vehicles and even when it does, tires that are not on the vehicle any more may have some amusing potential uses.
Tires for Recreational Vehicles
RV tires are most well known for their use on RVs. In such cases they are very special tires indeed. They are typically made to stand considerable weight and compression and as tires, RV tires are very similar to truck tires. They typically have heavy treads and are designed to last between 20,000 and 100, 000 miles of wear.
As with most tires they are made with a man-made form of rubber. However, for the proud owners of performance RVs, which is a very small select group of rather strange people, the RV tires that they purchase are more akin to synthetic plastic than rubber and are designed for rather aggressive behaviors and acceleration. Such tires are rather expensive and the RVs themselves even more expensive, and to be honest, rather unusual looking.
Tires for Burning and Other Uses
It has been known for many years that RV tires contain a large amount of chemicals that when burnt produce a spectacular amount of black smoke. As such RV tires are very effective for signaling purposes and, with an appropriate stack of them, can be used to announce your presence anywhere in the world. Of course the downside of this is the chemicals in the RV tires produce smoke and fumes that are usually toxic and noxious, and more than likely violate any number of federal statutes.
Hence the burning and use of RV tires in this manner is typically frowned upon unless you just happen to be on a desert island and are using the tires to attract attention. Of course it is unlikely that you would have these tires in that situation. More likely is that your RV stops running and you take the tires off and burn them to attract attention to your predicament. This of course should be a last ditch consideration. More environmentally friendly uses of RV tires include towing them behind speedboats as a raft, using them as buffers on the sides of docks or as swings hung off a tree.
