If you ll be driving in snow the answer is clear.
Why do the indians put tires on the roof.
Why do some people put tires on the roof s of there mobile homes.
It does help especially on mobile homes.
People in texas put the tires on the roof to help hold them down when the severe thunderstorms blow through.
The reason they use tires instead of something else is they are readily available anywhere in the country and they won t damage the tin roof.
So people put tires up there to try to hold the roof down.
I ve been driving through a very rural area the past couple of days.
To hold down loose shingles metal roofing loose boards particle board plywood plastic sheeting tarps etc.
Putting tires on the roof holds it down so the wind won t make it rattle and bang.
I pondered the reason and wondered if perhaps winds could.
There are always tires on roofs in new mexico.
Tires are so damn expensive where do you go to get tires miami 13 replies regions of the us that have houses w metal roofs.
If the metal can not come completely loose in the first place it won t peel of any others.
General u s 15 replies houses on wrenwood circle and that area the ones with funny roofs huntsville madison decatur area 5 replies.
First off the home and auto prefix works perfectly on this thread.
Why do people put car tires on their roof.
Remember to look for manufacturer rebates when you shop for tires.
Not ones that have tires on the for pulling i mean stationary ones.
If the roof skinning was fastened to each truss across the top of the roof you d eventually have leaks roof galore.
Bubba ll try anything to out wit a tornado.
It s because the metal roof makes so much noise in the wind.
When one piece of the metal roofing blows loose it pulls the one beside it off and so on down the line.
Yesterday i saw a mobile home with a bunch of tires scattered on its roof.
Don t wait to buy because tire.
This stops it from rattling so much in the wind or even blowing off in extreme cases.
But on to the topic.
1 they put additional weight on the roof.
Tires make a perfect weight they are rubber and don t make additional noise while holding down.
Because the skinning is not fastened across the top of the roof it tends to rumble whenever a good wind blows up.
I can think of a couple of reasons there may be more.
Most older mobile homes have tin roofs that rattle and bang when the wind blows.
To try to keep them from blowing away.
The weight of the tires prevent the rumbling.