Anyone try hunting the Tot-Lots with shredded tire instead of mulch?

[beckleeson]

Check out another park near me yesterday and it had shredded rubber instead of mulch, nothing would ever sink into this material but it could get kicked and covered! So, thought I'd check on hear and see if anyone else has tried one with any luck!

Thanks

 

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[beckleeson]

Well, I tried. Found 35 cents and stopped after I kept finding these tiny copper/bronze looking pieces! No idea what they are!

 

[mick56]

Have tried a few in my area, and there are a lot of small aluminum pieces mixed in. Seems like some aluminum rims got ground up with the tires.

 

[SusanMN]

Nope. Makes my machine chatter so I don't hunt in it.

 

[Frankn]

That's a real bad idea using ground tires in tot lots. A lot of tires have steel cords. A high risk of injury to the kids. Frank

 

[LewieMD]

That's a real bad idea using ground tires in tot lots. A lot of tires have steel cords. A high risk of injury to the kids. Frank

Right on. Many towns here on LI have stopped using shredded tires. They now use some sort of rubber flooring.

 

[dougofpa]

I had a lot of falsing with the Ace 250...so I don't hunt them anymore

 

[khouse]

I have has some success with very low sensitivity. I find a lot of sharp pieces of metal and pieces of cable in the mulch. I'm sure there are a lot of kids being hurt playing in that crap. They need to outlaw this tire mulch!

 

[Moonrover]

Right on. Many towns here on LI have stopped using shredded tires. They now use some sort of rubber flooring.

Good info on the hazards of tire mulch:
http://www.natureswayresources.com/DocsPdfs/RubberMulch.pdf

M

 

[khouse]

I second that motion!!!!