Tire Removal in Kuna

Kuna's a mix right now — newer subdivisions like Patagonia and Crimson Point going in on one side, hobby farms and acreage spreading out toward the Birds of Prey area on the other. That split shows up in tire piles too: a stack behind a garage in a tract neighborhood looks nothing like a trailer load of ag and ATV tires off a gravel driveway south of town.

Tires can't go in a curbside cart, so they end up sitting until someone deals with them. What that takes — and what it ends up costing — comes down to how many there are, how heavy they are, and where exactly they're sitting on the property.

What Drives the Cost Up or Down

Volume is the first thing that matters. A handful of passenger tires from a garage cleanout is a different job than a trailer stacked with tractor, ATV or equipment tires off an acreage lot. Weight follows right behind it — truck and tractor tires take longer to load and move than the same count of car tires.

Access matters just as much. Tires sitting out in an open driveway in one of the newer subdivisions move fast. Tires buried in a shed, wedged behind a fence, or scattered across a rural lot with soft ground or gravel take longer to get to. Whether the rims are still on changes the job too, since rims get pulled out for scrap metal recycling before the rest goes to disposal.

Season plays a smaller role. Wet stretches slow down rural and gravel access, and when regional air quality dips, Kuna's burn restrictions tighten — which means debris that might have been burned in the past has to be hauled instead.

Where These Tires Actually Go

Most tires picked up in Kuna end up at one of two Ada County sites. The Ada County Landfill — known locally as Hidden Hollow — sits up in the North Boise foothills off Seamans Gulch Road and takes tires along with trash, construction debris, yard waste, mattresses and scrap metal. Tires and Freon-containing appliances each carry their own disposal fee there. For a lot of Kuna loads, the Meridian Transfer Station off Franklin Road is the closer option, since it's set up to receive loads that get consolidated and hauled out from there.

Both sites turn away hazardous waste mixed in with regular trash, and treated or painted wood doesn't count toward the clean-wood or yard-waste piles. That's a big part of why a tire load gets sorted before it ever reaches the scale — rims pulled, Freon units set aside, anything hazardous kept separate — so what's left actually matches what the site will take.

What Usually Turns Up in a Kuna Job

What shows up tends to follow the neighborhood. In newer subdivisions like Patagonia or Crimson Point, it's usually a smaller pile tucked in a garage, shed or side yard — leftover passenger tires from a swap, a spare nobody got around to tossing. Out on the hobby farms and acreage south and west of town, loads run bigger and heavier: ATV and equipment tires, old trailer tires, sometimes a stack that's been leaning against a fence line for years.

Rims are worth pulling out, since scrap metal recycling takes them instead of the landfill. The tires themselves don't have much reuse value once they're worn down, but anything else mixed into the pile — usable scrap, an intact wheel, a trailer that still rolls — is worth sorting out before the rest goes to disposal.

Sort the pile first, and the rest of the job — including what it costs — tends to fall into place.

If tires are piling up anywhere on your Kuna property, Boise Tire Removal can take a look and put together a free estimate.