Tire Trivia: World's Biggest Tire

The world's biggest tire is an 80 foot diameter tire that was built for the 1964 New York World's Fair. It weighs 12 tons and the tread is 6 inches deep.

At the end of the fair it was dismantled and shipped in 188 sections via train to Allen Park, Michigan where it is standing along Michigan's I-94. Over time it began to deteriorate and locals were known to take potshots at it with both guns and bows leaving the tire with a handful of arrows sticking out of it.

It was refurbished in 1994, adding a new hubcap, again in 1998 when a 11-foot high, 500-pound nail was placed into the half foot thick tread of the Giant Tire as part of a campaign for Uniroyals "Nailguard" tires. The nail later removed and the tire received another million dollar renovation in 2003.