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Old 08-31-2010, 02:54 PM
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any suggestions? ive put maybe 2 hours work total into this so far, so not much. its for my slash. tell me what you think...

anyone have hints tips or tricks to making dirt jumps or burms or really anything to do with dirt or the track lemme know.



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maybe try drawing something out on paper first, measure and see how much area you have, plan on the lanes being 6-8ft, depending on how many cars you plan on having. Good luck btw, you need something to pack the dirt down after you make a jump, a tamper, pack it down then water it and wait til it dries to run on, or the rain will wash it all away.
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ok thanks and for now one car. maybe two at most once someone i knows gets one ha. ill try that.
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Try to make a simple as possibly layout, with small jumps or sections of
jumps, to work more easily moister the dirt so it sticks together but itīs
not mud yet.
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Where in California do you live?????
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ok i already spray it now before i drive the car over it and yah im keeping it farely simple.

i live in stockton. 45 minutes from sacremento. why?
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ok i already spray it now before i drive the car over it and yah im keeping it farely simple.

i live in stockton. 45 minutes from sacremento. why?
Just to see if i could come over and race you, but i live in southern california.
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oh ha. yah that would be fun. bummer. what do u have?

i havent even been driving for a month yet so it wouldnt be much competition for you lmao.
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Originally Posted by Sviglienzone4
ok i already spray it now before i drive the car over it and yah im keeping it farely simple.

i live in stockton. 45 minutes from sacremento. why?
sent you a pm. I'm in Stockton too.
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replied to pm.
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I used to build mad jumps during my BMX days. This may be too much, but we used filler for the jumps. Logs, rocks, anything that would take up space, so we could save dirt. Then we would start throwing dirt on top and pack as we go. When we got close to the desired height, we started to shape more and pack it a lot more. Be fore it was done, we would roll our bikes over it several times. Stomp it, all sorts of stuff to pack it. The water definitely comes in handy, but you don't want mud so be careful not to add too much. Many times, we would build it larger and use shovels to shape it exactly how we wanted. Then ride the heck out of it! Our jumps NEVER washed away, but then again they were more than mounds of dirt.

Someone mentioned something about laying it out on paper first. That is definitely a good idea.

One thing I saw at our local track that I really like: They have pieces of wood almost buried. Maybe 1x2's or something, so they stick up about a half inch maybe. It's a pretty cool part of the track.
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yah i drew it out on paper first but then due to space issues i ended up building differently but similiar. i need to pack better i am thinking as of right now.
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Get a McLeod tool. Rake, scrape, spread, and tamp. Water then tamp. Rinse and repeat.
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ok so lemme get this right...

1st rake with a heavy duty rake such as: http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_1...u=07183492000P

2nd pack it all down with something like a tamper. http://www.magnumcrete.com/Details.c...43&category=18

3rd right after spray down with water ( and then wait an hour wouldnt you say? )

4th repeat steps 2 and 3 about how many times would you say?
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tell me what you think. thats two rollers and a burm.

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