Jimmy Avila

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I have been thinking about it for a long time and have finally decided to pull the trigger on building my own rc track since the closest track is an hour away. I wanted to build a small 1/10th scale track but decided to build a big 1/18th scale track. I sort of have the upper hand on this build concidering I own a landscape company and have access to tons of shovels wheel barrows rakes ect.. also having a crew of helpers and trailer and getting contractor pricing on dirt and drain pipe. Anyway I started off by drawing a track layout on paper and marking off the area with flags. Next I had the guys weedeat the area down to the dirt and raking up all the grass. It helps to have at least 2 good weedeaters and take your time getting as much grass up as possible. Once we raked and blew all the grass off the area I sprayed the area with 2 gallons of round up weed killer (buy the mix concentrate and a hand held weed sprayer) you can get these both at home depot for like $40.00. Then I grabbed a shovel and just ran grooves in the dirt to mark off the lanes so I could see the idea better. This helped alot. Next I went to pick up some dirt at my local landscape supply store. I decided to go with a topsoil mix that will be very soft and loamy. You can also make it out of in-field clay if you want a harder track. to my surprise I couldn't hold much dirt in my trailer because the dirt was sooooo heavy, I got 4 cubic yards to start off and will be having the rest of the dirt delivered on monday because it was too difficult to haul the dirt. I am thinking that I will use around 10-12 cubic yards of soil which will be around $25.00 per yard I also got 200 ft or corregated drain pipe for the borders $50.00 per hundred feet at home depot. I will be posting a few pics up by monday night and hope fully by Tuesday night we will be done with it and I will have some good tips for anyone building their own track. The track is at my Mom's house in Houston, TX close to hwy 6 and west little york in bear creek. So if you live close and run 1/18th scale off road pm me. It should be pretty sweet. Check back soon!

Jimmy Avila

iTrader: (81)

Ok. sooooooo.... I decided to go 1/10th scale so I think I am going to move this thread to electric off road. check it out though.!!!

luvminis

Oh-boy, another track discussion. ... I enjoy designing/building mine as much as racing on it. It lets me apply my ed. in Civil Eng. ...I don't work in the field any longer, so gets that stuff out of my system - some.

So is thread elsewhere? ...maybe a link here would be good.