Backyard DIY rail

Grantito

Grantito

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Making a homemade tube rail. Few more questions. 1 how high should it be above the ground for basic sliding. No swaps or anything. 2 How long should it be. Basic sliding, same as before. 3 how do I keep it anchored and not tipping over?4. What type of PVC works best. Anyone have pictures of theirs? Thanks.
 
To answer question 2 I’d say around 10 feet is good depending on how long of a run up you have. And how long you want it.
 
1) The bigger circumference of the tube/rail, the easier it will be to operate on skis. No need to build any kind of structure below it. If you want, you can screw on some kind of impregnated wood supports, but they're definitely not mandatory. Just tuck it in the snow. My backyard tube is 250mm / 9.8 inches in circumference.

2) 3m / 10 feet is the shortest I'd go. Mine is 8m / 26 feet. The longer the feature, the higher the need for speed of course.

3) It's round. It won't tip. It won't even spin. Just tuck it in snow the whole length and both ends.

4) Use the kind of tube meant for outdoor sewer / drainage pipes. Sturdy, heavy, and slick. My tube weighs like 50+kg / 110+lbs. You can find a few posts of it if you scroll back from this post showing the funeral of last season backyard setup on my Instagram;
https://www.instagram.com/p/CNCXqpXhw9f/

topic:Grantito said:
Making a homemade tube rail. Few more questions. 1 how high should it be above the ground for basic sliding. No swaps or anything. 2 How long should it be. Basic sliding, same as before. 3 how do I keep it anchored and not tipping over?4. What type of PVC works best. Anyone have pictures of theirs? Thanks.
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14339911:tominiemenmaa said:
1) The bigger circumference of the tube/rail, the easier it will be to operate on skis. No need to build any kind of structure below it. If you want, you can screw on some kind of impregnated wood supports, but they're definitely not mandatory. Just tuck it in the snow. My backyard tube is 250mm / 9.8 inches in circumference.

2) 3m / 10 feet is the shortest I'd go. Mine is 8m / 26 feet. The longer the feature, the higher the need for speed of course.

3) It's round. It won't tip. It won't even spin. Just tuck it in snow the whole length and both ends.

4) Use the kind of tube meant for outdoor sewer / drainage pipes. Sturdy, heavy, and slick. My tube weighs like 50+kg / 110+lbs. You can find a few posts of it if you scroll back from this post showing the funeral of last season backyard setup on my Instagram;
https://www.instagram.com/p/CNCXqpXhw9f/
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OP You need the rail supported. Don’t listen to this guy he is confused with what your wanting to build
 
Yo heres what I did last winter for learning shit. It was a 10', 10" chunk of pcv I skeefed. Previous years I had it about 6" off the ground on some shitty wood supports, but they kept crapping out on me. Last winter I got a nice dump of heavy, wet snow right around Christmas, and was able to pack it really well around the rail. You gotta pack it super well to be stable, and even then, it will shift. The weather was in my favour, as the snow came on a wet warm day just before a long period of really cold days. That night, I packed the rail in good, and misted water on the snow. Everything froze up super solid overnight, and I was able to ride it for about a month. This only works if you get the right weather, otherwise ya gotta build a base. If I were trying to keep a rail like that super low to the ground, I'd just take some 2x10 boards, and screw them to the underside of the rail, and set it down.

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Not confused, just living in southern Finland where the conditions are, on a good winter, perfect for setting a tube tucked in the snow. The winters here are different, much like I presume you have in the ice coast.

14339918:switchlip2 said:
OP You need the rail supported. Don’t listen to this guy he is confused with what your wanting to build
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14339936:tominiemenmaa said:
Not confused, just living in southern Finland where the conditions are, on a good winter, perfect for setting a tube tucked in the snow. The winters here are different, much like I presume you have in the ice coast.
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Well that is sick but the OP is talking about a summer setup
 
OP must be into crypto because that isn't the most obvious thing that comes to my mind after reading the post multiple times :D

Yeah, summer setups are entirely different things.

14339972:switchlip2 said:
Well that is sick but the OP is talking about a summer setup
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for all wondering I was talking about just chucking a rail in the snow. It would tip if I secured a piece of wood to the PVC. I only would've put wood if I thought the plain PVC pipe wouldn't be high enough. So from what I see it's best just to throw a plain PVC piece into the ground, pack it in to the snow and hit it. Right?
 
14339972:switchlip2 said:
Well that is sick but the OP is talking about a summer setup
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Was not referring to a summer setup. Just a rail in the snow for time off the mountain. Didn't make that the most obvious though to be fair.
 
14340141:Grantito said:
for all wondering I was talking about just chucking a rail in the snow. It would tip if I secured a piece of wood to the PVC. I only would've put wood if I thought the plain PVC pipe wouldn't be high enough. So from what I see it's best just to throw a plain PVC piece into the ground, pack it in to the snow and hit it. Right?
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Yup. If ya can, wet it, and let it freeze up, will be much more solid.
 
14340142:Grantito said:
Was not referring to a summer setup. Just a rail in the snow for time off the mountain. Didn't make that the most obvious though to be fair.
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Oh well listen to the guy I told you to not listen to my b bro
 
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