Backyard Rail
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Build one yourself. PVC is dirt cheap, 2x4s are dirt cheap. You can make one solid as fuck with minimal effort. Shipping a pvc rail would cost more than it takes to build it. Could literally be as simple as screwing a pvc pipe into a 2x4 and screwing some feet on it. Could bolt them on, could make it shotgun. Could throw a 2x4 in the middle just below the height of the pvc and bolt it to that as well as the bottom piece.
Check out the "Build A Jib" cult or just by some pvc and 2x4s and get weird.
Some of the ideas are kind of lame. Some of them are pretty sick. There are a TON of different ideas, plans pictures, and whatever else. You can follow one you like or just use them to get a general sense of what you're doing. Or just wing it.
I have a bunch of pvc in my garage from when I stopped using it for rails. If you were closer I'd just give you it and some 2x4s.
Check out the "Build A Jib" cult or just by some pvc and 2x4s and get weird.
Some of the ideas are kind of lame. Some of them are pretty sick. There are a TON of different ideas, plans pictures, and whatever else. You can follow one you like or just use them to get a general sense of what you're doing. Or just wing it.
I have a bunch of pvc in my garage from when I stopped using it for rails. If you were closer I'd just give you it and some 2x4s.
Mag
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It would cost a fuckton(it would only really be worth collecting it(and you'd need a trailer). It's (IIRC) 2.4m long and heavy enough that's it's difficult to move far on your own(inb4 pussy)
It'd be far cheaper to just build one yourself, I built a few before realizing I really needed to reinforce it^. It's attached to the wood using anchor bolts, as screws just aren't wide/tight enough, and bolts are impossible to screw in unless you have arms meters long. But it's good enough to withstand stalls from side on, so I can't think there's much that'd break it.
It'd be far cheaper to just build one yourself, I built a few before realizing I really needed to reinforce it^. It's attached to the wood using anchor bolts, as screws just aren't wide/tight enough, and bolts are impossible to screw in unless you have arms meters long. But it's good enough to withstand stalls from side on, so I can't think there's much that'd break it.
Ali_Dibden
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13001249:Mag said:It would cost a fuckton(it would only really be worth collecting it(and you'd need a trailer). It's (IIRC) 2.4m long and heavy enough that's it's difficult to move far on your own(inb4 pussy)
It'd be far cheaper to just build one yourself, I built a few before realizing I really needed to reinforce it^. It's attached to the wood using anchor bolts, as screws just aren't wide/tight enough, and bolts are impossible to screw in unless you have arms meters long. But it's good enough to withstand stalls from side on, so I can't think there's much that'd break it.
Im gonna be building a summer setup this year, how much did you fork out for the drop in / what specs is it?
MLJ
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13005304:NUSSC_Freestyle said:
I spent quite a lot on mine, but thats just because I used plywood to make walls for it so it would be like a little house type thing. I spent £60 on the turf, tried to scavenge as much of the wood as possible but still ended up spending over 50 on that. I already had the tools so that was fine. Took around 20 hours start to finish, including one wobbly ass rail that is way too sketchy to hit.
Mag
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13005304:NUSSC_Freestyle said:
iirc the "box/skyscraper"(top of the drop in) is 1.2x1.2x2.4M, the ramp is just two 3.6m 2x4's I believe, then a single flat piece and then a small lip(I made it adjustable just by adding small struts which I found very useful).
Also it's worth using bolts for attaching the skyscraper to the ramp, that way it's transportable.
think it was £80 for the wood and turf was £6/M(I forget how much I bought)
pcurran871
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I'm in the middle of getting the materials for something similar to this. Where is the best place to get butchers grass or something similar?