Carpeting

[Caspian]

I spent the last week ripping out the carpeting in my new house. heres a pic of all the rolls i now have.

So, a couple questions:
What type of carpeting works best? ie shaggy or whatever the other type is?
How steep should my drop in be?
Where would you recommend getting cheap wood?

 

[-AP-]

the thinner the carpet the better and faster it will be

 

[Caspian]

Thank you

 

[andrew95]

i tryed doing the same thing with old thick carpet and it is really hard to get any speed

 

[rankstank]

you can make your drop in really steep as long as you have a smooth tranny. Try going to a construction site for wood, I found one and they gave me a ton of scraps for free!

 

[chardi]

i tried using carpet first, and it does NOT slide well. i'm sure some types will work decently, but i would recommend shelling out for turf, it will work a lot better. what you can do with that is use it as your landing, or just roll it out in the whole area, under the rail, at the end.

 

[hauser]

just buy turn a lot better and you dont have to stop and water as much. also i have carpet for my landing, it smells like shit

 

[.Max.]

I did exactly that a few weeks ago when I ripped up my carpet. Works great for a landing!