To big??

corona672

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Im thinkin about building a bit bigger backyard park this year and wonderin' if this might be allitle over the top...

dimensions will be roughly 20 feet high, 20 feet long, 28 feet of downramp, 45 degree slope or so.. I know its alot of wood about 330 ft of 2x4 but i ran some numbers and it comes out absolutely no more than 150$... kicker wil be pretty big as well as the gap since it wil only be used for jumping..

on the bright side if it doesnt't work i got alot of wood for other projects but ive built quater pipes and other stupid shit and have saws and other things that i need..

ill try to put in a simple sketch of just the left side without the ladder and platform est. Designs kinda crappy but should hold with extra supports

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yeah, way too big! The tallest you should ever go is like 10ft unless you plan on having a fucking 50 fott box then go ahead with 20 feet high.
 
A couple pros, and a couple cons.

I'll start with the pros:

Go for it dude! Why would it suck to have a big ramp? You can always speed check, but it's way harder to push for more speed. A big ramp just means you can have any feature without having to worry about speed.

The bigger the ramp, the bigger and more creative you can make your features.

Here are some cons:

You mentioned that your ramp was going to be 45º. Do you have any idea how steep 45º actually is?!? Some of the world's steepest slopes aren't much steeper than 50º! A ramp that steep would make sense if it was a small ramp, because you'd need as much speed as possible. But you should definitely mellow out the ramp a little bit, because a 28' drop of 45º is going to have you hauling fucking ass by the bottom!

As for costs, sorry to break it to you bro but there's no way you're going to be spending $150 on this thing. When you totaled your costs, did you take into account any angular bracings you're going to have to include? Did you take into account the cost of screws? (Use screws for something like this). Did you take into account the actual cost of the ramp itself? (you can't just use 2x4 to make a ramp. You'll probably want some type of sheet wood (plywood would be ideal)). Also, if you're running a 20' high structure, you're going to want something thicker than 2x4. I'd suggest 4x4 at least, maybe even something in the range of 6" or even 8"...? When I built a mini-ramp that I used for small jibs around town, I built a tower 5' high, with a footprint of 2' by 2'. The ramp was an 8' long by 2' wide sheet of plywood, reinforced with 2x4 bracings. The tower was supported by 4 4x4 beams, with 2x4 angular braces. The entire thing run in at about $140.00. Admittedly, I bought decent quality outdoor wood, with anticipation of it lasting a couple seasons. You, however, are thinking of building something at least 5 times as big. For simplicity, let's say in total my ramp cost me $150. This would mean that your ramp is going to cost you upwards $750.

Anyway, I'd still tell you to go for it, but you have to take more into consideration before you build it. Looking at your blueprint, you need to do a lot more to make it safe and sturdy. Take it to somebody at a hardware store, show them your work, and have them draw something up for you, or you're going to get hurt.

But good luck! Have fun.
 
Also, do you have a platform at the top of your ramp? You'll need somewhere to click your skis in before you drop down. I would also put some railing or something up there, because 20ft is pretty high to be just chillin on some narrow ramp...
 
ok well thanks for the good replies and heres what i have so far...

i have about 3/4 amount of needed screws already as well as braces, topsheet, and top platform.... for drop in angle i knew 45 was to steep but i didnt have any other sketch yet or anything so i was thinking low 30's 28 sounds good too. now however considering the extra cost of thicker wood and i am going to have a wider base, it would be alot more than originaly expected but not up to 750 due to i have many of the supplies needed already. finally i also just today but new skis and probally new bindings too so im hurting on cash so if i get some stupid buddies to throw me some cash in return for rights to hit the jump id give it a 30-70 percent chance of actually happining.. starting to think its gonna be one of these "thats way to much and won't work" things going to snow soon though so i better hurry.
 
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