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Perfect drop in for summer setup - works perfectly

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*brian
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This is the drop in that i made

SUPPLIES:
8 8ft. 2x4's
2 Sheets - 4x8 plywood
Roofing Nails
Spike Nails
4x12 roll of turf

***** For the base of the flat part you take off from i used milk crates, supports made of anything will work... AND MAKE SURE PLYWOOD IS AT LEAST 3/4 in thick

Make the drop in 4 ft tall with braces at the top, middle, and bottom of the posts.

Make a support beam across the top of the drop in and cover it in plywood

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this all cost me about $65 at home depot

ALSO THIS GIVES YOU WAY MORE SPEED THAN YOU NEED FOR THE RAIL I HAVE, SO I'M BUILDING A NEW ONE TO ADD TO THE END SO I'D SAY YOU HAVE ENOUGH SPEED FOR A 25 FOOT PVC RAIL


+k for bumps

feel free to ask question


Can post more pictures and plans per request

May 10 2010 10:53AM 0 0
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Zvarenza_724
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how could you get that much speed it is so small
May 10 2010 5:48PM 0 0
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-AP-
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looks solid but it doesn't look to have any pop for spinning onto rails.
May 10 2010 8:27PM 0 0
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HalfandHalf
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thats exactly how i want to build mine, thanks for posting this.
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May 11 2010 12:14AM 0 0
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*brian
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its 4 feet tall and if you nail the turf down taught to the wood then it goes faster. and for pop i added a piece of ply with a two by four at the end undder the turf so there's a lip
May 11 2010 9:36AM 0 0
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i0z
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how long is the rail you have now?
May 12 2010 6:05PM 0 0
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406in
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bump
May 12 2010 8:47PM 0 0
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*brian
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the rail is abooooooot 11 feet at the moment, i think..... maybe, somewhere in the 10-11 range

and +k fo tha bumppsss
May 12 2010 10:48PM 0 0
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HalfandHalf
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edit soon?
May 13 2010 2:41AM 0 0
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*brian
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i can get an edit up this weekend prolly. got lax erry day till then
May 13 2010 12:32PM 0 0
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*brian
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ID LIIKE TO PUT IT OUT THERE THAT YOU ONLY HAVE 25 FEET WORTH OF RAIL SPEED STARTING FROM THE TOP WITH A PUSH OFF ^^^^^^^
May 13 2010 12:36PM 0 0
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tinkytwinky
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how high is your rail?
May 20 2010 7:58PM 0 0
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WVskiing
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do you lube i up
May 22 2010 4:27PM 0 0
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*brian
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rail's like 14 inches, im making the flat part like 3 feet longer, adding a lip, and making a down part of a rail to connect thus creating a down flat

and if by lubing up you mean soap and water than yeh, sometimes, most times just water is more than enough speed with tight turf
May 22 2010 8:17PM 0 0
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LAME.
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ZOMG looks so sick!
May 30 2010 6:00PM 0 0
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Da_CONK
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Bump, would like to see pics / an edit. Mabye plans on how you built it, it might be something I can tell how to build just by looking at pics but the one you posted in the thread doesn't work so I don't know.
Jun 5 2010 8:24PM 0 0
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*brian
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im pretty confident it does work because everybody else that commented has seen it... and yeh, i have to work tomorrow until noonish but then i can hit it and get a quick edit up
Jun 5 2010 9:57PM 0 0
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DADDYlongLEGS
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I can't see it either
Jun 6 2010 5:21PM 0 0
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JackJohnSki
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edit anytime soon? i want to buid a new one, and this looks exactly how i want to make mine.
Jun 12 2010 4:02PM 0 0
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JackJohnSki
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oh yea, and how long is your ramp, and how long is the tranny?
Jun 12 2010 4:11PM 0 0
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eddy9
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Could you do a vid or something on how you assembled it
Jun 15 2010 3:33PM 0 0
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JackJohnSki
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he already built it
Jun 15 2010 3:54PM 0 0
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eddy9
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More plans please

Jun 18 2010 11:26AM 0 0
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JackJohnSki
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i made mine just like this, it's not very hard. i made my ramp, 7-8ft and the flat part is 3ft long, and for the tranny, i just used thin plywood and just curved it.
Jun 18 2010 12:39PM 0 0
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eddy9
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Wat did you do to clamp the plywood wen you steamed it
Jun 18 2010 1:03PM 0 0
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JackJohnSki
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okay, so where the two pieces come together, in the tranistion, i put a 2x2, and got like 1/4in plywood and just kneeled on it to bend it and screwed it in
Jun 18 2010 3:36PM 0 0
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eddy9
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How long wre the two by fours you got?
Jun 20 2010 7:57AM 0 0
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JackJohnSki
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just get 10ft and you'll be set
Jun 20 2010 11:25AM 0 0
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gabe.
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8ft I think
Jun 20 2010 7:39PM 0 0
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*brian
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i'll have a clip up tonight
Jun 22 2010 12:45PM 0 0
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Mogwai.
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id like to see an edit of this. $65? nice!
Jun 24 2010 1:38AM 0 0
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eddy9
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Hopefully I'l be abble to make one soon need permision from parents
Jun 24 2010 8:31AM 0 0
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[-mvee-]
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i cant see the pic you posted ?! : /
Jun 24 2010 8:16PM 0 0
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