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scappoose, OR, USA
Edited Date/Time
8/19/2014 8:38am
I've been fortunate to have a property with my own track for the last few years
but sometimes I feel Like I should sell it and just travel around to ride other
tracks in the area as it seems I spend too much time on maintenance.
I'd rather just be riding - I'm a vet rider who just likes to ride for fun
Advantages -
Ride when you want
Safe place for my kids to ride
No entry fees
Disadvatages
A lot of work prepping and keeping weeds off etc
Less time to ride
Cost of equipment to maintain
Can get bored sometimes
What would you prefer?
but sometimes I feel Like I should sell it and just travel around to ride other
tracks in the area as it seems I spend too much time on maintenance.
I'd rather just be riding - I'm a vet rider who just likes to ride for fun
Advantages -
Ride when you want
Safe place for my kids to ride
No entry fees
Disadvatages
A lot of work prepping and keeping weeds off etc
Less time to ride
Cost of equipment to maintain
Can get bored sometimes
What would you prefer?
Some of these guys with no where to ride though would probably give their left nut to have your set-up.
The Shop
Luxon 4-Post Bar Mounts
$189.95 - $239.95
DeCal Works Huge Plastic Inventory of UFO and Polisport kits.
I am fortunate in that I have track building equipment at my disposal any time I want it So usually every 3 to 4 weeks I change a few things and have new track.
Yes it is some work to keep up but prep work & maintenance isnt that bad if you have at least a 4x4 quad.
Im just about to get set up with a weed sprayer on mine and as it is I can pull a small drag which done once every couple of weeks keeps the weeds from getting a good hold.
Other than the need for rain once in a while the benefits far outweigh the burdens for me. Its actually kind of a fun hobby for me maintaining my track. Plus it just looks so damb cool having a track right in your back yard!
Just ride it , rain or shine, and prep it once a month, its motocross , not a garden show
works.
Every once in a while they will bring a friend who turns out to be a complete jackhole and ruins it
for the others
I always make ANYONE who rides at the track ( and parents of Minors ) sign a waiver before they set
foot on the track
I figure when it gets hard packed, it's good hard packed practice. Where I live we get pretty good dew in the mornings so I ride really early before it gets too dusty, it takes too much water and time to water it just for myself.
Pit Row
https://youtu.be/b2AQcEwaXUo
In the next year or two, my wife and I are thinking about buying her dad's property. It's a horse property and the arena is lit and the lighting could easily be expanded to light the pasture. I want to build a little track in the pasture so when we put the horses in for the evening, I can go ride. I think a tractor will be what I end up with eventually.
He grooms it twice a year, spring and fall.
Just ride the track and the moving dirt will stop weeds and stuff from growing.
The closest I've come to this otherwise lottery winning dream was back in 97 to 2002 - when I had complete access to a private track belonging to a local dealership. It was an awesome assortment of table tops, doubles, a ting whoop section and lovely big sweeping berms. Probably not much in reality but back then it felt like having my very own Anaheim. I could go there pretty much whenever I wanted for just £10 a year. Spoke with another guy who also used to ride it back then a couple of years ago and he said it's virtually all gone now; just mounds covered in trees and grass with a pond in the middle
Dozer = $7500
Tractor = $10k
Being able to ride out of your shop and pound some motos with your son? = Priceless!
https://youtu.be/qeObljPDaoM?list=UUw7fTpTt-boFfUHjCgupMNw
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