Burying things for jumps?

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JW381 10/6/2014 7:58pm
10/6/2014 7:58pm
I actually suggested this on Mototalk in like 2008 lol Feld could invest in hard pieces to cut the cost of dirt. Just make sure you have a think enough layer covering it (see Villopoto's SX crash from 2011).
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Motoxtombo 10/6/2014 9:12pm
10/6/2014 9:12pm
We used to use the trees we cut down to make our track to build the jumps,We covered them with dirt,it made it easier for us ,it was before we had any equipment to build tracks.The jumps are still there years later.
Don't get anxious to ride until you cover the tree's with dirt like we did one time though,We didn't feel like covering one jump with dirt until later in the day so we started riding and hitting the bare tree jump ,everything was fine until one log shifted and my buddy crashed pretty bad off it breaking his femur.
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docweedon 10/6/2014 10:04pm
10/6/2014 10:04pm
We would burry old couches back in the day...
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me_da_racer 10/6/2014 10:23pm
10/6/2014 10:23pm
My new tractor has construction tires and not ag tires. Best thing ever, they are wide so they pack the ground good and they don't mess up the jumps. Also they don't dig in and put the tractor in a bind. You can even get them cheaper then again tires.

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rt987 10/7/2014 8:21am
10/7/2014 8:21am
Thanks for the replies guys.

"Boss" being my Dad. Burying things like bales - not a problem. Couches, trees, rocks, old ladies - problem.

About 3 years ago we had a scraper come in and strip about 3 acres of black dirt off for us to build two hay sheds and a pad for a row of grain bins. The scraper made a huge pile of pure black dirt about 500' from where my track is. Dirt quantity isn't a huge problem, just the hauling of it is. I can't haul much with the 3-ton (1970's model international) so I came up with the idea of burying bales.

I had a hunch there may be a problem with them rotting. I wouldn't use round bales but we have big square (4'x3'x8') straw out the wazoo here. Maybe I'll try it for a year but we'll see. Ground will be hard as rock here soon and I'll start building my snowcross track.
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Moto_Geek 10/7/2014 11:08am
10/7/2014 11:08am
disbanded wrote:
I buried my grandmother under a whoop in my backyard.
PTECH wrote:
Ahahahah! Well played.
Or better yet, put that in your "will" to be buried in a national motocross track table.
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usp4u 10/7/2014 1:12pm
10/7/2014 1:12pm
Back in the mid-90's a farm boy I knew made a jump on his track from a dead horse in a shallow grave.

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