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Just bought some property, and have room to build a small track. The space I've alloted is only about 60yds x 150yds. The property also came with a 1957 Ford 640 loader. Old girl, but pretty big, and should do the trick.
It's semi forested right now, so there will be some clearing involved first.
So anyway, how would you guys build a track in this space?
It's semi forested right now, so there will be some clearing involved first.
So anyway, how would you guys build a track in this space?
It's a long and narrow section. Which makes it kind of odd to design for.
The Shop
I can get definitely more pictures, but I won't be back out there until next weekend. It's about 90 minute drive from where I'm currently living.
The building in the top right of the red zone is going to be removed.
Thanks man!
I have a small track on a 4acre field so a little larger than you but this is the layout we have and it's pretty fun, you basically just got to use the most of the room you have and jump on the bike and see what suites. Keep us posted !
I drew this up, maybe squeeze some jumps or whoops and you could go at it all day. Maybe not push the boundary line on the bottom like I did but you get the idea
Pit Row
Personally, I would go through and let the area make the track for you. Rather than making arbitrary corners, go around the natural flow of the timber. I put something down in the darker spots, where it looks like there are fewer trees...or at least fewer big trees.
It really sucks taking down big trees and removing stumps. You'll spend tons of time and money doing that vs building a suitable track that looks more natural.
I don't know the different elevations of the dirt, but you can cut that in in the same manner, moving less dirt is always better. I always dig down in parts of the track that I want the water to flow to then I have dirt to build up the areas I don't want to be swampy or for jumps/berms.
One of the designs above would be a little boring for me, I like a mix of turns. Also, if you really want some fun build the track in a way that you can reverse it easily. Flipping the lips of the jump is pretty easy if you built up the landings.
This is at my friends house. It's bout that size I'd say. It's little but lots of fun.
9 times out of 10 I would get a couple free loads of fairly rock free dirt out of it.
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