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Only $10 for all 2024 SX, MX, and SMX series (regularly $30).
So it's not a huge expense really, if you have the land. If I had more $$$ I'd have a water truck and my own bobcat for sure. And a mechanic.
Hammer 663s
I'm 40 miles from the nearest town so we don't see too many of those folks up here Officials and Authorities and such. We still carry firearms on our hip everywhere we go as it is still legal here to do so.
Now you go someplace like Phoenix and yeah you got problems Agenda 21 is very much in play down there...it will get here eventually but until then i will continue to enjoy living on the land.
As far as deep pockets sure you will have to buy or rent heavy equipment if you have none and land of course but it's all in the planning of your life. When you (not you personally) went in debt for 30 years on that nice house in the suburbs maybe a rethink was in order and you should have bought some land instead. I have been planning this since high school i knew exactly what i was going to do so i prepared accordingly.
If you just up and decide to buy land to build a track yeah you better have some very deep pockets. Time is the killer if you don't have the time to maintain it your better off paying to ride at a public track.
The Shop
so maintenance on those plus fuel is around 2500.00, 3k a year. I am fortunate to have an engineer friend who fixes the tractors for track time so i save a bunch on labor in that area.
But like you say time it just takes so much time to keep it nice and ditto on the good therapy i love going down and spending time working it plus you get to know the track so much better when you ride
you just flow.
By the look of things, you've worked very hard for what you have and I applaud you for that.
Enjoy your track and stay safe.
Here in the U.K. It's pretty shit tbh, rain and cold, rain and warm in the "summer" as muscle said then you have to try and find some land that is so far away from all the moaners and tree huggers, then it's the cost of the land, even for a private track they would fu*k us at the first hint of a motocross bike sound.
I help out at a local MX track, that's closed at the moment due to noise complaints last year and its flooded due to the shit weather, I am lucky enough to have quite a bit of plant I own and have my diggers and machines there to help out and keep the track as good as I can do, but I would love to have my own track, I really would do, I sit on my Cat 428B and dream of owning it, or something like it, I have the time to put in and the machines too but reality in the U.K. It's not going to happen.
So, when I see awesome tracks like this and the places they have been built, with the backdrop settings and the beautiful weather......man, it's such an eye opener and a move abroad is on the horizon for sure, I have several injuries and plates/screws and awaiting another operation for a separated shoulder (Lockdown operation) so I ache and am generally in pain all the bloody time so a life change was, to be fair, on the cards anyways but this just makes me want to get my ass into gear and go find my own little warm place to ride!.
Good luck to anyone who has a track of their own, all the work and time and commitment has and does pay off, proud of you guys!.
Totally off grid so i pay no electric, water, or mortgage. Grow a lot of my own food and buy organic grass fed beef from a nearby rancher every so often and
once i get my lake finished and stocked will have fresh fish anytime. Plus there are deer, rabbits, and other critters all over the place.
My only monthly bills are internet and cell phone about 100 bucks a month. I much enjoy a simple life at a much slower pace.
I do have a google earth shot of the original layout from 2014 when i got it looped together. Much shorter and very narrow and no pit area. and now.
Hammer 663s
Needed a lot of clean up in the one picture. Took a break for 5 years and just getting going again.
Pit Row
My family property in Warman, Saskatchewan, Canada. Garbage dirt, but it's better than nothing.
What we have done before with water systems is pump it to some holding tanks closer to the track, then you could run a sprinkler system from there. Honestly sprinkler systems are the most efficient way to do it. Even with a good water truck the amount of trips vs how much you are putting down isn't very efficient.
Pm me, I think you would enjoy our track also. Its real deep sand, zero clay base, gets deep. Usually are riding in about a month or less.
There's a cute little track in Monmouthsire I go to and regularly have the place to myself which consists of a little track, some woodland and a lot of fields, but sadly it's not something I own personally!
Back yard mx. Not as nice as most of the private tracks posted but hey, it is still a place to ride. Lap time is a little over minute. I feel lucky to have my own track, even though it is small.
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