Zerorider had an idea.... what's your opinion?

[MxDale71]

All I have around my house is sand. So everytime I build a jump, it wears away and jumps like crap after just a little while. Well anyways, I was talkin to Zerorider earlier today when he pulled up to the track (unfortunately I was just leaving when he showed up) and he said he heard about putting carpet on the face of the jump and putting a thin layer of sand over that. What do you all think about that? It makes sence to me... I mean it would help keep the face of the jump more managable, but would any of you forsee any problems with that?

[Moto92]

Seems to me like it wouldnt stay in one spot for very long. You just need kicker ramps, about fifty of them. They should last you for awhile :D

[exriderdude]

it might help, it all depends, i think it would stil wear under the carpet, the sand would just keep pushing out from underneath it

[MxDale71]

Hmmm... well do you all have any other ideas besides building a bunch of wood jumps... I don't really have the money for a lot of wood and I can't afford to get some good dirt hauled over here, but I really need something so that I can ride more often.

[Moto92]

I dont really know how sandy your soil is but if it will hold any moisture you might try watering it and packing it with something like a bobcat.

[MxDale71]

Ya, but the sand here is pretty loose and it would really hard to get any water out to the area where I would be building.

Oh, and all I have is a tractor w/ a box blade so it would take almost all day to build a decent sized double. Which isn't a problem to me... I think it's fun to build the jumps and everything, but I just thought I would let you guys know.

[Derek]

haul dirt.

[MxDale71]

Dude, I can't afford to haul dirt.

[MxDale71]

I think I'll just start by building a pretty peaked out whoop section tomorrow, and I'll just see how that goes. A whoop section would be a lot easier to build and I can kinda mess around with different stuff and see what works.

[Derek]

dude youd be surprised how relativly cheap hauling dirt is.

[MxDale71]

I have $80, a race next weekend, a low paying job, quad payments, and a gas guzzling truck. There are also other reasons why hauling dirt over here is not an option.