building a track

[thomasgangross]

will 10 yards of good fill dirt make a decent size table top?

[ATVMX33]

not sure..lol...but since i dont have much dirt i make all doubles and then just move the landing back if i get comfortable

[craigmacphee]

I just got done making a 7/10ths of a mile track at my property here in Michigan. Tabletops use a LOT of dirt but as you may know are the safest jumps you can make. Just FYI, a 10 yards pile of dirt is not very big at all. Most of our tabletops have 100-200 yards of dirt. This is a real number, not blowing any smoke. We used 8000-10,000 yards of dirt for our jumps due to the tabletops.

[thomasgangross]

thanks for the info buddy, that really puts things into perspective for me, im not making anything real big though, i was thinking a table top so everyone of all levels could have fun, but i think making a small double, with 20 yards of dirt will be fine

thanks again for the response

[gene holroyd]

I got a bunch of used culverts from the county, and i bought some large used 36in. plastic culverts that i found in the paper for sale. i layed them in a row and put the dirt on top about a 1 ft deep. So i built a 45ft and a 60ft table top using about 1/4th the dirt that would normally would be used. I know i had to pay something for the culverts but not as much as I would pay for 20 truck loads of dirt!