how to make a dirt jump

[jarred15801]

hey i have a couple tons of dirt in my yard and its been there for about 5 years. its all packed down and i tried making bike jumps out of it one year. that didnt work to well the dirt wouldnt come loose so i couldnt move it to make good jumps. and now im into quads and i have a bunch of dirt but i need way to get it loose and move it around to make some jumps. any ideas???:ermm:

[Honda4trax250x]

well the easiest way is to use a bobcat but not everybody has one of those so get a bunch of people over and bust out the shovels:blah hav fun hehe

[QuAdRaCeR244]

take your quad and burn out all over it that will loosen it then shovel it:D

[exriderdude]

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TNT:devil :macho

[QuAdRaCeR244]

Originally posted by exriderdude
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TNT:devil :macho


:macho good idea:devil

[ridesa02400EX]

get it really wet then just start digging with a shovel

[jarred15801]

hmm TNT
id probebly blow myself up though soo i might try the idea of getting it real wet then ill get liek 4 more people and bust out the shovels

yea wait till it rains

[budman400]

don't shovel wet mud..you'll reck your back. Rent a bobcat. You can have it delivered to your door for about $250-300 or maybe cheaper for the whole weekend. If your buddies are going to use your track too, have them pitch in a little for the rental. Just make sure you do a little planning on where you're going to place everything so you save time moving the dirt and have more time to pack it down and make the faces nice.

[sweet300ex]

why do you want to make a jump jarred? you cant jump anyway!

[Stevie-D]

if your gonna use shovels and stuff and not the bobcat, get yourself a pickaxe too. im using a pickaxe and a spade shovel to move some jumps around on my track and the pick really breaks up the dirt nice;)

[jarred15801]

haha well not till i get a quad that has somthings you can call shocks

[250x#93]

Well I had the same prob. but luckily my pap has a nice john deere with a backhoe and a loader:devil Have fun using shovels its gonna be hard work making a nice jump with just shovels :macho Well good luck:p

haha if hes talkin about clay like we have here and its packed a bobcat wont cut it its a old fashioned pick axe to get it loose or soem heavy machinery

[1fast400ex]

bobcats suck in hard dirt use a backhoe or track loader much faster also an idea to keep your jumps from packing is to mix sawdust in with the dirt.

yeah even with are backhoe we hav to loosen the dirt with the hoe then pile it and scoop it and dump

get lightly water the ground dig out the area u want out about 3 to 4 inches deep take about 50 M-80 tie them up in groups of 5 and place them away from eachother based on how bigthe area is take one long fuse and attach them all to it stand back a ways and light it. watch the show and get the job done quick:D :blah . this is also the time if u have an annoying little dog that u dont like to accidently let it go for a piece of meat as u light the fuse