would a wood ramp work?

[exrider123]

ive been thinkin about buildin a little ramp or kicker out of wood but wondering if it would work i wouldnt build it from steel or buy one cause i dont have the tools or money need help on how to do it or pics from someone who has one thanks

[kxrider]

i made a wooden kicker, and it is holdin up good, i personaly woundnt make a wood one taller than 4 ft or so just cuase its wood, but mine is 4ft, and we have many jumps off it, and it still holdin up welll, here's a few pics of it in the buildin process, i will have some newere ones when it quits rainin

[kxrider]

here

i saw a wooden rev3 on freestyle mtx

[Juggalo]

i will never ride on or build a wooden kicker again. i have just seen way too many break. i highly reccomend you DON'T build a wood kicker.

[Jimmah12]

This wodden kicker is over a yr old and still holding up.
http://www.quadstop.com/jimmah/images/gap.JPG

lol nice spraypaint work Jimmah's LMAO! how tall is it?

[monkeyboy]

dats wat we usse:bandit:

[chrchofdrt]

looks like its only 4ft, how good does thatr thing launch you JIMMAH ? do you have any picts of you jumping it? i am in the middle of a few ramps so im curious.

[exrider123]

thanks for all the help guys but what are the steps for building a wood ramp or kicker and thats a nice kicker Jimmah how did you build that

[Jimmah12]

Honestly, I just kinda eye balled that one. I haver a metal one I made all out in cad first but I can't use it at the moment. Go to my website, www.FMXQUADS.com and I have a pic section with tons of pics of me hitting it. Bare with the site I'm still building it.

[Jimmah12]

BTW, that jump was 4x5x8ft.

[chrchofdrt]

crazy so 4ft tall by 5ft wide by 8ft long...
just curious how big of a gap you have it set at and how fast your hitting it.thanks for the info, i am changing my plans now. if i make it like yours i will have enough wood to make an eight footer for bikes only. are you happy with it being 4ft tall? i have been invited to a mud bog and one of the sponsors want me to bring a few guys along to put on a little show.we are going to make an all dirt jump and take the ramp that im building.i had planned on making it taller.

[kxrider]

mine is 4ft tall, by 4ft wide, 9 ft long, and we can jump 35-40ft gap in 2nd on my kx,

[Jimmah12]

It's a 40ft lip to lip gap. We clear about 45 though. I hit it in 3/4 throttle range in 3rd.

[exrider123]

ive decided on building a 3 foot high jump so i bought some wood tonight 2x12x12 and some plywood but i still dont understand how to build it and how it should be setup can anyone help

[kxrider]

na 40ft is if you land at the bottom of landin liek we usually do, and our landin has like a 4ft safe landing part, so if you case, you dont die:D

and exrider123, at least make your ramp 3ft tall so you can make a lil curve to it, you might be afraid at first but your gona want bigger soon, or o know i do:D

[hessianmx111]

im finally building a wood ramp like jimmahs tommorow. me and my bud worked our arses off today gathering every inch of dirt we could break loose to make a decent landing. and tommorow morning we get the materials and start building have it done by the next day, and will start hittin it.

[CowsBitePeople]

I have a few wooden ramps ive only had to rebuild one it collapsed on me when i hit it after like the 50th jump :o

[hessianmx111]

well me and my dad started construction on my ramp last night. it should last a long time the way it seems. all there is left to do is to add 2 more braces cover it with ply wood and paint it. it looks alot like jimmahs and i cant wait to hit it. ive got pics all through out the building stage that i will post when i use the rest of the film and get a pic cd. oh btw its four ft tall and eight long

[250EXking]

same here hessianmx. i was thinking about making one 4 fr tall and 8 ft long. how did you guys constructed yours all 2x4's for the frame. if you have pics could you send em to me. i would like to see if yours look like the idea that i had. kyle250ex@hotmail.com

[hessianmx111]

Originally posted by 250EXking
same here hessianmx. i was thinking about making one 4 fr tall and 8 ft long. how did you guys constructed yours all 2x4's for the frame. if you have pics could you send em to me. i would like to see if yours look like the idea that i had. kyle250ex@hotmail.com
i should have pics in about a week but yeah the frame was made all out of 2x4s, i just bought 10 8ft long 2x4s and had just enough but i actually used two more that i had laying around for the x brace in the back. but what you do is get 1 3/4 inch piece of ply wood and one 7/16 inch ply. you set the 3/4 up so that its 4 ft tall and eight foot long then take a piece of string and run it from the bottom corner to the top corner and attach with tape, then you pull the string so that you find the curve you like, trace the curve, use jigsaw to cut out, you then take the one you cut and lay it on the rest of the ply you didnt cut(there ought to be enough left to use) and trace it and cut so you have two identical sides. then you can build your frame around that. like i said ill get pics in a week or so.

[hessianmx111]

here it is if anybody needs the underside pics or pics of the frame or whatnot just ask here. oh and since this pic i have painted it battleship grey and added a blue and white exriders.com stencil to the liphttp://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/p528f9d583a46ecc86246fc7b9182c0cd/fb98199d.jpg

[kxrider]

ooooo u gona get higher than cheech and chong:D

[hessianmx111]

Originally posted by kxrider
ooooo u gona get higher than cheech and chong:D
lol,thanks i guess. oh yeah how high do you get off your ramp, and how big is your landing.

[exrider123]

Originally posted by hessianmx111
here it is if anybody needs the underside pics or pics of the frame or whatnot just ask here. oh and since this pic i have painted it battleship grey and added a blue and white exriders.com stencil to the liphttp://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/p528f9d583a46ecc86246fc7b9182c0cd/fb98199d.jpg

can you post some pics of the frame and underside how you have it setup and how much air can you get off that kicker it looks sick

[kxrider]

Originally posted by hessianmx111
lol,thanks i guess. oh yeah how high do you get off your ramp, and how big is your landing.

with the gap set at 35-40ft we get 8-11ft high, and our landin is about 5ft tall, someone destroyed the crapy one i made so we brought the kicker to my friedns house, and set it up on the landin for his 60ft double, its perfect:D

[Fast250EX]

You gonna hit that ramp with the 300, lol.:D

Anyway, that looks very nice. Good job.;)

[hessianmx111]

Originally posted by exrider123
can you post some pics of the frame and underside how you have it setup and how much air can you get off that kicker it looks sick
here it is just tacked together with nails befor the cross ribs, or screws.http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/p3f30d4a51924b763c2ddb84f1c3dbe10/fb980f54.jpg
here is with cross ribshttp://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/pb37edc70f90eec74d1e7383181704755/fb980f50.jpg

and the undersidehttp://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/p696ee39b47191044182145ecc008e049/fb98199b.jpg

[hessianmx111]

heres a whole page of jimmah hitting his ramp. http://www.exriders.com/vbb/showthread.php?threadid=30807&highlight=pics

[250EXking]

How sturdy is your guy's ramp. does it wobble or move in anyway. or does it stay put pretty good and feel secure.

[Derek]

Originally posted by hessianmx111
here it is if anybody needs the underside pics or pics of the frame or whatnot just ask here. oh and since this pic i have painted it battleship grey and added a blue and white exriders.com stencil to the liphttp://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/p528f9d583a46ecc86246fc7b9182c0cd/fb98199d.jpg

your shocks are gonna bottom massively.

[kxrider]

Originally posted by Derek
your shocks are gonna bottom massively.


no it wont be bad if you got a landing, and land on it:D

[exrider123]

thanks hessianmx111 those pics help me alout i should start building this weekend what are the measurments of your kicker

[Derek]

Originally posted by kxrider
no it wont be bad if you got a landing, and land on it:D

no i mean like there are gonna bottom when he hits the ramp.

[hessianmx111]

Originally posted by Derek
no i mean like there are gonna bottom when he hits the ramp.
i know but i figure i wont feel it. like i see vids of me jumpin and pause on the landing and my shox bottom bad but i never felt it. thnx for the comments everyone

Originally posted by hessianmx111
i know but i figure i wont feel it. like i see vids of me jumpin and pause on the landing and my shox bottom bad but i never felt it. thnx for the comments everyone

:huh :huh :rolleyes: :huh :huh

[roostin_dale]

hessianmx you also helped me out...hopefully i can get one started this fall. How do you bend the plywood for the face of the jump? Do you have to do anything to it or does it just bend that way?

[hessianmx111]

Originally posted by roostin_dale
hessianmx you also helped me out...hopefully i can get one started this fall. How do you bend the plywood for the face of the jump? Do you have to do anything to it or does it just bend that way?
glad i can help what you do is attach the top of the ply to the top of th ramp first, you then get somebody to walk up it slowly so that it bends nice and smooth, and after they attach the next section just get the persone standing on the ramp to take a step back each time a new part of the ramp is nailed down,

:huh :huh :rollseyes: :huh :huh
i dont usually feel it its just my shox soak it all up but they are compressed all the way down when i land.:confused:

[Derek]

With that much of an angle that quick its gonna be like hittin a brick wall.:p

[kxrider]

Originally posted by Derek
With that much of an angle that quick its gonna be like hittin a brick wall.:p

all that means is that he will get a sh@# load of pre-load, and go even higher, it will def be a super kicker ramp,




hey hessian, you are gona wanna put somethin over the face of your ramp, like i put 1/4 thick rubber over mine, becuase you will get abotu 10 jumpes before your tire eats throw it like a saw, so just put somethin on it before you jump becuase it will be worth it, just somethin to keep the tire off bare wood then youll be set, just make sure you dont endo cuse that things steep:D

[hessianmx111]

alright ive been thinking about the curve of my ramp and have concluded that it is too steep so me and my dad cut a foot of it off height wise. so im just gonna use it like that until i take the time to build another four foot tall one with a less dramatic curve.

[Jimmah12]

I personally don't think that is a bad curve.

[Derek]

Originally posted by hessianmx111
alright ive been thinking about the curve of my ramp and have concluded that it is too steep so me and my dad cut a foot of it off height wise. so im just gonna use it like that until i take the time to build another four foot tall one with a less dramatic curve.

smart

[kxrider]

Originally posted by hessianmx111
alright ive been thinking about the curve of my ramp and have concluded that it is too steep so me and my dad cut a foot of it off height wise. so im just gonna use it like that until i take the time to build another four foot tall one with a less dramatic curve.

u shoud have at least jumped it once to see how bad it was, lol, or how bad u get hurt:D

[hessianmx111]

yeah im going to build another one that is four foot tall, with a curve similar to yours jimmah. but for right now i dont have that good of a landing and this will have to do. i was worried that i was goin to endo

[Jimmah12]

Nose dive? And I would of hit it first is all I'm saying. They look intimidating at first but someone has to be the guinea pig.

[kxrider]

Originally posted by Jimmah12
someone has to be the guinea pig.

thats usually me in our lil group:D

[exrider123]

is the best way to build the wooden kicker with ribs or is another way better

[hessianmx111]

well i finally jumped it yesterday after being cut off and it doesnt kick me right at all and its got a big friggin crack so im just gonna save a lil money and make another four footer and do it right this time

[nacs400ex]

Yeah thats a real steep jump. Oh well have fun :)

[hondarider27]

if i where you i would make it bigger. like 6ft tall if you want to go big.

[hondarider27]

i would make the frame out of metal and bolt wood to it . then take some metal mesh stuff and bolt it to the wood so you can get grip with your tire and not slid around.

[Jimmah12]

If your having trouble getting traction on wood I suggest getting some new tires. Not everyone has access to metal, a welder, ban saws, etc.... A wood jump is fine for a beginner.

[roostin_dale]

Originally posted by Jimmah12
If your having trouble getting traction on wood I suggest getting some new tires.

I've heard of people putting carpet on top of theirs so they get more traction.

[Jimmah12]

I've hit mine in the rain and have never had a problem.

[hondarider27]

i just started riding and i would build the metal one because it would last alot longer. a wood one will last a while but not as long.

[hondarider27]

i have a ?. how long whould i want to make a ramp if i wanted one 6ft tall.

[Jimmah12]

At least 12ft...... And if your building it out of metal expect to spend a lot of money if you don't have a connection. I built this one and it cost me close to $600 bucks.

http://www.quadstop.com/jimmah/images/400exonramp.JPG
http://www.quadstop.com/jimmah/images/rampontrailer.JPG

[250x#93]

^^ that thing looks wicked:devil: :eek2:

[quader400]

hey jimmiah were you located. that thing looks like fun. how high does it shoot you. do you have any pics of you in the air?

[Jimmah12]

I'm located in NH. I don't have any pics but I have some videos. I only got to hit it for a day before I lost theland it was on. Check out my site www.FMXQUADS.com for the videos.

[kicker696]

i work at a metals shop, and could buy the metal, and chrage you the cost to build one of those metal ramps and still keep it under prob. 400 depending on metal used

[quader400]

could you build me a rev. 1 for under 600 dollars?

[hondarider27]

how big would it be. what is a rev.

[quader400]

go to fmxramps.com and they have free plans and everything you need for makeing a rev. 1 a rev is just the name of a ramp