Back yard track west michigan

[Rawroots]

Down sized a track i had years ago, was afraid tree was going to flatten my drivers stand, so i moved it behind polebarn and built this quarter size track , it's getting too cold this year in michigan but looking forward to spring, maybe a small track in barn will keep my sanity this winter, here's a few pics.0

 

[ahr43]

Really nice back yard track. Big enough to challenge, yet small enough to maintain. Oh, and welcome to the forum.

 

[Tunedfrog]

Awesome track.

 

[WickedFog]

Very cool!

 

[Greywolf74]

Very nice! I wish I had the room to build myself a track!

 

[AlanDewey]

Did you do something to stop grass growing in the track? Or you just use it so much that grass does not have a chance?

I made a backyard track earlier this year, but when the rainy season came, it was quickly consumed by grass.

 

[WickedFog]

Someone just posted here in another thread they use vinegar and salt water (not mixed) to naturally kill grasses.

 

[tntpoof]

nice.so what's the statues of tree?. What scale you running? whose chair is on ds?lol great looks fun

 

[Rawroots]

Did you do something to stop grass growing in the track? Or you just use it so much that grass does not have a chance?

I made a backyard track earlier this year, but when the rainy season came, it was quickly consumed by grass.

Funny you ask, this spring i built this track but nobody to run with, so the track went unattended for two months and the grass and weeds grew knee high , so i weed wacked and applied grass and weed killer twice , it took about a month for all to dissolve away. Now 4 10th scale electrics are keeping them nasty weeds under control.

nice.so what's the statues of tree?. What scale you running? whose chair is on ds?lol great looks fun

The tree at the old site is still standing but looking more and more like it should heat the house through our outside burner. 10th scale electric is what we run and nobody uses those two chairs

Someone just posted here in another thread they use vinegar and salt water (not mixed) to naturally kill grasses.

I may have to try that, in the past i tried what i had laying around, tried over fertilize to burn the plants ,didn't work, tried salting them, only made screws on vehicles rust, tried gasoline but odor took month to go away, the weed wacker and grass killer sprayed only on existing plants seem to work best.

 

[tntpoof]

if you want anything to grow there ever id pass on salt water.salting the earth is bad.

 

[Xraycer]

Down sized a track i had years ago, was afraid tree was going to flatten my drivers stand, so i moved it behind polebarn and built this quarter size track , it's getting too cold this year in michigan but looking forward to spring, maybe a small track in barn will keep my sanity this winter, here's a few pics.0

Sick!

Just about every RCers' fantasy?

 

[Chubaka]

Someone just posted here in another thread they use vinegar and salt water (not mixed) to naturally kill grasses.

I use any combination of vinegar, salt, and dishsoap. Sometimes I switch it up and use only salt water.

Best to appl in the middle of day, when dry and hot if posdible, after it hasnt raind for a day or three.

The more dew on the grass, the more moistire in it, it kind of dilutes the weed killer and gives all the green some hope.

 

[tntpoof]

What does salt do to the ground? (askinglot.com)

 

[Doom!]

Very nice setup.

 

[STONER RC]

Down sized a track i had years ago, was afraid tree was going to flatten my drivers stand, so i moved it behind polebarn and built this quarter size track , it's getting too cold this year in michigan but looking forward to spring, maybe a small track in barn will keep my sanity this winter, here's a few pics.0

That's sweet bud!! this is another reason why I need land.. very cool, I would need to add a RC park just like a skatepark. But out of dirt since concrete is a RC's nemesis..... nicely done sir!!