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godale03

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Hey Guys,

Just an update to the track progress....

I have most of the pre season work completed as well as most of the corregated pipe in place. It costs about 85 bucks per 200ft. Just a few hundred feet left. I spread pramitol over the track surface last night in preperation of the rain that never came today. Hopefully it will rain soon to wash it into the ground. Pramitol is a herbicide that kills everything and prevents any vegitation from growing for a year or more. Hopefully it works! It cost $75 bucks for 25 LBS. I still am not 100% convinced the jumps are placed correctly... I have a triple set up that I am not sure the spacing is correct. I hope to work on it some more this weekend... but with it being Easter, I am not sure I will have time. I will take and post some pictures this weekend. I just wanted to update everyone that cares... LOL! This has been alot of work. It may not be perfect... but for having no experience, and doing it on my own, I think I did a pretty good job.

Tom
 
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WooHoo, bash at Toms! Get that kegger iced! :D

Man, Id love to have you guys down! The wife vetoed the kegorator, but I have a tub and pleanty of ice! LOL

It is not the best looking track, and the lanes are only 7ft wide... but I hope to have some fun this spring and summer. Especially since my LHS went out of business which was also my local track.

Joe.. you are always welcome!


Sorry Guys... I know this thread is useless without pics!
 
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Maryland is a make able drive, Ice the beer and fire up the grill. I will follow NcNitro.
 
I have a tub and plenty of ice! LOL
Cold showers not working anymore? :hehe:

Please take pics of the keg too! We wanna make sure ya don't get anything too small.
J/K.


Good luck with the track.
 
Cold showers not working anymore? :hehe:

Please take pics of the keg too! We wanna make sure ya don't get anything too small.
J/K.


Good luck with the track.


Hey Digger.. the showers wern't cuttin it anymore.... had to resort to icing the boys down! LOL

Thanks man... I will post some pictures today as soon as it stops raining.
 
Hay Tom I just built a track last Sept 08 . Save that last 150' of pipe and let your track evolve. Belive me it will change for the better but you do not want to custom cut up all that pipe yet. Use your track for a good 2 or 3 months first.
 
Thanks for the advice Bubba... I will see how things work out. I am sure that I did not perfect it on my first try... I am sure things will change! I am sure the jump layout especially. What can I say... I'm a rookie.

Here are a couple of pictures I took during the break in the rain.

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Oh.... I forgot to mention... Please feel free to give any advice you want... good or bad.... Everyone except Rolex... his stuff doesn't know what dirt looks like. :D

Tom
 
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That's looks like crap man.






















LOL! j/k Tom. That's freakin' awesome!

Man, I've been wanting to build a track for sooooo long. I really hope I can get around to it this summer.
 
That's looks like crap man.




















LOL! j/k Tom. That's freakin' awesome!

Man, I've been wanting to build a track for sooooo long. I really hope I can get around to it this summer.


Thanks my friend.... It is by no means a masterpiece... but I just hope it is good enough to have some fun draining a few packs, and burning some nitro.
 
Tom Your track looks good nice and wide. I wish i had all that land . To help you out a little more from looking at the pictures . You can just use one piece of coragated pipe were you have two side by side and make a oval loop at the end . This will save you from wasting pipe . Also I fill my pipe with dirt so it does not move so eazy.
 
Could you just pound a few stakes through the pipe to hold it in place along with a little dirt or sand? Reason I am asking is I had thought of doing it.
 
i wish i had some land to do that with i live in a condo lol
i think where you have the pipe running side by side with the loop at the end you could cut that and make just one pipe running down then you have more pipe to put else where nice start man look fun
 
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