Build Showcase The Badger Creek Crawler Course

[TeknoJ]

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I would like to take a poll on color schemes for this monument. The lava rock is a dark purple yet I was thinking a red color similar to Moab would look neat. I’m not sure if the purple rocks would pair with the reddish orange of a mini Moab?
Tell me what you think.

 

[Tunedfrog]

The Moab red "I like to call it" would look incredible next that white fence.

 

[TeknoJ]

The Moab red "I like to call it" would look incredible next that white fence.

Right on, I can’t disagree.

I have a pile of the dark rock, and concrete is easy to dye.
I imagine something like this on the left is mini Moab because that is where I have been piling the concrete and asphalt rubble. I will use grout/mortar/some kind of cement to shape it. That will be a small tunnel in the front, I will probably use blocks to make the hole and cement over that.
To the right is where I have piled my lava rock, I will use cement with this to adhere it together, and most likely dye the cement some kind of dark color.
Feel free to go wild with my picture here, download it and draw up your own sketch. Please!

 

[Tunedfrog]

I wish I was smart enough to run a paint program and work this. Truth is, I'm far from smart enough.
@WickedFog I'm sure can though.
It's a bummer you don't live closer, I could show you an area that you can get all kinds of red rocks and dirt.
I will suggest you don't concrete any of it in however. The won't move when you are running a course and
you might want to change it up to keep it fun and interesting later on down the road.

 

[Doom!]

Good to have your own test facilities, my cats are tired of being crawled on.

 

[WickedFog]

I wish I was smart enough to run a paint program and work this. Truth is, I'm far from smart enough.
@WickedFog I'm sure can though.
It's a bummer you don't live closer, I could show you an area that you can get all kinds of red rocks and dirt.
I will suggest you don't concrete any of it in however. The won't move when you are running a course and
you might want to change it up to keep it fun and interesting later on down the road.

My dead step-dad used to do concrete work for big industrial and commercial buildings. He was always using powdered dyes in his concrete. If I were to do an outdoor course, I would do it just like I do a diorama, except I'd use chicken wire and concrete, along with some rocks. I'd cover the chicken wire with this, then put on small, thin layers of concrete and lay the rocks in it on subsequent layers. We built a small backyard Koi pound with a raised warerfall like this years ago. And you could easily dye the concrete red using a burnt orange or umber dye.

Unless I had a Kubota like @Lostinthewoods86 has. Then I'd pile up dirt and cover it in chicken wire and concrete

Edit: if you concrete it this way, you can have a couple inch thick layer of concrete. Nothing a couple whacks with a sledge won't break up if you decide to move it. But it'll be strong enough to walk on.

 

[TeknoJ]

I wish I was smart enough to run a paint program and work this. Truth is, I'm far from smart enough.
@WickedFog I'm sure can though.
It's a bummer you don't live closer, I could show you an area that you can get all kinds of red rocks and dirt.
I will suggest you don't concrete any of it in however. The won't move when you are running a course and
you might want to change it up to keep it fun and interesting later on down the road.

What’s the area called? It could be worth looking into

 

[Mike_Step]

My 12 year old son asked if we could build an rc track in the backyard. I was all for it but the wife said no.

i like the "moab red"

 

[Chubaka]

My 12 year old son asked if we could build an rc track in the backyard. I was all for it but the wife said no.

i like the "moab red"

Better to ask for forgiveness than permission.

 

[Tunedfrog]

What’s the area called? It could be worth looking into

Google it, it's the drive up to Owyhee Reservoir in Oregon.
I'm not sure if you are allowed to take a bucket or two of rocks and dirt but
you could always ask BLM. There is Owyhee State Park up the but the red dirt and rocks
I don't believe it is on the State Park land.

 

[majin]

I'm in love.. i like rocks. i love backyard courses, this has 2 of my favorite things!

FIND YOU SOME PALLETS BRO< they are hella convient, i cut mine in 3rds with a sawzall, easy peasy tracks or hills i get about 3 "paths"
from each standard pallet. a path being slightly wider than my trucks.

 

[WickedFog]

I'm in love.. i like rocks. i love backyard courses, this has 2 of my favorite things!

FIND YOU SOME PALLETS BRO< they are hella convient, i cut mine in 3rds with a sawzall, easy peasy tracks or hills i get about 3 "paths"
from each standard pallet. a path being slightly wider than my trucks.

I think you have more of a fetish with rocks. It's WAY beyond love at this point

 

[TeknoJ]

I'm in love.. i like rocks. i love backyard courses, this has 2 of my favorite things!

FIND YOU SOME PALLETS BRO< they are hella convient, i cut mine in 3rds with a sawzall, easy peasy tracks or hills i get about 3 "paths"
from each standard pallet. a path being slightly wider than my trucks.

I like that idea.